South Korea’s presidential Blue House on Thursday reiterated its diplomacy-based approach to the issue of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s nuclear programme.

The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has alleged that the refusal of Federal Government to pay compensation to members of the Boko Haram sect as ordered by the court at the early stage of its formation under Mohammed Yusuf, was responsible for the escalation of violence extremism.

The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KDIRS) said it generated N6.7 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between January and April.

Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has assured exhibitors that its forthcoming 12th Abuja International Trade Fair will be bigger than the previous editions in terms of number of exhibitors and other participants.

The UN on Thursday urged authorities in Houthi-controlled Sanaa to investigate a “grave attack” on the convoy of its envoy to Yemen during his visit to the capital.

Lukman Agbiaka, the Secretary-General of Nigeria Deaf Sports Federation (NDSF), has promised Nigerians that the country’s athletes to the Deaflympics in Turkey would make Nigeria proud.

Brazilian President Michel Temer on Thursday deployed the army as protesters battle police, demanding his resignation and setting fire to a ministry building.

An Australian study has found the first evidence that medicinal cannabis can reduce seizures in children with severe epilepsy.

Ahead of the 2019 general election, a Kaduna-based NGO, Women and Youth Awareness Empowerment Network (WOYAEN), will soon commence the mobilisation of women to raise the needed political awareness among them.

As part of efforts to ensure peace in the oil rich Niger Delta region, the Federal Government has empowered not less than 40 ex- agitators, who recently concluded their vocational training under the Presidential Amnesty Programme in Rivers State.