A Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead at their home in Toronto in circumstances that police described as "suspicious". The bodies of Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were found in the basement, reports said. Mr Sherman was the founder and chairman of pharmaceutical giant Apotex, which sells generic medicines around the world. He was one of Canada's richest men and a prominent philanthropist. Police gave few details and did not confirm the identities of the deceased. However, they were named locally by friends and by officials who reacted with shock at the news. "I am beyond…

Three hundred Nigerian doctors left the country in 2016, national president of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Mr Mike Ogirima, has revealed. He said more doctors had joined the migration train this year. He did not give any statistics, although it was learnt that 500 doctors sat for qualifying foreign medical examination preparing to move out. Ogirima made this revelation at the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Lagos. An estimated 35,000 Nigerian doctors are practising abroad, out of the 72,000 registered with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. United Kingdom and the United States are the top destinations…

North Korea's friends and enemies joined forces Friday in opposing its determination to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state and calling on leader Kim Jong Un to negotiate the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula - but the North gave no sign of budging on its nuclear ambitions. In a very rare appearance by a North Korean at the U.N. Security Council, Ambassador Ja Song Nam told a ministerial meeting that the country's possession of nuclear weapons was "an inevitable self-defensive measure" to defend the country against "the U.S. nuclear threat and blackmail." Ja never mentioned the possibility of talks.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after participating at the “One Planet” summit in Paris, France. The president’s aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, at about 4:35 p.m. where he was received by senior government officials including his Chief of Staff, Mr Abba Kyari, and Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr Musa Bello. While in Paris, Mr Buhari appealed to the international community to support Nigeria’s commitment to reduce the negative effects of climate change. Buhari told participants that Nigeria could not implement its Nationally Determined Contributions without adequate financial, technical and capacity building support…