The Commission assured that adequate security measures have been put in place to ensure a smooth and transparent process.

The youth onboard say they see the voyage as an opportunity to promote dialogue in the face of what they call a worrying rise of conflict.

The death toll in the bandits/illegal miners clash in Kaduna over gold has hit 17, according to an updated report by AFP, quoting a security report. Channels Television earlier reported seven deaths.

Chen Ning Yang, a world-renowned scientist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics, died on Saturday in Beijing at the age of 103.