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International investigators on Wednesday charged four people with murder over the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 above rebel-held eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed. The Dutch-led team said it was going to prosecute Russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko over …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problem of extreme poverty in Nigeria keeps him up at night. Osinbajo disclosed this at a dinner and interactive session with Faculty Members, Harvard Business School on Tuesday in Lagos. Osinbajo featured alongside Srikant Datar, Professor of Business Administration, and Bayo Ogunlesi, a …

A man who donated sperm so his gay friend could have a baby more than a decade ago must be recognised as the girl’s father, Australia’s High Court ruled Wednesday. The court said because the man was listed on the birth certificate and had an “extremely close” relationship with the …

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has cited some officers and men’s insufficient commitment as factors affecting the success of the counter-insurgency operations in the country. Buratai who spoke on Tuesday at the opening of a five-day leadership workshop for mid-level officers and soldiers in Abuja, said …

The gallant falcons played their best game of the on-going FIFA Women World Cup in France, but at the end, the Super Falcons, reduced to 10 players in the second half, succumbed to the hosts via a debatable penalty kick on Monday. France’s reputation suggested they would take Nigeria to …

Obijackson Foundation has donated over 500 free eyeglasses to persons suffering from eye ailments across Okija and neighbouring communities in Anambra state who cannot afford specialist eye care. The direct beneficiaries of this initiative include persons from Ihiala, Ekwusigo, and Idemmili and to ensure a successful exercise, the Obijackson Foundation …

The founder and chairman of the Obijackson foundation, Dr. Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi, in recognition, that children are the future of any progressive country has called on the government and other stakeholders to seek innovative ways of providing quality primary healthcare across the country. He said this at a children funfair event …

To mark this year’s Children’s Day today, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has launched a campaign titled: ” For every child, every right” to draw awareness to children’s rights by all of Nigerian society. According to UNICEF’s new Country Representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, while there have been many …

  The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday lamented that the country had been witnessing what it called escalated despondency, depression and misery since the conclusion of the last presidential election. The party urged Nigerians to support one another at this trying time, in order to check the rising social degeneration, …

Four persons including a toddler have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a Toyota Corolla car and a low bed Mack trailer in Obada-Oko axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, …