ABUJA—OVER 350 former Niger Delta militants that embraced the amnesty programme of the Federal Government and employed after their training will start receiving salaries immediately the  2018 appropriation is passed,    Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Paul Boroh,  has said.

Zambia is waging a fierce campaign against sex dolls, threatening offenders with heavy jail terms over the dolls which, it says, are “very unnatural”.

World number one Roger Federer finished off Federico Delbonis in a rain-disrupted match on Sunday to reach the third round at Indian Wells as five-time champion Novak Djokovic was toppled.

Nine trekkers died and 18 others were left with serious burns as wildfires swept through a popular hiking spot in India’s Tamil Nadu state, officials said Monday.

STUDENTS in Ekiti State have berated Governor Ayodele Fayose for allegedly “spending hundreds of millions of Naira” on the last International Women’s Day held in the state, saying it was wrong for Fayose to dole out state funds on frivolities at the expense of critical sectors that are crying for funding.

As the deadline for the tax amnesty period under the  Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), draws near, Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr. Tunde Fowler, in this interview, gives more perspective to the scheme. Excerpts:

National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, has appealed to insurance brokers to desist from engaging in unprofessional  practices because they hinder growth of the sector.

Termite exterminators working on a house renovation in the Japanese capital uncovered the bodies of several babies preserved in bottles, some with umbilical cords still attached, Kyodo news agency said on Monday.

Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr on Sunday in Lagos expressed his preference for Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) matches to be played more on grass pitch stadiums.

The Nigerian Army said last night that its troops on Operation Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race), conducting patrols and raiding criminal hideouts have arrested the leader of a gang of kidnappers and bandits that have been terrorizing Kogi-Auchi axis.