18 Feared Dead In Owerri Road Accident

No fewer than 18 persons were reported to have died Friday after an 18-seater commercial bus and a tanker conveying diesel collided along the Owerri-Orlu road in Imo state.

The Nigerian Army has ordered its personnel to learn the three major languages in the country by December 2018. It also advised prospective candidates to endeavour to learn the Nigerian languages other than their mother tongues to better stand the chance of being recruited or commissioned into the Nigerian Army.

According to the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, in a statement he highlighted that, the directive forms part of a new language policy in the army aimed at fostering unity, better communication with the populace and information gathering.

The Federal Government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with its Turkish counterpart to curtail the alarming influx of arms, ammunitions and illicit cargoes into the country. The MoU was signed by the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Services, Col. Hammed Ali (rtd) on behalf of the Federal Government.

Unconfirmed reports indicate that the Anambra State Police Command has recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) near Onitsha North Police Station.  According to Dailypost, the IEDs were recovered around 12:30 pm after a distress call was made to the Police by residents in the area.