TÜRKIYE IS PLANNING TO ESTABLISH LOCAL DEFENCE PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND MILITARY TRAINING CENTRES IN NIGERIA AS PART OF EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY COOPERATION AND INCREASE BILATERAL TRADE TO $5 BILLION.(PHOTO).

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 Türkiye is planning to establish local defence production facilities and military training centres in Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen security cooperation and increase bilateral trade to $5 billion. Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mehmet Poroy, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, saying the proposed facilities would enable Türkiye to support local military equipment production rather than simply supplying weapons and equipment. He also revealed that 200 Nigerian special forces personnel were undergoing a two-month training programme in Türkiye, with plans underway to establish a similar facility in Nigeria. “We are planning to have some local production unit also in that context, not only selling to Nigeria the tools, equipment, the arms that it needs, but also the possibility of having local production here in Nigeria,” Poroy said. On trade, the ambassador said bilateral trade currently stood at approximately $2 billion, including oil and gas, but both countries were targe...

NIGERIAN ARMY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DIES IN BOKO HARAM CAPTIVITY ALMOST ONE YEAR AFTER ABDUCTION. (PHOTO).


 Nigerian Army University professor dies in Boko Haram captivity almost one year after abduction


A professor with the Nigerian Army University Biu, Borno State, Abubakar Mohammed El-Jummah, has d!ed in Boko Haram captivity. 


The professor was abducted along Damaturu-Big Road on March 2, 2025 


Family members announced his passing in a statement on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, expressing deep sorrow over the loss.

 

According to the family, the professor d!ed in the early hours of the day at about 2:45 a.m. after a brief illness said to have followed the hardship he endured in the hands of his abductors.


He has since been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.


Salat al-Ghaib (funeral prayer in absentia) is scheduled to hold on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, at the Ngomari Old Airport Juma’at Mosque behind his residence in Maiduguri by 2:00 p.m.


The late academic was described as a distinguished scholar, mentor and a man of integrity whose contributions to education and community development impacted many students and colleagues.


His d3ath has been described as a significant loss to his family, the University of Maiduguri community and the wider society.

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