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...

ALBANY DIOCESE AGREES TO $148 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH CLERGY ABUSE SURVIVORS. (PHOTO).



Albany Diocese agrees to $148 million settlement with clergy abuse survivors

  

 The Albany Diocese has reached a $148 million settlement with survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy as part of its ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. Church officials said the agreement represents a key step toward completing a Chapter 11 plan and ultimately exiting bankruptcy.

The settlement was approved by a tort committee representing survivors, with 186 additional abuse survivors participating in the case. Attorneys for the survivors called the resolution “a public acknowledgment of the harm” suffered and emphasized that while money cannot erase the trauma, the settlement ensures the survivors’ voices are recognized and holds the diocese accountable. The agreement still requires bankruptcy court approval and a vote by all survivors. Albany becomes the fifth New York diocese to reach a settlement with abuse survivors, joining Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, and Rockville Centre. Bishop Mark O’Connell, appointed in October 2025, described the abuse as “a shameful chapter” and issued a formal apology, pledging stronger child protection measures in the future. The diocese filed for bankruptcy in 2023 under O’Connell’s predecessor, Edward Scharfenberger, and hundreds of cases remain under the Child Victims Act.


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