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...

GUNMEN KIDNAP SIX HEALTH WORKERS IN ONDO. (PHOTO).


 Gunmen kidnap six health workers in Ondo


Suspected k!dnappers have abducted no fewer than six health workers during a midnight raid on a health centre in the Oke Ijebu area of Akure, the Ondo State capital.


According to Tribune, the gunmen stormed the facility at about 2am on Saturday, March 28 in a bus, forcefully gained entry into the premises located opposite Mega School and rounded up all staff on duty. The assailants reportedly dragged the victims including interns into their waiting vehicle and sped off to an unknown destination.


Patients receiving treatment at the time of the attack were left behind unharmed, but visibly shaken by the incident.


The police is yet to comment on this development.

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