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...

SIT-AT-HOME ENFORCEMENT: ANAMBRA DEDUCTS FEBRUARY SALARIES FROM WORKERS ABSENT ON MONDAYS. (PHOTO).


The Anambra State Government has begun slashing February salaries of civil servants who failed to report for work on Mondays that were previously observed as sit-at-home days linked to separatist activities in the South-East. 


The state introduced a pro-rata salary payment policy, effective February 2026, requiring workers to attend work every Monday, with attendance confirmed via clock-in / clock-out records — to receive full pay. Under the new rule, anyone absent without verifiable attendance evidence faced deductions from their monthly wages. 


At the Jerome Udoji State Secretariat in Awka, several civil servants expressed shock after receiving their February salary alerts showing massive deductions that they say did not match the number of Mondays missed. 


One worker said a colleague received only ₦10,000 after cuts,

Another said out of a monthly ₦80,000+ salary, he received just ₦3,500. 


Affected staff described the deductions as excessive and irregular, suggesting possible errors in computation. Some workers who missed only one or two Mondays complained that their pay was reduced far more than expected. 


Responding to the controversy, Dr. Law Mefor, Anambra’s Commissioner for Information, confirmed that the salary cuts are punitive measures for failure to attend work on Mondays. He reiterated that attendance must be properly logged in order for staff to qualify for full pay. 


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