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...

GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU DECORATED AS PATRON OF LAGOS STATE SCOUT COUNCIL, AT LAGOS HOUSE, MARINA, ON FRIDAY, 29TH MAY 2026.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.


 GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU DECORATED AS PATRON OF LAGOS STATE SCOUT COUNCIL, AT LAGOS HOUSE, MARINA, ON FRIDAY, 29TH MAY 2026


 Today, I was formally decorated as the Patron of the Lagos State Scout Council at Lagos House, Marina.


The Scout Association of Nigeria has spent over a century building character, discipline, and leadership values in our youth. Through the Ministry of Youth and Social Development, our administration remains fully committed to supporting platforms that focus on social inclusion and real empowerment for young children. 


Thank you to the State Scout Commissioner, Alhaji Olohuntoyin Adebesin and the council members for this honour. We will continue to work together to build a greater future for our youth.


Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right); State Commissioner, Lagos State Scout Council, Alhaji Adebesin Olohuntoyin (second right) and other council officials during the investiture of the Governor as the Scout Patron, at the Lagos House, Marina, on Friday, 29 May 2026. - Governor Sanwo-Olu. 


Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) being presented with certificate of investiture as Patron of the Lagos State Scout Council by the State Commissioner, Alhaji Adebesin Olohuntoyin, held at the Lagos House, Marina, on Friday, 29 May 2026. 


Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, flanked by the State Commissioner, Lagos State Scout Council, Alhaji Adebesin Olohuntoyin (left); Asst. State Scout Commissioner, Engr. Muyiwa Osigbesan (right) and other council officials during the investiture of the Governor as the Scout Patron, at the Lagos House, Marina, on Friday, 29 May 2026. 


l-r: State Commissioner, Lagos State Scout Council, Alhaji Adebesin Olohuntoyin and Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu during the investiture of the Governor as the Scout Patron, at the Lagos House, Marina, on Friday, 29 May 2026. 


l-r: State Commissioner, Lagos State Scout Council, Alhaji Adebesin Olohuntoyin; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Parm. (Mrs) Oluwatoyin Oke-Osanyitolu; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende, and representative of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Special Duties, Dr. (Mrs) Funmi Shokunbi during the investiture of the Governor as the Scout Patron, at the Lagos House, Marina, on Friday, 29 May 2026. 


l-r: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Parm. (Mrs) Oluwatoyin Oke-Osanyitolu; State Commissioner, Lagos State Scout Council, Alhaji Adebesin Olohuntoyin; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende, and representative of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Special Duties, Dr. (Mrs) Funmi Shokunbi during the investiture of the Governor as the Scout Patron, at the Lagos House, Marina, on Friday, 29 May 2026. 


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