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...

ROAD ACCIDENT CLAIMS 16 LIVES IN KOGI STATE . (PHOTO).


 Road accident claims 16 lives in Kogi State 


Sixteen people have been confirmed dead following a fatal  road mishap along Lokoja-Okene highway in Kogi State.


Confirming the fatal  accident in Lokoja, the Kogi State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps Lawal Fagge in a telephone conversation explains that the accident occured at Aku village near Osara, along Lokoja-Okene highway at about 9. 20 am this Friday morning.


It involved a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number BUU 17 ZD, travelling from Jos Plateu State to Lagos.with 22 passengers comprising of 21 male and one female in the ill fated bus.

The crash which was blamed on fatigue, saw the vehicle on top speed veered off the road, plunging under the bridge, killing 16 occupants including 15 male and the only female in the bus


Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kogi State Command  immediately responded to a distress call, rescuing 6 persons with various degrees of injuries.


The Command says, the injured have been rushed to a nearby health centers in Osara and Specialist Hospital Lokoja for proper medical examination while the dead bodies have been deposited at Ankuri  mortuary, Lokoja 


The command urges road users to be safety conscious and obey traffic rules and regulations while on transit.

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