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...

TUNISIAN COURT SENTENCES JOURNALIST ZIED HENI TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON. (PHOTO).


 Tunisian court sentences journalist Zied Heni to one year in prison


A Tunisian court sentenced the prominent reporter Zied Heni to one year in prison on Thursday, after he criticized a ​judicial ruling, his lawyer told Reuters, the latest move that critics ‌say aims to silence critical voices.


Heni was detained last month after writing an article criticising the judiciary, a move the journalists' union said was part of a broader ​crackdown on free speech.


Heni said on ⁠Wednesday in a letter from prison published by his family that he ​would not appeal any ruling.


"I'm facing an illegitimate trial in which my rights ​are being violated. I do not recognize any outcome resulting from it", he added.


Rights groups warn of growing attempts to stifle remaining independent voices since President Kais Saied ​dissolved the elected parliament in 2021 and began ruling by decree.

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