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...

CANOE CAPSIZES; 47 BODIES RECOVERED IN GORAU, GORONYO LGA SOKOTO STATE. (PHOTO).

 
Canoe Capsizes; 47 Bodies Recovered In Gorau, Goronyo LGA Sokoto State

Forty-seven bodies have so far been precovered after a canoe capsized at Gorau crossing point in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

The victims were reportedly crossing to the other side of the river when the boat capsized throwing the passengers into the water.

Among the survivors were the canoe operator and the village head as the recovered bodies have since been buried according to Islamic rites.

Rescue and recovery operations teams made up of personnel from the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), security agencies and the Nigerian Red Cross Society have mobilized to the scene.

The teams, supported by local divers, had commenced the search for other missing passengers and their belongings. The SEMA says efforts to to establish the exact number of people who were on board the canoe at the time of the incident have also commenced.

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