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...

PARDONED OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION WITH CHAD'S PRESIDENT. (PHOTO).


 Pardoned opposition leader calls for reconciliation with Chad's president


Chad's main opposition leader Succes Masra has called for reconciliation with President Mahamat Idriss Deby, shortly after being freed from prison under a presidential pardon.


"We need forgiveness, unity and peace. Gathered here today, we reaffirm to the entire nation our determination to build a reconciled Chad," Masra told hundreds of supporters at his party headquarters in the capital N'Djamena, AFP reported.


The former prime minister and leader of the opposition Transformers party was released late on Friday after spending more than a year in prison.


Masra had been serving a 20-year prison sentence for incitement to hatred and complicity in murder.


'We must work together'


"My conviction is that we must work together. We are ready to start tomorrow morning," Masra said.


"They know that outside the government, we are the main political force. Nothing can be built in the future without us."


A presidential decree published on Friday granted pardons to Masra and eight other jailed opposition figures.

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