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...

ZAMBIA ARRESTS FORMER PRESIDENT LUNGU'S SON-IN-LAW, OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.(PHOTO).


 Zambia arrests former president Lungu's son-in-law, opposition presidential candidate


Zambian police have arrested 11 people, including the son-in-law of former President Edgar Lungu and a presidential candidate from an opposition party, during an operation in the capital, the government said on Monday.


Patrick Mwansa, who is married to Lungu’s daughter Tasila, and Brian Mundubile of the National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Progress (NRPUP) were among those detained during the operation in Lusaka.


Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa said those detained included people who had been under surveillance for several years.


Kangwa said police found military-grade weapons and ammunition at the premises but did not say any were linked to Patrick Mwansa or Brian Mundubile.


"The operation resulted in the seizure of restricted, high-grade military weapons and the apprehension of suspected members of the militia and other persons found at the scene, while others fled and their whereabouts were unknown," Kangwa said, Anadolu Agency reported.


Kangwa said those arrested had been charged and would be allowed access to their families and lawyers.

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