Tag: Turkey

ABUJA- The Nigerian Army and its Turkish counterpart have pledged to strengthen bilateral relations through the Defence Industrial Corporations of both countries as part...

ABUJA- The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Hidayet Bayraktar, has expressed the readiness of Turkey to deepen the existing defence collaboration with the Nigerian...

ISTANBUL- An earthquake of 5.5-magnitude shook the southern Turkish province of Adana on Tuesday morning, according to the Kandilli earthquake monitoring centre in Istanbul.The...

VILNIUS- U.S. President Joe Biden wants to move ahead with the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, his National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan...

ISTANBUL- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday said Ankara accepted the proposal of the Sudanese authorities to move the Turkish embassy from Khartoum...

ISTANBUL- Amid speculations about his health, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday briefly appeared in a video conference attended by Russian President Vladimir...

ISTANBUL- About 1.5 million Turks living in Germany are expected to cast their votes as Turkey holds presidential and parliamentary election.The election began on...

ISTANBUL- Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) says bullets were fired near the party’s Istanbul headquarters early on Thursday, adding an investigation is...

By SHEJI HALIMAANKARA- The Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry on Thursday decided to freeze the assets of 17 individuals and four legal entities in...

By CECILIA ODEYISTANBUL- Turkish police have published further details after an attack that left six people dead in Istanbul and announced the arrest of...

By HADIZA MOHAMMEDISTANBUL- Prosecutors in Istanbul demanded four years in prison and a political ban for the city’s opposition party mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, in...

By LIZZY OKOJIABUJA- Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Nigeria, Hidayet Bayraktar, has said that drones and helicopters from Turkey will soon arrive...

By SHEJI HALIMAISTANBUL- Turkish authorities on Wednesday detained the chairwoman of the country’s top medical union.Sebnem Korur Fincanci was arrested a week after she...

ANKARA - Turkish industrial group Eczacibasi on Friday confirmed that a helicopter with seven people on board, including four Turkish citizens had gone missing...

As Christians prepare for Christmas, many are lamenting the high costs of chicken, saying they cannot afford the livestock for the yuletide.The News Agency...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a stern warning to bandits, saying that “the clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking as you will no...

President Muhammadu Buhari is holding talks with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The Turkish President, who arrived...

A migrant boat carrying 45 people sank off southwest Turkey, prompting the coast guard to launch a search and rescue mission, the Turkish defence...

Turkey is ready to participate in ensuring the security of the airport in Kabul within the framework of an international agreement and taking into...

The Federal Government has resolved to deny non-Nigerian passport holders and non-residents who visited Brazil, India or Turkey within 14 days entry into Nigeria.This...