•Super Eagles No fewer than 15 players have arrived in Antalya as the Super Eagles opened camp ahead of upcoming international friendlies in Turkey. The early arrivals include Fisayo Bashiru, Alex Iwobi, Emmanuel Oluwasegun, Yira Sor, Paul Onuachu and Philip Otele, reports NAN. Others are Semi Ajayi, Moses Simon, Francis Uzoho, Bruno Onyemaech...
•Rocket trails Turkey’s defence ministry today said a ballistic missile from Iran had been shot down in Turkish airspace by NATO forces in the third such incident of the Middle East war. “A ballistic munition launched from Iran and entering Turkish airspace was neutralised by NATO air and missile defence assets deployed in the eastern [&hellip...
•Tinubu (left) stumbles in Turkey, today President Bola Tinubu missed his step briefly and fell in Ankara, capital of Turkey, today. The Nigerian leader was walking alongside his Turkish counterpart, President Recep Erdogan, when the incident happened, reports Daily Trust. Earlier, Tinubu had inspected a parade as part of the massive reception...
•Tinubu jets out President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today, Monday, January 26, for a state visit to the Republic of Turkey, as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral relations between both countries. The visit, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, is ...
•Tinubu and troops The federal government said it has sought the help of Turkey in tackling the insecurity challenges currently facing the country. President Bola Tinubu spoke yesterday at a meeting with a delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria, led by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, at his Lagos residence, according to a st...
•Victor Osimhen (C) Super Eagles and Galatasaray forward, Victor Osimhen, has been crowned the Gentlemen Quarterly Sportsman of the Year in Turkey. The 26-year-old striker received the award at a black-tie ceremony held in Istanbul yesterday. The accolade, organised annually by the Turkish edition of GQ Magazine, a leading international men’s ...
•Metehan Baltaci Istanbul prosecutors today ordered the arrest of 46 people, among them 29 football players, as part of a sprawling investigation into illegal betting on Turkish matches. Among the arrested players, 27 are suspected of having bet on matches involving their own teams, the public prosecutor’s office said in a statement. One was M...
•A baby Western lowland gorilla named Zeytin hugs the keeper at the Polenezkoy Zoo in Istanbul Shining down a lamp-post, the tiny male gorilla almost seems to be laughing as he dodges past his keeper at an Istanbul zoo, where he has called home since being rescued from traffickers. He was five months old when […]
•Earthquake in Turkey A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Marmaris area of southwestern Turkey early today, killing one teenager and injuring dozens of people, the interior minister said. The quake, which Turkey’s AFAD disaster agency said struck at 2:17 am (2317 GMT yesterday) some 10 kilometres (six miles) off the coast of Marmaris, was al...
•Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Turkey today proposed to host a meeting between the American, Russian, and Ukrainian presidents in an effort to advance toward an end to the three-year war in Ukraine. NATO member Turkey, which has strove to maintain relations with both Kyiv and Moscow, has become a key mediator amid [&hell...

