Nigeria

Major natural gas exporting nations have begun meetings in Doha to discuss how to meet skyrocketing world demand as tensions surrounding Ukraine stoke fears in Europe about gas supplies from Russia.

Nigeria's government has handed over two bronze treasures to a traditional royal palace in part of a series of restorations of artifacts looted during colonial times.

In a ceremony accompanied by songs, drums and dancers on Saturday, a bronze cockrell and a king's bust were given to King Uku Akpolokpolor Ewuare II, one of the traditional rulers in Africa's most populous country.

Turkey's Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (Botaş) has lowered natural gas flow to large industrial sites and power stations by 40 percent because of a disruption in pipeline gas imports from Iran.

The national pipeline company has taken all neceassary measures for households not be affected by the shortage, a statement released in the evening on Jan. 20 said.

Namely, due to the appearance of this mutation, a large number of countries tightened the measures, and one of them was the suspension of flights from the southern part of Africa, where omicron was registered. Although it was believed that this strain appeared a few days ago, the new data speak quite differently.

A senior U.S. senator has proposed measures targeting Turkey's defense sector exports as well as aid to Azerbaijan.

Turkish basketball player Adem Bona announced on Nov. 1 that he will be joining NCAA's UCLA Bruins instead of the Kentucky Wildcats.

In an interview with NBA insider Shams Charania, Bona, the 5-star prospect and a player among the top 25-30 players in the country as determined by scouts and analysts, said he will join the UCLA squad next year.

A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Nov. 1, killing at least four people with dozens more feared trapped inside the rubble.

A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Nov. 1, killing at least four people with dozens more feared trapped inside the rubble.

A yellow excavator pushed away concrete slabs to search through the wreckage of the 21-floor building in Lagos's wealthy Ikoyi residential and business district, AFP correspondents at the scene said.

Over the next few years, trade between Turkey and Nigeria will rise "dramatically" from its current level of $2 billion, according to Nigeria's top trade official.

Turkey highly appreciates Togo's support in the fight against the FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Oct. 19.