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Map of Nigerian diplomatic missions

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Nigeria. Nigeria, the most populous African country and which has a large network of diplomatic missions. The country has significant influence in Africa and in various multilateral fora, including the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OPEC, the Commonwealth, and the African Union.

Nigeria first started sending twelve diplomatic personnel overseas to serve in British missions from 1957. Three years later upon independence the country had its own foreign ministry, headed by Foreign Minister Jaja Wachukwu. Now the Nigerian foreign ministry has over 2,000 officers.

Current missions

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Africa

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Algeria Algiers Embassy [1]
 Angola Luanda Embassy [2]
 Benin Cotonou Embassy [3]
 Botswana Gaborone High Commission
International Organizations:
[4][5]
 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Embassy [6]
 Burundi Bujumbura Embassy [7]
 Cameroon Yaoundé High Commission [8]
Douala Consulate-General [9]
Buea Consulate-General [10]
 Central African Republic Bangui Embassy [11]
 Chad N'Djamena Embassy [12]
 Congo-Brazzaville Brazzaville Embassy [13]
 Congo-Kinshasa Kinshasa Embassy [14]
 Egypt Cairo Embassy
Countries:
[15]
 Equatorial Guinea Malabo Embassy [16]
Bata Consulate [17]
 Eritrea Asmara Embassy [18]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy
Countries:
[19]
 Gabon Libreville High Commission [20]
 Gambia Banjul High Commission [21]
 Ghana Accra High Commission [22]
 Guinea Conakry High Commission [23]
 Guinea-Bissau Bissau Embassy
Countries:
[24]
 Ivory Coast Abidjan Embassy [25]
 Kenya Nairobi High Commission
Countries:
[26][27]
 Liberia Monrovia Embassy [28]
 Libya Tripoli Embassy
Countries:
[29][30]
 Malawi Lilongwe High Commission [31]
 Mali Bamako Embassy [32]
 Morocco Rabat Embassy [33]
 Mozambique Maputo High Commission
Countries:
[34]
 Namibia Windhoek High Commission [35]
 Niger Niamey Embassy [36]
 Rwanda Kigali High Commission [37]
 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé Embassy [38]
 Senegal Dakar Embassy
Countries:
[39]
 Sierra Leone Freetown High Commission [40]
 South Africa Pretoria High Commission
Countries:
[41]
Johannesburg Consulate-General [42]
 South Sudan Juba Embassy [43][44]
 Sudan Khartoum Embassy [45]
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam High Commission
Countries:
[46]
 Togo Lomé High Commission [47]
 Tunisia Tunis Embassy [48]
 Uganda Kampala High Commission [49]
 Zambia Lusaka High Commission [50]
 Zimbabwe Harare Embassy [51]

Americas

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy
Countries:
[52]
 Brazil Brasília Embassy
Countries:
[53][54]
 Canada Ottawa High Commission [55]
 Cuba Havana Embassy
Countries:
[56]
 Jamaica Kingston High Commission
Countries:
International Organizations:
[57]
 Mexico Mexico City Embassy
Countries:
[58]
 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain High Commission
Countries:
[59]
 United States Washington, D.C. Embassy
International Organizations:
[60][61]
Atlanta Consulate-General [62]
New York City Consulate-General [63]
 Venezuela Caracas Embassy
Countries:
[64]

Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 China Beijing Embassy
Countries:
[65]
Guangzhou Consulate-General [66]
Hong Kong Consulate-General [67]
Shanghai Consulate-General [68]
 India New Delhi High Commission
Countries:
[69]
 Indonesia Jakarta Embassy [70]
 Iran Tehran Embassy
Countries:
[71][72]
 Israel Tel Aviv Embassy
Countries:
[73]
 Japan Tokyo Embassy [74]
 Jordan Amman Embassy
Countries:
[75]
 Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy
Countries:
[76]
 Lebanon Beirut Embassy [77]
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur High Commission
Countries:
[78]
 North Korea Pyongyang Embassy [79]
 Pakistan Islamabad High Commission
Countries:
[80][81][82]
 Philippines Manila Embassy
Countries:
[83]
 Qatar Doha Embassy [84]
 Republic of China (Taiwan) New Taipei Trade Office [85]
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy
Countries:
[86]
Jeddah Consulate-General [87]
 Singapore Singapore High Commission [88]
 South Korea Seoul Embassy [89]
 Syria Damascus Embassy [90]
 Thailand Bangkok Embassy
Countries:
[91]
 Turkey Ankara Embassy [92]
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy [93]
Dubai Consulate-General [94]
 Vietnam Hanoi Embassy [95]

Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Austria Vienna Embassy
Countries:
[96]
 Belgium Brussels Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
[97]
 Bulgaria Sofia Liaison office[c] [98]
 Czechia Prague Embassy [99]
 France Paris Embassy
Countries:
[100][101]
 Germany Berlin Embassy [102]
Frankfurt Consulate-General [103]
 Greece Athens Embassy [104]
 Holy See[d] Rome Embassy [105]
 Hungary Budapest Embassy [106]
 Ireland Dublin Embassy
Countries:
[107]
 Italy Rome Embassy
Countries:
[108][109]
 Lithuania Vilnius Embassy
Countries:
[110][111]
 Netherlands The Hague Embassy [112]
 Poland Warsaw Embassy [113]
 Portugal Lisbon Embassy [114]
 Romania Bucharest Embassy
Countries:
[115][116]
 Russia Moscow Embassy
Countries:
[117]
 Spain Madrid Embassy
International Organizations:
[118]
 Sweden Stockholm Embassy
Countries:
[119]
  Switzerland Bern Embassy
Countries:
[120]
 United Kingdom London High Commission
International Organizations:
[121]

Oceania

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Australia Canberra High Commission [122]

Multilateral organisations

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Organization Host city Host country Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
ECOWAS Abuja Nigeria Permanent Mission [123]
 United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission [124]
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission [125]
 UNESCO Paris France Permanent Delegation [126]
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Closed missions

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Americas

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 United States San Francisco Consulate-General 1989 [127][128]

Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Bangladesh Dhaka High Commission Unknown [129]
 Iraq Baghdad Embassy Unknown [130]
 Sri Lanka Colombo High Commission 2017 [69]

Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade Embassy 2003 [131]

See also

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Explanatory notes

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  1. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  2. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  3. ^ Originally an embassy, was downgraded into a liaison office under the jurisdiction of the Nigerian embassy in Bucharest, Romania.
  4. ^ The Nigerian Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.

References

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  1. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Algiers". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - Luanda, Angola". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Cotonou". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Gaborone". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Three envoys present credentials to SADC". www.sadc.int. 5 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Ouagadougou". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Bujumbura". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  8. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Yaounde". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Consulate General of Nigeria, Douala". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Consulate General Nigeria, Buea - Cameroon". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Bangui". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, N'Djamena". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Brazzaville". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Kinshasa". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Cairo". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Malabo". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Consulate of Nigeria, Bata". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Asmara". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  19. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria to Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic to Nigeria to the African Union and UNECA". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Libreville". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  21. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Banjul". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Nigeria High Commission in Ghana". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  23. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Conakry". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  24. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Bissau". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  25. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Abidjan". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  26. ^ "Nigeria High Commission - Nairobi, Kenya". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  27. ^ "New Nigerian high commissioner to Seychelles presents credentials". Seychelles Nation. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  28. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Monrovia". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  29. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Tripoli". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  30. ^ "Foreign Diplomatic Representation Accredited to Malta" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  31. ^ "Nigeria High Commission - Lilongwe, Malawi". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  32. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Bamako". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  33. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Rabat". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  34. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Maputo". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  35. ^ "Nigeria High Commission - Windhoek". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  36. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Niamey". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  37. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Kigali". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  38. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, São Tomé". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  39. ^ "Embassy the Federal Republic to Nigeria - Senegal". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  40. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Freetown". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  41. ^ "Welcome to Nigerian High Commission Pretoria, South Africa". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  42. ^ "Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - Republic of South Africa". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  43. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Juba". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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  45. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Khartoum". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  46. ^ "Nigeria High Commission in Dar Es Salaam". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  47. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Lome". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  48. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Tunis". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  49. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Kampala". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  50. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Lusaka". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  51. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Harare". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  52. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Brasilia". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  53. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Brasilia". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  54. ^ "Representaciones Extranjeras Acreditadas en Paraguay". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  55. ^ "Nigeria High Commission - Ottawa". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  56. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Havana". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  57. ^ "Nigeria High Commission, Kingston". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  58. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mexico". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  59. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Port of Spain". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  60. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - Washington DC". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  61. ^ "Permanent Observers". Organization of American States. August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  62. ^ "Consulate General of Nigeria - Atlanta - Georgia - USA". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  63. ^ "The Consulate General of Nigeria - New York". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  64. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  65. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Beijing". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  66. ^ "Consulate General of Nigeria, Guangzhou". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  67. ^ "Consulate General of Nigeria, Hong Kong". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  68. ^ "Consulate General of Nigeria, Shanghai". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  69. ^ a b "High Commission of Nigeria, New Delhi". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  70. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Jakarta". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  71. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria - Tehran". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  72. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Tehran". NgConsulate. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  73. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Tel Aviv - Israel". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  74. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Tokyo". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  75. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Amman". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  76. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Kuwait". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  77. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Beirut". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  78. ^ "High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  79. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Pyongyang". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  80. ^ "The Nigeria High Commission Islamabad". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  81. ^ "High Commission of Nigeria, Islamabad". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  82. ^ "Newly appointed Non-Resident High Commissioner of Nigeria to Maldives calls on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs". Government of Maldives. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  83. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria in the Philippines". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  84. ^ "Nigeria Embassy, Doha-Qatar". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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  86. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Riyadh". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  87. ^ "Consulate General of Nigeria, Jeddah". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  88. ^ "Nigeria High Commission - Singapore". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  89. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Korea". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  90. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Damascus". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  91. ^ "Nigeria Embassy in Thailand". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  92. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ankara - Turkey". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  93. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirate". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  94. ^ "Consulate General of Nigeria, Dubai". NgConsulate. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  95. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Vietnam". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  96. ^ "Welcome to the Official site of the Nigerian Embassy Vienna". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  97. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Brussels". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  98. ^ "Liaison Office of Nigeria, Sofia". NgConsulate. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  99. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Prague". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  100. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Paris". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  101. ^ "Nigeria". Government of Monaco. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  102. ^ "Nigeria Embassy - Berlin". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  103. ^ "The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - Frankfurt am Main Germany". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  104. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Athens". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  105. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Holy See". NgConsulate. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  106. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria - Budapest, Hungary". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  107. ^ "Nigerian Embassy - Dublin, Ireland". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  108. ^ "The Embassy of Nigeria Rome - Italy". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  109. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Rome". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  110. ^ Nigeria's embassy to move to Vilnius
  111. ^ Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  112. ^ "Welcome to The Embassy of Nigeria - Your Home in The Netherlands". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  113. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - Warsaw, Poland". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  114. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria Lisbon - Portugal". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  115. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Bucharest". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  116. ^ "Diplomatic Protocol". Government of Slovenia. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  117. ^ "Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - Moscow Russian Federation". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  118. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria Madrid - Spain". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  119. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria - Stockholm, Sweden". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  120. ^ "Embassy of Nigeria, Bern". NgConsulate. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  121. ^ "Nigeria High Commission - London, UK". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  122. ^ "Nigeria High Commission, Canberra-Australia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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  125. ^ "Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations in Geneva". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  126. ^ "UNESCO Permanent Delegation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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  131. ^ "Serbia to open consulate in Kano". Premium Times. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2022.