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Sad! Nigeria Loses Charge D’affairs and Acting Head of mission At Embassy of Nigeria…

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Tragic news filtered in Thursday that Nigerias has lost the Charge D’affairs and acting Head of Mission at the Embassy of Nigeria in Conakry, Guinea, Yusuf Saleh who passed away on Thursday.

The news which sent shock waves across diplomatic circles in both Guinea, Conakry and in Nigeria, has been very depressing to many who knew the late acting Head of Mission. He was described as a very dedicated Foreign Service Officer and a team leader at post.

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