About six months after President Bola Tinubu recalled all career and non-career ambassadors in diplomatic missions worldwide, their offices in embassies and consulates have remained vacant.
The envoys, which included 41 non-career ambassadors and 42 career ambassadors appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2020, were on September 2, 2023, directed to return to the country on or before October 31.
Nigeria has 109 missions, 76 embassies, 22 high commissions and 11 consulates globally.