BREAKING: Tinubu appoints Bianca Odumugu-Ojukwu Foreign Affairs Minister

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu arsenic Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, pursuing the resignation of Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, who stepped down to enactment successful the 2027 elections.

Ambassador Odumegwu-Ojukwu antecedently served arsenic Minister of State successful the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A connection by Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the President besides nominated Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye arsenic the caller Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, taxable to Senate confirmation.

“Until his nomination, Ambassador Enikanolaiye, from Kogi State, served arsenic Senior Special Assistant to the President connected Foreign Affairs and International Relations.

“Enikanolaiye is simply a distinguished diplomat and seasoned nationalist servant with implicit 3 decades of exemplary work successful Nigeria’s overseas service. He has antecedently served arsenic Permanent Secretary successful the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and held cardinal diplomatic postings successful Addis Ababa, Belgrade, Ottawa, London, and New Delhi.

“The President noted that these appointments are portion of ongoing efforts to reposi...