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Nigeria’s ambassador-designate dies before assumption of office

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Nigeria’s ambassador designate to Algeria, Mohammed Mahmud Lele, has died after a prolonged illness.
Aged 50, Lele passed away in Ankara, Turkey, where he was receiving treatment.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed that Lele died in the early hours of April 19.
This happened weeks after his confirmation as Nigeria’s envoy to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.
In a statement issued in Abuja, the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, described the deceased as a committed forei

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