{"id":33340,"date":"2020-12-11T16:04:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T16:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33340"},"modified":"2020-12-11T16:04:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T16:04:22","slug":"nigerian-ambassador-to-us-sylvanus-nsofor-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-ambassador-to-us-sylvanus-nsofor-is-dead","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Ambassador to US, Sylvanus Nsofor is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian ambassador to the United States of America, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor is dead, ThisDay reports.<\/p>\n<p>Nsofor died on Thursday in Maryland hospital, Washington DC at the age of 85.<\/p>\n<p>Nsofor, a retired justice of Nigeria\u2019s Court of Appeal, assumed office as Nigeria\u2019s ambassador to the United States on November 13, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>He succeeded Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, who died towards the end of his tenure as Nigeria\u2019s ambassador to the US.<\/p>\n<p>Nsofor graduated from London\u2019s now-defunct Holborn College of Law in 1962.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian ambassador to the United States of America, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor is dead, ThisDay reports. Nsofor died on Thursday in Maryland hospital, Washington DC at the age of 85. Nsofor, a retired justice of Nigeria\u2019s Court of Appeal, assumed office as Nigeria\u2019s ambassador to the United States on November 13, 2017. 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