The Embassy of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria Budapest, located at Virányos út 4/a, a
prime area of the twelfth district, was opened in 1992 after twenty-eight years
of the establishment of Diplomatic relations between Nigeria
and Hungary.
The history of
diplomatic relations between Nigeria
and Hungary goes back to
1964 with Hungary having
diplomatic presence in Nigeria
since that period. The interests of Nigeria
were overseen, on concurrent accreditation, initially from Warsaw,
Poland, and then
subsequently from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, before effective presence in Budapest in 1992. The
Embassy presently has Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
as its countries of concurrent accreditation.
The Mission provides Consular, Immigration and other services to Nigerians and other nationals. The Mission is also engaged in representational duties on behalf of the
Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on political, economic,
social, educational, humanitarian, cultural and other global issues
including promoting trade ties and supporting new avenues for economic
partnership between Nigeria and Hungary and other countries of concurrent accreditation.
The Embassy is currently headed by Ambassador (Dr.) Modupe Enitan Irele who arrived Hungary on the 3rd of May, 2021 and presented her Letter of Credence to the Hungarian President, János Áder on the 7th of July, 2021. On Monday, 6th September, 2021, Ambassador Modupe Irele presented her Letter of Credence to the President of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Aleksandar Vucic at the Serbia Hall of the Palace of Serbia. On Monday, 6th December, 2021, H.E. Dr. Modupe Enitan Irele officially became a non-resident Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. She presented her Letter of Credence to the H.E. Zeljko Komšić, the currentChairman of the
Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Presidential Office in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
