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German Missions in Nigeria

Welcome to the Website of the German Embassy Abuja and the Consulate General Lagos!

Nigeria - Lagos

Due to a technical malfunction, the German Embassy Abuja cannot be reached via the telephone landline.

Kindly contact the Embassy via email: info@abuja.diplo.de.

In urgent  cases, the Embassy’s front desk can be reached via: +2349087409013

Ambassador Birgitt Ory

Ambassador Birgitt Ory

Germany and Nigeria are important partners. There are great opportunities in politics, economics and culture we can seize and challenges we have to tackle together: an exciting task for me!

Ambassador Birgitt Ory
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Dr. Stefan Traumann, Consul General

Dr. Stefan Traumann

The Southern part of Nigeria plays a major role in developing relations between our nations. Together we are focusing on important areas like investment and trade, academic cooperation, urbanization, sustainability and renewable energies.

Dr. Stefan Traumann, Consul General
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Germany at a glance

Would you like to find out more about Germany? If so, please use one of the following platforms:

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Laying the foundation for the protection of refugees: 70 years of the Geneva Refugee Convention

The Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was adopted in 1951. It had been drawn up amid the aftermath of two devastating world wars. Today, it forms the centrepiece of international refugee protection. It remains highly relevant – because there are now more refugees than ever before.

The Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was adopted in 1951.
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Information on entry restrictions, testing and quarantine regulations in Germany

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions for entry into Germany from many countries apply. Persons entering must complete a digital entry registration. Depending on the place departure, they also have to provide a negative test result or proof of immunity, and comply with quarantine regulations.

Travellers in front of a corona Test-center at an airport.
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Fighting COVID-19 together in a spirit of solidarity: Germany is contributing 2.2 billion euro to global efforts to fight the pandemic

The German Government is supporting the global efforts to fight the pandemic to the tune of 2.2 billion euro. Most of this sum is going to the vaccine platform COVAX, which is procuring and financing vaccines for developing countries.

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Looking back and taking stock of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU: “Together for Europe’s recovery.”

COVID‑19, the EU budget, the rule of law, the climate – over an eventful six months, Germany’s Presidency has strengthened the European Union both internally and externally.

Logo of the German Council Presidency in the second half of 2020
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Over 100 resolutions later: A look back over two years in the UN Security Council

On 31 December 2020, Germany’s two-year term as a member of the United Nations Security Council will come to an end. We look back here on two eventful years, ranging from the Berlin Process on Libya and a new political mission in the Sudan to our endeavours against sexual violence.

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Global Health Strategy of the German Federal Government

On 7 October 2020, the “Global Health Strategy” was adopted in the German cabinet.  Attached here  is the English version as a PDF file.

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Germany opens labour market for skilled workers from non-EU countries

New rules for the immigration of skilled workers to Germany entered into force in early 2020. The new law extends the opportunities for qualified professionals from outside the European Union to come to work in Germany.

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German Office for International Cooperation in VET

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Facts, not false promises

#rumoursaboutgermany - a new Federal Foreign Office website aims to get the facts out to migrants, making them less susceptible to misinformation spread by human traffickers.

Rumours about Germany

Study in Germany - Land of Ideas

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