Gallery

The Ambassador with Kofi Annan, 7th United Nations Secretary General, Kinshasa, December 2006

The Ambassador with Ban Ki Moon, 8th United Nations Secretary General, Kinshasa, January 2007

The Ambassador hosting former Presidents Abdulsalam Abubakar [Nigeria] and Jerry Rawlings [Ghana], in Nigeria Residence, Kinshasa, 2007

The Ambassador presenting Letters of Credence to President Joseph Kabila, of D.R. Congo, Kinshasa, 2004

The Ambassador with President Mary Robinson of Ireland and his wife, Dr. Grace Obiageri Obodozie, Dublin, 1991

The Ambassador with U.S. President George H.W. Bush, Warsaw, 1992

The Ambassador presenting Ambassador Whyte, British High Commissioner, to President Shagari, Lagos, 1983

The Ambassador presenting Benin Republic Ambassador to President Babangida, Lagos, 1985

The Ambassador with President Obasanjo, after enplane briefing, Kinshasa, 2004

The Ambassador with Presidents Obasanjo and Kabila, Kinshasa, 2004

The Ambassador hosting a National Day Event in Kinshasa

The Ambassador at Okija, after retirement, in-front of his Grandfather's OBI [Palace], Built 1924, with Bricks. Staircase and Decking in Wood. Then, cement sold in drums and the roofing zinc-sheets "gbam gbam" from 1924 are still incredibly intact. A Heritage Site!

The Ambassador with his wife, Dr. Grace Obiageri Obodozie and their five Children, Kinshasa, 2006

The Ambassador at an Evening with U.S. President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Washington DC, 1982

The Ambassador with Professor Gambari, [left] former Foreign Minister and Ambassador Chibundu [right] at Foreign Office, Marina, Lagos, in 1984. Professor Gambari became Chief of Staff to President Buhari, in 2020

The Ambassador, then, as Mass Communication Undergraduate, interviewing the Registrar, University of Lagos, Mr S. Ade Osinulu, 1974

The Ambassador, with mother and only brother in front of the White House, Washington DC, 1981

The Ambassador receiving Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ekwueme (right in red cap) Andrews Airforce Base, Washington DC, 1982

The Ambassador's parents dancing with wife, Dr. Grace Obiageri Obodozie, Nigeria Residence, Kinshasa, December 2006

The Ambassador's five children learning defense skills, Pretoria, Early 2003. According to the Ambassador: "If you can Swim, Drive and Fight, you will Survive" [Old-School Daddy-Doctrine]

The Ambassador calming a protest outside Nigeria High Commission, Pretoria, 2002

The Ambassador with Honourable Foreign Minister of Nigeria, Barrister Geoffrey Onyeama, Foreign Office, Abuja, October 2018

Tennis Court at His Excellency's Complex in Okija. The Ambassador met wife at tennis, and built the tennis court at their country home in Okija. In tennis, if you have love, it means nothing. Love means zero, in tennis.

The Ambassador as a baby, Birnin-Kebbi, Easter Sunday, 1951.

Early Years, the Ambassador with father, Chief Peter Obiukwu Obodozie, Ohimiri Two of Okija and Sister [Mrs Rosemary Azinge] in Kaduna, 1956. A Hospital Administrator, Ohimiri Two was involved in opening seven various General Hospitals in the old Northern Nigeria, under British Colonial Service, from 1948 until Nigeria's Independence in 1960, when he returned to the old Eastern Nigeria Service.

The Dynasty Patriarch and the Ambassador's Grandfather, Chief Obodozie, Ohimiri One of Okija, [1855-1953], Paramount Warrant Chief from 1904 - 1953.

The Ambassador's Grandmother, Eze-Nwanyi (Queen) Atugharoh, 1881 - 1969

BSc (Hons) Mass Communication, Graduation Ceremony, University of Lagos, 1975 with friend Krisha (right)

Doctor of Literature and Philosophy, University of South Africa, 2003

The Ambassador with parents at an event, Nigeria Residence, Kinshasa, 2006

The Ambassador with President Joseph Kabila, of D.R. Congo, Kinshasa, 2004