Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has felicitated the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, on her birthday, describing her as "a woman of strong will and courage."

Mr Otti's felicitation was contained in a message issued on Wednesday by Ferdinand Ekeoma, the special adviser on media and publicity to the governor.

The minister is the widow of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, a Nigerian military leader who headed the secessionist state of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War. She is 57.

She was the Nigerian ambassador to Spain before she was appointed foreign affairs minister in April by President Bola Tinubu.

"On a day like this, I feel excited to celebrate my sister and friend, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-...