President Bola Tinubu has approved the postings of 65 ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to various countries and the United Nations, with former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode assigned to Germany and presidential aide Reno Omokri to Mexico.
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The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who signed the statement announcing the postings on Thursday, disclosed that 34 non-career and 31 career ambassadors have been assigned to their duty posts.
Among the high-profile non-career appointees, former Katsina State Governor Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau will serve in Beijing (China), while Senator Jimoh Ibrahim has been designated as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Other prominent postings include:
- Senator Ita Enang — South Africa
- Former Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu — Spain
- Former Health Minister Prof. Isaac Adewole — Canada
- Lateef Kayode Are — United States
- Senator Grace Bent — Lomé (Togo)
- Former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi — Athens (Greece)
- Aminu Dalhatu — United Kingdom
- Ayodele Oke (Former DG, NIA) — France
- Fatima Ajimobi — Vienna (Austria)
- Mrs Lola Akande — Stockholm (Sweden)
- Joe-Kyari Okocha, SAN — Dublin (Ireland)
- Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas — Manila (Philippines)
- Paul Adikwu — Vatican City Holy See
- Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu — Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Mahmud Yakubu — Doha (Qatar)
- Yakubu Gambo — Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
- Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut — Seoul (South Korea)
- Dr Kulu Haruna Abubakar — Tunis (Tunisia)
Other Non-Career Postings
- Engr. Abasi Braimah — Budapest (Hungary)
- Erelu Angela Adebayo — Lisbon (Portugal)
- Oluwayimika Ayotunwa — Tokyo (Japan)
- Chioma Ohakim — Warsaw (Poland)
- Olufemi Pedro — Canberra (Australia)
- Mohammed Aliyu — Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Joseph Sola Iji — Moscow (Russia)
- Jerry Manwe — Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
Career Ambassadors
Among career ambassadors:
- Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele — Algiers (Algeria)
- Ambassador Shehu Barde — Accra (Ghana)
- Ambassador Aminu Nasir — Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
- Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami — Nairobi (Kenya)
- Ambassador Ayeni Adebayo — Brussels (Belgium)
- Ambassador Akande Wahab — Berne (Switzerland)
- Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa — Côte d’Ivoire
- Besto Maimuna Ibrahim — Niamey (Niger)
- Ahmed Mohammed Monguno — Cairo (Egypt)
- Ambassador Jane Adams — Kingston (Jamaica)
- Ambassador Clark-Omeru Alexandra — Lusaka (Zambia)
- Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru — New Delhi (India)
- Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad — Dakar (Senegal)
- Abubakar Musa — N’Djamena (Chad)
- Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris — The Hague (Netherlands)
- Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar — Rabat (Morocco)
Additional Career Postings
- Ambassador Sulu Gambari — Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
- Ambassador Romata Mohammed — Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
- Ambassador Shaga John — Gaborone (Botswana)
- Hamza Salau — Tehran (Iran)
- Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola — Cotonou (Benin)
- Ambassador Wasa Segun Ige — Beirut (Lebanon)
- Ruben Abimbola Samuel — Rome (Italy)
- Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu — Maputo (Mozambique)
- Ambassador Magaji Umar — Kinshasa (DR Congo)
- Ambassador Arewa Esther — Windhoek (Namibia)
- Chima Geoffrey David — Bamako (Mali)
- Ambassador Odumah Yvonne — Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)
- Monica Okwuchukwu — São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Endoni Syndoph — Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
- Ambassador Gergadi Joseph — Libreville (Gabon)
- Ambassador Luther Ayo-Kalata — Freetown (Sierra Leone)
- Danladi Yakubu — Khartoum (Sudan)
- Bello Dogon-Daji — Bangkok (Thailand)
UK, France Grant Agrément
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for High Commissioner-designate Aminu Dalhatu, while France has sent agrément for Ambassador Ayodele Oke.
“The Ministry has also conveyed the nominations of the other 62 designated envoys to all the countries concerned, including a request for their agréments in line with standard diplomatic practice,” Onanuga stated.
Agrément is the formal approval given by a receiving country to accept a diplomat designated by the sending country, and it is a prerequisite before an ambassador can assume duty.
Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately commence an induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and high commissioners.
The Senate confirmed all 65 ambassadorial nominees in December 2025 following their screening by the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The postings include a mix of political appointees, known as non-career ambassadors, and professional diplomats from the Foreign Service, classified as career ambassadors.
Nigeria maintains diplomatic missions in over 100 countries worldwide, with embassies, high commissions, and consulates serving as the country’s representatives in bilateral and multilateral engagements.
The last major ambassadorial postings were made in 2017 under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, leaving many Nigerian missions without substantive ambassadors for extended periods.
The ambassadors-designate are expected to assume their duties after completing the induction programme and receiving agrément from their host countries.
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