President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the postings of 65 ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to various countries and the United Nations.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed that 31 non-career and 34 career ambassadors have been assigned to their duty posts.
The Senate confirmed all 65 nominees in December 2025 after screening them through its Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been directed to immediately commence an induction programme for the envoys, who will assume duties after receiving agrément from their host countries.
Non-Career Ambassadors
- Senator Grace Bent — Togo (Lomé)
- Senator Ita Enang — South Africa
- Ikpeazu Victor — Spain
- Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu — Israel (Tel Aviv)
- Mahmud Yakubu — Qatar
- Paul Oga Adikwu — Vatican City Holy See
- Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas — Philippines
- Reno Omokri — Mexico
- Engr. Abasi Braimah — Hungary (Budapest)
- Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo — Portugal
- Barr. Oluwayimika Ayotunwa — Japan (Tokyo)
- Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi — Greece (Athens)
- Barr. Chioma Priscilla Ohakim — Poland (Warsaw)
- Aminu Dalhatu — United Kingdom (High Commissioner)
- Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau — China (Beijing)
- Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari — Gambia
- Olufemi Pedro — Australia
- Barr. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu — Argentina
- Lateef Kayode Are — United States
- Amb. Joseph Sola Iji — Russia
- Senator Jimoh Ibrahim — United Nations (Permanent Representative)
- Femi Fani-Kayode — Germany
- Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole — Canada (Ottawa)
- Fatima Florence Ajimobi — Austria
- Mrs. Lola Akande — Sweden
- Ayodele Oke — France
- Yakubu N. Gambo — Saudi Arabia
- Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut — South Korea (Seoul)
- Barr. Joe-Kyari Okocha, SAN — Ireland (Dublin)
- Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar — Tunisia (Tunis)
- Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe — Trinidad and Tobago (Port of Spain)
Career Ambassadors
- Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka — Côte d’Ivoire
- Besto Maimuna Ibrahim — Niger (Niamey)
- Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi — São Tomé and Príncipe
- Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele — Algeria (Algiers)
- Endoni Syndoph Paebi — Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)
- Ahmed Mohammed Monguno — Egypt (Cairo)
- Ambassador Jane Adams — Jamaica (Kingston)
- Ambassador Clark-Omeru Alexandra — Zambia (Lusaka)
- Chima Geoffrey Lioma David — Mali (Bamako)
- Ambassador Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen — Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)
- Ambassador Wasa Segun Ige — Lebanon (Beirut)
- Ruben Abimbola Samuel — Italy (Rome)
- Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley — Mozambique (Maputo)
- Ambassador Magaji Umar — DR Congo (Kinshasa)
- Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru — India (New Delhi)
- Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad — Senegal (Dakar)
- Ambassador Shehu Ilu Barde — Ghana (Accra)
- Ambassador Aminu Nasir — Ethiopia
- Abubakar Musa — Chad (N’Djamena)
- Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris — Netherlands (The Hague)
- Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar — Morocco (Rabat)
- Ambassador Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed — Malaysia
- Ambassador Romata Mohammed Omobolanle — Tanzania
- Ambassador Shaga John Shamah — Botswana
- Hamza Mohammed Salau — Iran (Tehran)
- Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami — Kenya
- Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola — Benin (Cotonou)
- Ambassador Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel — Belgium (Brussels)
- Ambassador Akande Wahab Adekola — Switzerland (Berne)
- Ambassador Arewa Esther — Namibia (Windhoek)
- Ambassador Gergadi Joseph John — Gabon (Libreville)
- Ambassador Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata — Sierra Leone
- Danladi Yakubu Nyaku — Sudan (Khartoum)
- Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru — Thailand (Bangkok)
Onanuga said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for High Commissioner-designate Aminu Dalhatu and from France for Ambassador Ayodele Oke.
He added that the nominations of the remaining 62 envoys have been conveyed to their respective host countries pending agrément.
