Tinubu Assigns 65 Ambassadors, High Commissioners to Foreign Missions

President Bola Tinubu has approved the deployment of 65 ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to different countries as well as the United Nations.

The announcement was made on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who said the list includes 31 non-career ambassadors and 34 career ambassadors.

All 65 nominees were confirmed by the Senate in December 2025 after appearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

According to Onanuga, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been directed to begin the induction process for the envoys immediately. They are expected to resume duties after their host countries grant agrément, which is the formal approval required before ambassadors can officially take up diplomatic postings.

So far, the Nigerian government has received agrément from the United Kingdom for Aminu Dalhatu, who was posted as High Commissioner, and from France for Ayodele Oke.

The nominations of the remaining 62 envoys have already been sent to their host countries and are awaiting approval.

The full list of postings is below.

Non-career ambassadors

1. Senator Grace Bent — Togo
2. Senator Ita Enang — South Africa
3. Ikpeazu Victor — Spain
4. Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu — Israel
5. Mahmud Yakubu — Qatar
6. Paul Oga Adikwu — Vatican City
7. Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas — Philippines
8. Reno Omokri — Mexico
9. Engr. Abasi Braimah — Hungary
10. Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo — Portugal
11. Barr. Oluwayimika Ayotunwa — Japan
12. Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi — Greece
13. Barr. Chioma Priscilla Ohakim — Poland
14. Aminu Dalhatu — United Kingdom
15. Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau — China
16. Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari — Gambia
17. Olufemi Pedro — Australia
18. Barr. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu — Argentina
19. Lateef Kayode Are — United States
20. Amb. Joseph Sola Iji — Russia
21. Senator Jimoh Ibrahim — United Nations
22. Femi Fani-Kayode — Germany
23. Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole — Canada
24. Fatima Florence Ajimobi — Austria
25. Mrs. Lola Akande — Sweden
26. Ayodele Oke — France
27. Yakubu N. Gambo — Saudi Arabia
28. Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut — South Korea
29. Barr. Joe-Kyari Okocha, SAN — Ireland
30. Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar — Tunisia
31. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe — Trinidad and Tobago

Career ambassadors

32. Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka — Côte d’Ivoire
33. Besto Maimuna Ibrahim — Niger
34. Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi — São Tomé and Príncipe
35. Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele — Algeria
36. Endoni Syndoph Paebi — Burkina Faso
37. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno — Egypt
38. Ambassador Jane Adams — Jamaica
39. Ambassador Clark-Omeru Alexandra — Zambia
40. Chima Geoffrey Lioma David — Mali
41. Ambassador Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen — Equatorial Guinea
42. Ambassador Wasa Segun Ige — Lebanon
43. Ruben Abimbola Samuel — Italy
44. Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley — Mozambique
45. Ambassador Magaji Umar — DR Congo
46. Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru — India
47. Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad — Senegal
48. Ambassador Shehu Ilu Barde — Ghana
49. Ambassador Aminu Nasir — Ethiopia
50. Abubakar Musa — Chad
51. Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris — Netherlands
52. Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar — Morocco
53. Ambassador Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed — Malaysia
54. Ambassador Romata Mohammed Omobolanle — Tanzania
55. Ambassador Shaga John Shamah — Botswana
56. Hamza Mohammed Salau — Iran
57. Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami — Kenya
58. Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola — Benin
59. Ambassador Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel — Belgium
60. Ambassador Akande Wahab Adekola — Switzerland
61. Ambassador Arewa Esther — Namibia
62. Ambassador Gergadi Joseph John — Gabon
63. Ambassador Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata — Sierra Leone
64. Danladi Yakubu Nyaku — Sudan
65. Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru — Thailand