Abuja, Nigeria (NPA) — March 6, 2026 — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the deployment of 31 career and 34 non-career ambassadors to various countries and the United Nations. The Senate confirmed the nominees last December.
In a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy), Reno Omokri was assigned to Mexico, while Femi Fani-Kayode will serve in Germany.
Non-Career Ambassadors / High Commissioners
- Senator Grace Bent — Lome, Togo
- Sen. Ita Enang — South Africa
- Ikpeazu Victor — Spain
- Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu — Tel Aviv, Israel
- Mahmud Yakubu — Qatar
- Paul Oga Adikwu — Vatican City, Holy See
- Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas — Philippines
- Reno Omokri — Mexico City, Mexico
- Hon. Abasi Braimah — Budapest, Hungary
- Erelu Angela Adebayo — Portugal
- Olumilua Oluwayimika Ayotunwa — Tokyo, Japan
- Rt. Hon. Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi Lawrence — Athens, Greece
- Chioma Priscilla Ohakim — Warsaw, Poland
- Aminu Dalhatu — United Kingdom
- Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau — Beijing, China
- Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari — Gambia
- Olufemi Pedro — Australia
- Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu — Argentina
- Lateef Kayode Are — United States
- Amb. Joseph Sola Iji — Russia
- Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim — UN Permanent Representative
- Femi Fani-Kayode — Germany
- Prof. Isaak Folorunso Adewole — Ottawa, Canada
- Ajimobi Fatima Florence — Austria
- Lola Akande — Sweden
- Ayo Oke — France
- Yakubu N. Gambo — Saudi Arabia
- Sen. Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut — Seoul, South Korea
- Onueze Chukwujika Joe Okocha SAN — Dublin, Ireland
- Dr Kulu Haruna Abubakar — Tunis, Tunisia
- Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe — Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Career Ambassadors / High Commissioners
- Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka — Côte d’Ivoire
- Besto Maimuna Ibrahim — Niamey, Niger
- Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi — São Tomé, STP
- Mohammed Mahmud Lele — Algiers, Algeria
- Endoni Syndoph Paebi — Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Ahmed Mohammed Monguno — Cairo, Egypt
- Jane Adams (née Okon) Michael — Kingston, Jamaica
- Clark-Omeru Alexandra — Lusaka, Zambia
- Chima Geoffrey Lioma David — Bamako, Mali
- Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen — Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
- Wasa Segun Ige — Beirut, Lebanon
- Ruben Abimbola Samuel — Rome, Italy
- Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley — Maputo, Mozambique
- Magaji Umar — Kinshasa, DR Congo
- Muhammad Saidu Dahiru — New Delhi, India
- Abdussalam Habu Zayyad — Dakar, Senegal
- Shehu Ilu Barde — Accra, Ghana
- Aminu Nasir — Ethiopia
- Abubakar Musa Musa — N’Djamena, Chad
- Haidara Mohammed Idris — The Hague, Netherlands
- Bako Adamu Umar — Rabat, Morocco
- Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed — Malaysia
- Romata Mohammed Omobolanle — Tanzania
- Shaga John Shamah — Botswana
- Salau Hamza Mohammed — Tehran, Iran
- Ibrahim Danlami — Kenya
- Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola — Cotonou, Benin
- Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel — Brussels, Belgium
- Akande Wahab Adekola — Berne, Switzerland
- Arewa (née Adedokun) Esther — Windhoek, Namibia
- Gergadi Joseph John — Libreville, Gabon
- Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata — Sierra Leone
- Danladi Yakubu Nyaku — Khartoum, Sudan
- Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru — Bangkok, Thailand
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément for Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu (UK) and Ambassador Ayo Oke (France). Requests for agrément have been sent to other host countries in line with diplomatic protocol.
President Tinubu has directed the Ministry to immediately commence induction programmes for the ambassadors-designate and high commissioners ahead of their formal assumption of duty.
