BREAKING: Tinubu approves posting of 65 ambassadors and high commissioners

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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

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

Career Ambassadors / High Commissioners

1. Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka — Côte d’Ivoire
2. Besto Maimuna Ibrahim — Niamey, Niger
3. Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi — São Tomé, STP
4. Mohammed Mahmud Lele — Algiers, Algeria
5. Endoni Syndoph Paebi — Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
6. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno — Cairo, Egypt
7. Jane Adams (née Okon) Michael — Kingston, Jamaica
8. Clark-Omeru Alexandra — Lusaka, Zambia
9. Chima Geoffrey Lioma David — Bamako, Mali
10. Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen — Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
11. Wasa Segun Ige — Beirut, Lebanon
12. Ruben Abimbola Samuel — Rome, Italy
13. Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley — Maputo, Mozambique
14. Magaji Umar — Kinshasa, DR Congo
15. Muhammad Saidu Dahiru — New Delhi, India
16. Abdussalam Habu Zayyad — Dakar, Senegal
17. Shehu Ilu Barde — Accra, Ghana
18. Aminu Nasir — Ethiopia
19. Abubakar Musa Musa — N’Djamena, Chad
20. Haidara Mohammed Idris — The Hague, Netherlands
21. Bako Adamu Umar — Rabat, Morocco
22. Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed — Malaysia
23. Romata Mohammed Omobolanle — Tanzania
24. Shaga John Shamah — Botswana
25. Salau Hamza Mohammed — Tehran, Iran
26. Ibrahim Danlami — Kenya
27. Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola — Cotonou, Benin
28. Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel — Brussels, Belgium
29. Akande Wahab Adekola — Berne, Switzerland
30. Arewa (née Adedokun) Esther — Windhoek, Namibia
31. Gergadi Joseph John — Libreville, Gabon
32. Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata — Sierra Leone
33. Danladi Yakubu Nyaku — Khartoum, Sudan
34. 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.

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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.