President Bola Tinubu has approved the posting of 65 ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to Nigerian diplomatic missions around the world and the United Nations, the presidency said Thursday.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement that the list includes 34 non-career ambassadors and 31 career diplomats assigned to various countries.
Among the prominent non-career appointees, former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode has been posted to Germany, while presidential aide Reno Omokri will serve in Mexico.
Former Katsina State governor Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau was assigned to Beijing, China, while Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim will serve as Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations.
Other notable postings include Sen. Ita Enang to South Africa, former Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu to Spain, former health minister Isaac Adewole to Canada and Lateef Kayode Are to the United States.
Sen. Grace Bent was posted to Lomé, Togo, while former Enugu State governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi will serve in Athens, Greece.
Aminu Dalhatu, a close associate of the president, has been appointed Nigeria’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom, while Ayodele Oke, a former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency, will represent Nigeria in France.
Fatima Ajimobi was posted to Vienna, Austria; Lola Akande to Stockholm, Sweden; and Joe-Kyari Okocha to Dublin, Ireland.
Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas will serve in Manila, Philippines, while Paul Adikwu has been assigned to the Vatican City.
Other non-career appointees include Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu to Tel Aviv, Israel; Mahmud Yakubu to Doha, Qatar; Yakubu Gambo to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Sen. Nora Ladi Daduut to Seoul, South Korea; and Kulu Haruna Abubakar to Tunis, Tunisia.
Additional postings include Abasi Braimah to Budapest, Hungary; Angela Adebayo to Lisbon, Portugal; Oluwayimika Ayotunwa to Tokyo, Japan; Chioma Ohakim to Warsaw, Poland; Olufemi Pedro to Canberra, Australia; Mohammed Aliyu to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Joseph Sola Iji to Moscow, Russia; and Jerry Manwe to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Among career diplomats, Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele will serve in Algiers, Algeria; Ambassador Shehu Barde in Accra, Ghana; and Ambassador Aminu Nasir in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami was posted to Nairobi, Kenya; Ambassador Ayeni Adebayo to Brussels, Belgium; and Ambassador Akande Wahab to Bern, Switzerland.
Other career postings include Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa to Côte d’Ivoire; Besto Maimuna Ibrahim to Niamey, Niger; Ahmed Mohammed Monguno to Cairo, Egypt; Ambassador Jane Adams to Kingston, Jamaica; and Ambassador Clark-Omeru Alexandra to Lusaka, Zambia.
Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru will serve in New Delhi, India; Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad in Dakar, Senegal; Abubakar Musa in N’Djamena, Chad; Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris in The Hague, Netherlands; and Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar in Rabat, Morocco.
Other assignments include Ambassador Sulu Gambari to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Ambassador Romata Mohammed to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Ambassador Shaga John to Gaborone, Botswana; Hamza Salau to Tehran, Iran; and Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola to Cotonou, Benin.
Ambassador Wasa Segun Ige was posted to Beirut, Lebanon; Ruben Abimbola Samuel to Rome, Italy; Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu to Maputo, Mozambique; Ambassador Magaji Umar to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; and Ambassador Arewa Esther to Windhoek, Namibia.
Additional postings include Chima Geoffrey David to Bamako, Mali; Ambassador Odumah Yvonne to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; Monica Okwuchukwu to São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe; Endoni Syndoph to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Ambassador Gergadi Joseph to Libreville, Gabon; Ambassador Luther Ayo-Kalata to Freetown, Sierra Leone; Danladi Yakubu to Khartoum, Sudan; and Bello Dogon-Daji to Bangkok, Thailand.
Onanuga said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for Dalhatu and from France for 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,” he said.
Agrément is the formal approval granted by a host country for a designated diplomat to serve as ambassador.
Tinubu also directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin an induction program for the ambassadors-designate and high commissioners.
The Senate confirmed all 65 nominees in December 2025 after they were screened by its Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nigeria maintains diplomatic missions in more than 100 countries, including embassies, high commissions and consulates.
The last major ambassadorial postings were made in 2017 under former President Muhammadu Buhari, leaving many Nigerian missions without substantive ambassadors for several years.
The new envoys are expected to assume their duties after completing the induction program and receiving agrément from their host countries.
