President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the postings of 65 ambassadors, comprising 31 non-career and 34 career diplomats, to Nigeria’s foreign missions across the world and the United Nations.
The envoys had earlier been confirmed by the Senate in December 2025 following their nomination by the President.
A statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already secured agreement from the United Kingdom for Nigeria’s High Commissioner-designate, Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu, and from France for Ambassador Ayo Oke.
According to the Presidency, the ministry has also transmitted the names of the remaining envoys to their respective host countries, requesting diplomatic clearance in line with established international protocol.
“President Tinubu has directed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should immediately commence the induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and High Commissioners,” the statement said.
Among the prominent non-career ambassadors approved for postings are former Adamawa South lawmaker, Senator Grace Bent, who will serve in Lomé, Togo; former presidential adviser, Senator Ita Enang, posted to South Africa; former Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, assigned to Spain; and former Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, posted to Qatar.
Other notable postings include former Chief of Naval Staff and Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), to the Philippines; former Interior Minister, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), to China; former Ogun State deputy governor, Olufemi Pedro, to Australia; and former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to France.
Also appointed are former presidential aide and media personality, Reno Omokri, to Mexico, former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, to Germany; Senator Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Prof. Isaac Adewole, former Minister of Health, to Canada.
Other non-career envoys include Barrister Chioma Ohakim to Poland, Senator Nora Daduut to South Korea, former intelligence chief Ayodele Oke to France, Yakubu Gambo to Saudi Arabia, and Lateef Kayode Are to the United States.
For the 34 career ambassadors, Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka has been posted to Côte d’Ivoire; Ambassador Besto Maimuna Ibrahim to Niger; Ambassador Monica Okwuchukwu Enebeli to São Tomé and Príncipe; Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele to Algeria; and Ambassador Endoni Syndoph Paebi to Burkina Faso.
Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno will serve in Egypt; Ambassador Jane Adams Michael to Jamaica; Ambassador Alexandra Clark-Omeru to Zambia; Ambassador Chima Geoffrey Lioma David to Mali; and Ambassador Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah to Equatorial Guinea.
Ambassador Segun Ige will represent Nigeria in Lebanon, while Ambassador Ruben Abimbola Samuel has been posted to Italy, and Ambassador Ogechukwu Kingsley Onaga to Mozambique.
Other postings include Ambassador Magaji Umar to the Democratic Republic of Congo; Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru to India; Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad to Senegal; Ambassador Shehu Ilu Barde to Ghana; and Ambassador Aminu Nasir to Ethiopia. (Nation)
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