By David Akinadewo-Adekahunsi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of 65 ambassadors-designate to various foreign missions and the United Nations, comprising 31 career diplomats and 34 non-career envoys.
The approval follows the confirmation of the nominees by the Senate in December last year.
Details of the postings were contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Among the non-career ambassadors approved are Senator Grace Bent, who will serve in Lome, Togo; former presidential aide Senator Ita Enang, posted to South Africa; Victor Ikpeazu to Spain; and Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu to Tel Aviv, Israel.
Others include former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman Mahmood Yakubu to Qatar; Paul Oga Adikwu to the Vatican City; Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (retd.) to the Philippines; Reno Omokri to Mexico; and former Lagos State Deputy Governor Olufemi Pedro to Australia.
Also on the list are Lateef Kayode Are to the United States of America; Ambassador Joseph Sola Iji to Russia; Senator Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Femi Fani-Kayode to Germany; Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole to Ottawa, Canada; and former Director-General of the Department of State Services, Ayodele Oke, to France.
Others include Yakubu N. Gambo to Saudi Arabia; Senator Professor Nora Ladi Daduut to Seoul, South Korea; Barrister Onueze Chukwujika Joe Okocha (SAN) to Dublin, Ireland; Dr Kulu Haruna Abubakar to Tunis, Tunisia; and Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
For the career diplomats, the President approved postings including Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka to Côte d’Ivoire; Besto Maimuna Ibrahim to Niamey, Niger; Monica Okwuchukwu Enebchi to Sao Tome and Principe; Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele to Algiers, Algeria; and Endoni Syndoph Paebi to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Other career ambassadors include Ahmed Mohammed Monguno to Cairo, Egypt; Ambassador Jane Adams Michael to Kingston, Jamaica; Ambassador Alexandra Clark-Omeru to Lusaka, Zambia; Chima Geoffrey Lioma David to Bamako, Mali; and Ambassador Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
Additional postings include Ambassador Segun Ige to Beirut, Lebanon; Ruben Abimbola Samuel to Rome, Italy; Ambassador Ogechukwu Kingsley Onaga to Maputo, Mozambique; Ambassador Magaji Umar to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; and Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru to New Delhi, India.
Others are Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad to Dakar, Senegal; Ambassador Shehu Ilu Barde to Accra, Ghana; Ambassador Aminu Nasir to Ethiopia; Abubakar Musa Musa to N’Djamena, Chad; and Ambassador Mohammed Idris Haidara to The Hague, Netherlands.
Further appointments include Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar to Rabat, Morocco; Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari to Malaysia; Ambassador Romata Mohammed Omobolanle to Tanzania; Ambassador John Shamah Shaga to Botswana; and Salau Hamza Mohammed to Tehran, Iran.
Also listed are Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami to Kenya; Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola to Cotonou, Benin Republic; Ambassador Adebayo Emmanuel Ayeni to Brussels, Belgium; Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande to Berne, Switzerland; and Ambassador Esther Arewa to Windhoek, Namibia.
The list is completed by Ambassador Joseph John Gergadi to Libreville, Gabon; Ambassador Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata to Sierra Leone; Danladi Yakubu Nyaku to Khartoum, Sudan; and Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru to Bangkok, Thailand.
According to the Presidency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for the High Commissioner-designate, Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu. France has also granted agrément for Ambassador Ayodele Oke.
The ministry has further conveyed the nominations of the remaining 62 envoys to their respective host countries and requested agrément in line with standard diplomatic practice.
President Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately commence the induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and High Commissioners ahead of their deployment to their various missions.
Read full details of the statement below:
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT TINUBU APPROVES THE POSTINGS OF AMBASSADORS
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the postings of 31 career and 34 non-career ambassadors to various countries and the United Nations. The Senate confirmed the ambassadors-designate last December.
POSTINGS OF NON-CAREER AMBASSADORS / HIGH COMMISSIONERS
S/N NAME MISSION APPROVED
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: THE VATICAN CITY HOLY SEE
7. VICE ADMIRAL IBOK-ETE EKWE IBAS: THE PHILIPPINES
8. MR. RENO OMOKRI: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
9. HON. (ENGR.) ABASI BRAIMAH (FMHR): BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
10. MRS. ERELU ANGELA ADEBAYO: PORTUGAL
11. BARR. OLUMILUA OLUWAYIMIKA AYOTUNWA: TOKYO, JAPAN
12. RT. HON. UGWUANYI IFEANYI LAWRENCE: ATHENS, GREECE
13. BARR. CHIOMA PRISCILLA OHAKIM: WARSAW, POLAND
14. AMINU DALHATU: UNITED KINGDOM, UK
15. LT. GEN ABDULRAHMAN BELLO DAMBAZAU: BEIJING, CHINA
16. HON. TASIU MUSA MAIGARI: GAMBIA
17. OLUFEMI PEDRO: AUSTRALIA
18. BARR. MUHAMMED UBANDOMA ALIYU: ARGENTINA
19. LATEEF KAYODE ARE: USA
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 (F): AUSTRIA
25. MRS. LOLA AKANDE (F): SWEDEN
26. AYODELE OKE: FRANCE
27. YAKUBU N. GAMBO: SAUDI ARABIA
28. SENATOR PROF. NORA LADI DADUUT: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
29. BARR. ONUEZE CHUKWUJIKA JOE OKOCHA SAN: DUBLIN
30. DR. KULU HARUNA ABUBAKAR: TUNIS, TUNISIA
31. RT. HON. JERRY SAMUEL MANWE: PORT OF SPAIN, T&T
POSTINGS OF CAREER AMBASSADORS / HIGH COMMISSIONERS LIST
S/N NAME MISSION APPROVED
1. AMB. NWABIOLA EZENWA CHUKWUMEKA: COTE D’IV/OIRE
2. BESTO MAIMUNA IBRAHIM: NIAMEY-NIGER
3. MONICA OKWUCHUKWU ENEBECHI: SAO TOME, STP
4. AMB. MOHAMMED MAHMUD LELE: ALGIERS-ALGERIA
5. ENDONI SYNDOPH PAEBI: OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO
6. AHMED MOHAMMED MONGUNO: CAIRO EGYPT
7. AMB.JANE ADAMS (NEE OKON) MICHAEL (F): KINGSTON-JAMAICA
8. AMB. CLARK-OMERU ALEXANDRA (F): LUSAKA-ZAMBIA
9. CHIMA GEOGGREY LIOMA DAVID: BAMAKO-MALI
10. AMB. ODUMAH YVONNE EHINOSEN: MALABO –E/GUINEA
11. AMB WASA SEGUN IGE: BEIRUT, LEBANON
12. RUBEN ABIMBOLA SAMUEL (F): ROME, ITALY
13. AMB.ONAGA OGECHUKWU KINGSLEY: MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
14. AMB.MAGAJI UMAR: KINSASHA, DR CONGO
15. AMB.MUHAMMAD SAIDU DAHIRU: NEW DELHI-INDIA
16. AMB. ABDUSSALAM HABU ZAYYAD: DAKAR-SENEGAL
17. AMB SHEHU ILU BARDE: ACCRA GHANA
18. AMB.AMINU NASIR: ETHIOPIA
19. ABUBAKAR MUSA MUSA: N’DJAMENA, CHAD
20. AMB. HAIDARA MOHAMMED IDRIS: THE HAGUE-NETHERLANDS
21. AMB.BAKO ADAMU UMAR: RABAT-MOROCCO
22. AMB. SULU GAMBARI OLATUNJI AHMED: MALAYSIA
23. AMB.ROMATA MOHAMMED OMOBOLANLE (F): TANZANIA
24. AMB. SHAGA JOHN SHAMAH: BOTSWANA
25. SALAU, HAMZA MOHAMMED: TEHRAN, IRAN
26. AMB.IBRAHIM DANLAMI: KENYA
27. IBRAHIM ADEOLA MOPELOLA (F): COTONOU-BENIN
28. AMB.AYENI ADEBAYO EMMANUEL: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
29. AMB.AKANDE WAHAB ADEKOLA: BERNE-SWITZERLAND
30. AMB. AREWA (NEE ADEDOKUN) ESTHER (F): WINDHOEK-NAMIBIA
31. AMB.GERGADI JOSEPH JOHN: LIBREVILLE-GABON
32. AMB. LUTHER OGBOMODE AYO-KALATA (F): SIERRA LEONE
33. DANLADI YAKUBU NYAKU : KHARTOUM-SUDAN
34. BELLO DOGON-DAJI HALIRU: BANGKOK, THAILAND
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for the High Commissioner-designate, Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu. Similarly, France has sent the agrément for Ambassador Ayo 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.
President Tinubu has directed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should immediately commence the induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and High Commissioners.
Bayo Onanuga,
Special Adviser to the President,
(Information and Strategy)
March 6, 2026
