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President Bola Tinubu has approved the posting of 65 ambassadors to Nigerian missions across the world, including 31 career diplomats and 34 non-career ambassadors.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed the development in a statement issued on Friday, March 6, 2026, noting that the appointments follow the Senate’s confirmation of the nominees in December 2025.

Among the prominent non-career appointees are the former senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim, who has been posted as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations; former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, assigned to Mexico; former Abia State Governor, Victor Ikpeazu, deployed to Spain; former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, posted to Qatar; and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, assigned to Germany.

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Other non-career ambassadors approved by the president include Senator Grace Bent to Togo, Ita Enang to South Africa, Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu to Israel, and former Chief of Naval Staff and Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, to the Philippines.

In addition to the non-career diplomats, Tinubu also approved postings for 31 career ambassadors to various countries, including Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, India, Belgium, Switzerland, Iran, and Thailand.

FULL LIST: Tinubu posts 65 ambassadors to designated countries

See the full list below:

Non-Career Ambassadors

  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
  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

Career Ambassadors

  1. Amb. Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka: Cote d’Ivoire
  2. Besto Maimuna Ibrahim: Niamey-Niger
  3. Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi: Sao Tome
  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

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