Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of 65 ambassadors-designate to various countries and international missions, comprising 31 career diplomats and 34 non-career appointees.
According to a statement by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, the appointments follow the Senate’s confirmation of the nominees in December 2025. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has begun the process of obtaining agrément from host countries ahead of the envoys’ deployment.
Among the notable non-career ambassadors are Reno Omokri, who has been posted to Mexico; Femi Fani-Kayode to Germany; Mahmood Yakubu to Qatar; and Ita Enang to South Africa.
Other non-career appointments include Aminu Dalhatu as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Olufemi Pedro to Australia, Ayodele Oke to France, and Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
The Presidency said the ambassadors-designate will assume their duties after completing the mandatory induction programme once agrément is secured from their host countries. It added that approvals have already been received from the United Kingdom for Dalhatu and from France for Oke, while nominations of the remaining envoys are awaiting confirmation.
Below is the list in details
NON-CAREER AMBASSADORS
1. Senator Grace Bent — Togo (Lomé)
2. Senator Ita Enang — South Africa
3. Ikpeazu Victor — Spain
4. Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu — Israel (Tel Aviv)
5. Mahmud Yakubu — Qatar
6. Paul Oga Adikwu — Vatican City Holy See
7. Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas — Philippines
8. Reno Omokri — Mexico
9. Engr. Abasi Braimah — Hungary (Budapest)
10. Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo — Portugal
11. Barr. Oluwayimika Ayotunwa — Japan (Tokyo)
12. Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi — Greece (Athens)
13. Barr. Chioma Priscilla Ohakim — Poland (Warsaw)
14. Aminu Dalhatu — United Kingdom (High Commissioner)
15. Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau — China (Beijing)
16. Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari — Gambia
17. Olufemi Pedro — Australia
18. Barr. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu — Argentina
19. Lateef Kayode Are — United States
20. Amb. Joseph Sola Iji — Russia
21. Senator Jimoh Ibrahim — United Nations (Permanent Representative)
22. Femi Fani-Kayode — Germany
23. Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole — Canada (Ottawa)
24. Fatima Florence Ajimobi — Austria
25. Mrs. Lola Akande — Sweden
26. Ayodele Oke — France
27. Yakubu N. Gambo — Saudi Arabia
28. Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut — South Korea (Seoul)
29. Barr. Joe-Kyari Okocha, SAN — Ireland (Dublin)
30. Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar — Tunisia (Tunis)
31. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe — Trinidad and Tobago (Port of Spain)