President Bola Tinubu has approved the postings of 65 ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to various countries and the United Nations.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed on Friday that 31 non-career and 34 career ambassadors have been assigned to their duty posts.

The Senate had confirmed all 65 nominees in December 2025 following screening by the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been directed to immediately commence an induction programme for the envoys, who will assume duties after receiving agrément from their host countries.

Below is the full list of postings:

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)

CAREER AMBASSADORS

32. Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka — Côte d’Ivoire

33. Besto Maimuna Ibrahim — Niger (Niamey)

34. Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi — São Tomé and Príncipe

35. Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele — Algeria (Algiers)

36. Endoni Syndoph Paebi — Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)

37. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno — Egypt (Cairo)

38. Ambassador Jane Adams — Jamaica (Kingston)

39. Ambassador Clark-Omeru Alexandra — Zambia (Lusaka)

40. Chima Geoffrey Lioma David — Mali (Bamako)

41. Ambassador Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen — Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)

42. Ambassador Wasa Segun Ige — Lebanon (Beirut)

43. Ruben Abimbola Samuel — Italy (Rome)

44. Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley — Mozambique (Maputo)

45. Ambassador Magaji Umar — DR Congo (Kinshasa)

46. Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru — India (New Delhi)

47. Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad — Senegal (Dakar)

48. Ambassador Shehu Ilu Barde — Ghana (Accra)

49. Ambassador Aminu Nasir — Ethiopia

50. Abubakar Musa — Chad (N’Djamena)

51. Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris — Netherlands (The Hague)

52. Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar — Morocco (Rabat)

53. Ambassador Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed — Malaysia

54. Ambassador Romata Mohammed Omobolanle — Tanzania

55. Ambassador Shaga John Shamah — Botswana

56. Hamza Mohammed Salau — Iran (Tehran)

57. Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami — Kenya

58. Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola — Benin (Cotonou)

59. Ambassador Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel — Belgium (Brussels)

60. Ambassador Akande Wahab Adekola — Switzerland (Berne)

61. Ambassador Arewa Esther — Namibia (Windhoek)

62. Ambassador Gergadi Joseph John — Gabon (Libreville)

63. Ambassador Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata — Sierra Leone

64. Danladi Yakubu Nyaku — Sudan (Khartoum)

65. Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru — Thailand (Bangkok)

Onanuga noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for High Commissioner-designate Aminu Dalhatu, and from France for Ambassador Ayodele Oke.

Nominations of the remaining 62 envoys have been conveyed to their respective host countries pending agrément. (The PUNCH, excluding headline)

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