BREAKING: Tinubu approves 65 ambassadorial postings, sends FFK to Germany, Reno Omokri to… (Full List)

President Bola Tinubu has approved the posting of 65 ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to different countries and international missions, including the United Nations, with former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode assigned to Germany and presidential aide Reno Omokri posted to Mexico.

The announcement was made in a statement on Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who disclosed that the postings comprise 34 non-career ambassadors and 31 career diplomats deployed to various missions around the world.

Among the prominent non-career appointees, former Katsina State Governor, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has been posted to Beijing in China, while Senator Jimoh Ibrahim will serve as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Other notable postings include Senator Ita Enang to South Africa, former Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to Spain, former Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole to Canada, and Lateef Kayode Are to the United States.

Senator Grace Bent has been posted to Lomé in Togo, while former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi will serve in Athens, Greece.

Aminu Dalhatu, a close associate of the President, has been appointed Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, while former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke, has been posted to France.

Fatima Ajimobi will serve in Vienna, Austria; Mrs. Lola Akande in Stockholm, Sweden; and Joe-Kyari Okocha, SAN, in Dublin, Ireland. Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas will represent Nigeria in Manila, Philippines, while Paul Adikwu has been assigned to the Vatican City Holy See.

Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu will serve in Tel Aviv, Israel; Mahmud Yakubu in Doha, Qatar; and Yakubu Gambo in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut has been posted to Seoul, South Korea, while Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar will serve in Tunis, Tunisia.

Other non-career ambassadors include Engr. Abasi Braimah to Budapest, Hungary; Erelu Angela Adebayo to Lisbon, Portugal; Oluwayimika Ayotunwa to Tokyo, Japan; Chioma Ohakim to Warsaw, Poland; Olufemi Pedro to Canberra, Australia; Mohammed Aliyu to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Joseph Sola Iji to Moscow, Russia; and Jerry Manwe to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Among the career ambassadors, Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele will serve in Algiers, Algeria; Ambassador Shehu Barde in Accra, Ghana; and Ambassador Aminu Nasir in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami has been posted to Nairobi, Kenya; Ambassador Ayeni Adebayo to Brussels, Belgium; and Ambassador Akande Wahab to Berne, Switzerland.

Other career diplomats include Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa to Côte d’Ivoire, Besto Maimuna Ibrahim to Niamey in Niger, Ahmed Mohammed Monguno to Cairo, Egypt, Ambassador Jane Adams to Kingston, Jamaica, and Ambassador Clark-Omeru Alexandra to Lusaka, Zambia.

Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru will serve in New Delhi, India; Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad in Dakar, Senegal; Abubakar Musa in N’Djamena, Chad; Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris in The Hague, Netherlands; and Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar in Rabat, Morocco.

Further postings include Ambassador Sulu Gambari to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Ambassador Romata Mohammed to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Ambassador Shaga John to Gaborone, Botswana; Hamza Salau to Tehran, Iran; and Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola to Cotonou, Benin.

Ambassador Wasa Segun Ige will serve in Beirut, Lebanon; Ruben Abimbola Samuel in Rome, Italy; Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu in Maputo, Mozambique; Ambassador Magaji Umar in Kinshasa, DR Congo; and Ambassador Arewa Esther in Windhoek, Namibia.

Others include Chima Geoffrey David to Bamako, Mali; Ambassador Odumah Yvonne to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; Monica Okwuchukwu to São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe; Endoni Syndoph to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Ambassador Gergadi Joseph to Libreville, Gabon; Ambassador Luther Ayo-Kalata to Freetown, Sierra Leone; Danladi Yakubu to Khartoum, Sudan; and Bello Dogon-Daji to Bangkok, Thailand.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for High Commissioner-designate Aminu Dalhatu, while France has also approved the posting of Ambassador Ayodele Oke.

According to Onanuga, the ministry has communicated the nominations of the remaining 62 envoys to their respective host countries and requested agrément in line with diplomatic procedures.

Agrément is the formal consent given by a receiving country before a designated ambassador can assume duty.

Tinubu has also directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin an induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and high commissioners.

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

The postings include both political appointees, known as non-career ambassadors, and professional diplomats from the foreign service classified as career ambassadors.

Nigeria currently maintains diplomatic missions in more than 100 countries worldwide through embassies, high commissions and consulates.

The last major ambassadorial postings were carried out in 2017 during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, leaving several Nigerian missions without substantive ambassadors for years.

The newly posted ambassadors are expected to assume their duties after completing the induction programme and receiving agrément from their host countries.

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