Thirty-one career and thirty-four non-career ambassadors have been appointed by President Bola Tinubu to various nations and the United Nations.

Recall that the ambassadors-designate were confirmed by the Senate in December 2025.

Former Presidential Aide Reno Omokri was assigned to Mexico, while former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode was assigned to Germany, according to a statement released on Friday by Special Advisor to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanauga.

The statement claims that the United Kingdom has already given the Ministry of Foreign Affairs approval for Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu, the High Commissioner-designate. In a similar vein, France has dispatched the agrüge for Ambassador Ayo Oke.

According to Onanuga, the Ministry has also sent the nominations of the remaining 62 designated envoys to each of the participating nations, along with a request for their agreements in accordance with customary diplomatic procedures.

The presidential aide further stated that Tinubu has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to start the induction program for High Commissioners and ambassadors-designate right away.

View the complete list below:

POSTINGS OF HIGH COMMISSIONERS AND NON-CAREER AMBASSADORS
MISSION APPROVED S/N NAME
1. SENATOR GRACE BENT: GO!
2. South Africa: SEN. ITA ENANG
3. IKPEAZU VICTOR: Spain
4. NKECHI LINDA UFOCHUKWU: Israel’s Tel-Aviv
5. MAHMUD YAKUBU: QATAR
6. PAUL OGA ADIKWU: THE HOLY SEE OF VATICAN CITY
7. IBOK-ETE EKWE IBAS, VICE ADMIRAL: THE PHILIPPINES
8. RENO OMOKRI, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
9. HON. (ENGR.) ABASI BRAIMAH (FMHR): Budapest, Hungary
10. PORTUGAL: MRS. ERELU ANGELA ADEBAYO
11. BARR. OLUMILUA OLUWAYIMIKA AYOTUNWA: Tokyo, Japan
12. RT. HON. UGWUANYI IFEANYI LAWRENCE: Greece, Athens
13. WARSAW, POLAND: BARR. CHIOMA PRISCILLA OHAKIM
14. AMINU DALHATU: United Kingdom, United Kingdom
15. LT. GEN. ABDULRAHMAN BELLO DAMBAZAU: Beijing, China
16. GAMBIA: HON. TASIU MUSA MAIGARI
17. OLUFEMI PEDRO: Australia
18. ARGENTINA: BARR. MUHAMMED UBANDOMA ALIYU
19. LATEEF KAYODE ARE: USA
20. AMB. JOSEPH SOLA IJI: Russia
21. UN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE SEN. JIMOH IBRAHIM
22. FEMI FANI KAYODE: Germany
23. ISAAK FOLORUNSO ADEWOLE, PROF., OTTAWA, CANADA
24. FATIMA FLORENCE AJIMOBI (F): Austria
25. MRS. LOLA AKANDE (F): SWEDEN
26. AYODELE OKE: FRANCE
27. YAKUBU N. GAMBO: SAUDI ARABIA
28. SENATOR PROF. NORA LADI DADUUT: SOUTH KOREA’S SEOUL
29. ONUEZE CHUKWUJIKA JOE OKOCHA SAN: DUBLIN 30. DR. KULU HARUNA ABUBAKAR: TUNIS, TUNISIA
31. RT. HON. JERRY SAMUEL MANWE: T&T’s Port of Spain
LISTINGS OF HIGH COMMISSIONERS AND CAREER AMBASSADORS
MISSION APPROVED S/N NAME

1. COTE D’IV/OIRE AMB. NWABIOLA EZENWA CHUKWUMEKA
2. NIAMEY-NIGER: BESTO MAIMUNA IBRAHIM
3. MONICA OKWUCHUKWU ENEBECHI: STP, SAO TOME
4. Algiers-Algeria, AMB. Mohammed Mahmud Lele
5. OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO ENDONI SYNDOPH PAEBI
6. CAIRO EGYPT: AHMED MOHAMMED MONGUNO
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): Italy’s Rome
13. AMB.ONAGA OGECHUKWU KINGSLEY: MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
14. AMB.MAGAJI UMAR: DR. CONGO, KINSASHA
15. AMB.MUHAMMAD SAIDU DAHIRU: NEW DELHI, INDIA
16. DAKAR-SENEGAL: AMB. ABDUSSALAM HABU ZAYYAD
17. ACCRA GHANA: AMB SHEHU ILU BARDE
18. AMB.AMINU NASIR: Ethiopia
19. N’DJAMENA, CHAD: ABUBAKAR MUSA MUSA
20. THE HAGUE-NETHERLANDS: AMB. HAIDARA MOHAMMED IDRIS
21. RABAT-MOROCCO AMB.BAKO ADAMU UMAR
22. AMB. SULU GAMBARI OLATUNJI AHMED: Malaysia
23. AMB.ROMATA MOHAMMED OMOBOLANLE (F): Tanzania
24. BOTSWANA AMB. SHAGA JOHN SHAMAH
25. SALAU, HAMZA MOHAMMED: Iran, Tehran
26. AMB.IBRAHIM DANLAMI: Kenya
27. IBRAHIM ADEOLA MOPELOLA (F): COTONOU-BENIN
28. AMB.AYENI ADEBAYO EMMANUEL: Belgium’s Brussels
29. AMB.AKANDE WAHAB ADEKOLA: BERNE-SWITZERLAND
30. AMB. AREWA (NEE ADEDOKUN) ESTHER (F): WINDHOEK-NAMIBIA
31. LIBREVILLE-GABON, AMB.GERGADI JOSEPH JOHN
32. SIERRA LEONE, AMB. LUTHER OGBOMODE AYO-KALATA (F)
33. DANLADI YAKUBU NYAKU: KHARTOUM-SUDAN 34. BELLO DOGON-DAJI HALIRU: Bangkok, Thailand

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The federal government has started the process of screening potential replacements for all ambassadors, eighteen months after President Bola Tinubu dismissed them all. An official announcement is anticipated “very soon.”

Sources with knowledge of the situation told Reuters that the selection process is under progress and that intelligence officers are checking the backgrounds of possible nominees.
Relevant presidential and legislative agencies are receiving the information that has been collected.

Six months into his term, President Tinubu called back all ambassadors, career and non-career, in September 2023.

He has since appointed chargés d’affaires and consuls-general, but no new ambassadors have been named.

Foreign diplomats stationed in Nigeria have continued to send letters of credence to the president despite the lack of new appointments.

Foreign authorities and diplomatic stakeholders are concerned about the leadership void in Nigeria’s overseas missions as a result of the protracted delay.

Yusuf Tuggar, the minister of foreign affairs, had blamed budgetary limitations for the postponement of ambassadorial appointments.

According to a government official who spoke to Reuters, “the appointment will be announced very soon” and the funding issue “is being resolved.”

According to an intelligence officer, Nigeria’s security agencies have begun investigating the backgrounds of shortlisted applicants and sharing the results with important government offices.

A presidential spokesperson who was asked for response referred questions to the foreign affairs ministry, which did not reply.

Since they lacked the authority to speak about the issue, the sources asked to remain anonymous.

According to a former Nigerian ambassador who has worked in both Africa and the US, Tinubu’s emphasis on economic reform has overshadowed foreign policy objectives ever since his administration took office in May 2023.

In the 2025 budget, the federal government has set up ₦302.4 billion ($198.30 million) for its overseas missions.

Concerns regarding the lack of Nigerian ambassadors in their various nations have come up during talks between Tinubu and several international leaders, the former diplomat claimed.

The former ambassador said, “They have been assured that they will be appointed shortly.”

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