President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment and posting of 65 ambassadors to represent Nigeria in various countries and international missions around the world.
The list includes 31 career diplomats and 34 non career ambassadors who will serve in different strategic locations across Africa, Europe, Asia, the Americas and the United Nations.
Details of the postings were disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the President’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga.
Among the notable appointments, former presidential spokesman Reno Omokri has been posted to Mexico City, Mexico, while former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani Kayode has been assigned to Germany.
The appointments form part of efforts by the administration to strengthen Nigeria’s diplomatic presence and deepen bilateral relations with countries across the globe.
Below is the full list of the appointed ambassadors and their respective postings.
Non Career Ambassadors
- Senator Grace Bent to Lome, Togo
- Sen. Ita Enang to South Africa
- Ikpeazu Victor to Spain
- Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu to Tel Aviv, Israel
- Mahmud Yakubu to Qatar
- Paul Oga Adikwu to The Vatican City Holy See
- Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ekwe Ibas to The Philippines
- Mr. Reno Omokri to Mexico City, Mexico
- Hon. Engr. Abasi Braimah FMHR to Budapest, Hungary
- Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo to Portugal
- Barr. Olumilua Oluwayimika Ayotunwa to Tokyo, Japan
- Rt. Hon. Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi Lawrence to Athens, Greece
- Barr. Chioma Priscilla Ohakim to Warsaw, Poland
- Aminu Dalhatu to United Kingdom UK
- Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau to Beijing, China
- Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari to Gambia
- Olufemi Pedro to Australia
- Barr. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu to Argentina
- Lateef Kayode Are to USA
- Amb. Joseph Sola Iji to Russia
- Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim to UN Permanent Representative
- Femi Fani Kayode to Germany
- Prof. Isaak Folorunso Adewole to Ottawa, Canada
- Ajimobi Fatima Florence F to Austria
- Mrs. Lola Akande F to Sweden
- Ayodele Oke to France
- Yakubu N. Gambo to Saudi Arabia
- Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut to Seoul, South Korea
- Barr. Onueze Chukwujika Joe Okocha SAN to Dublin, Ireland
- Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar to Tunis, Tunisia
- Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago T and T
Career Ambassadors
- Amb. Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka to Cote d’Ivoire
- Besto Maimuna Ibrahim to Niamey, Niger
- Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi to Sao Tome and Principe STP
- Amb. Mohammed Mahmud Lele to Algiers, Algeria
- Endoni Syndoph Paebi to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Ahmed Mohammed Monguno to Cairo, Egypt
- Amb. Jane Adams nee Okon Michael F to Kingston, Jamaica
- Amb. Clark Omeru Alexandra F to Lusaka, Zambia
- Chima Geoggrey Lioma David to Bamako, Mali
- Amb. Odumah Yvonne Ehinosien to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
- Amb. Wasa Segun Ige to Beirut, Lebanon
- Ruben Abimbola Samuel F to Rome, Italy
- Amb. Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley to Maputo, Mozambique
- Amb. Magaji Umar to Kinshasa, DR Congo
- Amb. Muhammad Saidu Dahiru to New Delhi, India
- Amb. Abdussalam Habu Zayyad to Dakar, Senegal
- Amb. Shehu Ilu Barde to Accra, Ghana
- Amb. Aminu Nasir to Ethiopia
- Abubakar Musa Musa to N’Djamena, Chad
- Amb. Haidara Mohammed Idris to The Hague, Netherlands
- Amb. Bako Adamu Umar to Rabat, Morocco
- Amb. Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed to Malaysia
- Amb. Romata Mohammed Omobolanle F to Tanzania
- Amb. Shaga John Shamah to Botswana
- Salau Hamza Mohammed to Tehran, Iran
- Amb. Ibrahim Danlami to Kenya
- Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola F to Cotonou, Benin
- Amb. Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel to Brussels, Belgium
- Amb. Akande Wahab Adekola to Berne, Switzerland
- Amb. Arewa nee Adedokun Esther F to Windhoek, Namibia
- Amb. Gergadi Joseph John to Libreville, Gabon
- Amb. Luther Ogbomode Ayo Kalata F to Sierra Leone
- Danladi Yakubu Nyaku to Khartoum, Sudan
- Bello Dogon Daji Haliru to Bangkok, Thailand.
