COMPLETE ROSTER: Countries Assigned to Tinubu's 65 Newly Appointed Ambassadors

President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for the deployment of 65 ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to various countries and the United Nations, with 31 non-career and 34 career ambassadors assigned to their respective duty posts.

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The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this announcement on Friday, revealing that the Senate had confirmed all 65 nominees in December 2025 following a thorough screening by the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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

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The list of postings includes 31 non-career ambassadors, with Senator Grace Bent assigned to Togo, Senator Ita Enang to South Africa, and Ikpeazu Victor to Spain, among others.

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Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu has been posted to Israel, while Mahmud Yakubu will serve in Qatar, and Paul Oga Adikwu will be stationed in Vatican City Holy See.

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Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas has been assigned to the Philippines, with Reno Omokri heading to Mexico, and Engr. Abasi Braimah posted to Hungary.

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Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo will serve in Portugal, while Barr. Oluwayimika Ayotunwa has been assigned to Japan, and Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi will be stationed in Greece.

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Barr. Chioma Priscilla Ohakim has been posted to Poland, with Aminu Dalhatu serving as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau assigned to China.

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Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari will serve in Gambia, while Olufemi Pedro has been posted to Australia, and Barr. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu will be stationed in Argentina.

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Lateef Kayode Are has been assigned to the United States, with Amb. Joseph Sola Iji serving in Russia, and Senator Jimoh Ibrahim posted to the United Nations as Permanent Representative.

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Femi Fani-Kayode will serve in Germany, while Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole has been assigned to Canada, and Fatima Florence Ajimobi will be stationed in Austria.

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Mrs. Lola Akande has been posted to Sweden, with Ayodele Oke serving in France, and Yakubu N. Gambo assigned to Saudi Arabia.

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Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut will serve in South Korea, while Barr. Joe-Kyari Okocha, SAN, has been posted to Ireland, and Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar will be stationed in Tunisia.

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Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe has been assigned to Trinidad and Tobago, marking the end of the list of non-career ambassadors.

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The list of career ambassadors includes Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka, who has been posted to Côte d’Ivoire, and Besto Maimuna Ibrahim, who will serve in Niger.

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Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi has been assigned to São Tomé and Príncipe, while Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele will serve in Algeria, and Endoni Syndoph Paebi will be stationed in Burkina Faso.

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Ahmed Mohammed Monguno has been posted to Egypt, with Ambassador Jane Adams serving in Jamaica, and Ambassador Clark-Omeru Alexandra assigned to Zambia.

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Chima Geoffrey Lioma David will serve in Mali, while Ambassador Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen has been posted to Equatorial Guinea, and Ambassador Wasa Segun Ige will be stationed in Lebanon.

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Ruben Abimbola Samuel has been assigned to Italy, with Ambassador Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley serving in Mozambique, and Ambassador Magaji Umar posted to DR Congo.

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Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru will serve in India, while Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad has been assigned to Senegal, and Ambassador Shehu Ilu Barde will be stationed in Ghana.

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Ambassador Aminu Nasir has been posted to Ethiopia, with Abubakar Musa serving in Chad, and Ambassador Haidara Mohammed Idris assigned to the Netherlands.

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Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar will serve in Morocco, while Ambassador Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed has been posted to Malaysia, and Ambassador Romata Mohammed Omobolanle will be stationed in Tanzania.

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Ambassador Shaga John Shamah has been assigned to Botswana, with Hamza Mohammed Salau serving in Iran, and Ambassador Ibrahim Danlami posted to Kenya.

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Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola will serve in Benin, while Ambassador Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel has been assigned to Belgium, and Ambassador Akande Wahab Adekola will be stationed in Switzerland.

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Ambassador Arewa Esther has been posted to Namibia, with Ambassador Gergadi Joseph John serving in Gabon, and Ambassador Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata assigned to Sierra Leone.

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Danladi Yakubu Nyaku will serve in Sudan, while Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru has been posted to Thailand, marking the end of the list of career ambassadors.

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According to Onanuga, 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.

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Nominations of the remaining 62 envoys have been conveyed to their respective host countries, pending agrément, as announced by Onanuga.