President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of 65 ambassadors-designate to Nigeria’s foreign missions and the United Nations, following their confirmation by the Nigerian Senate last December.
The development was announced in a State House press release issued on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
According to the statement, the appointments include 31 non-career ambassadors and 34 career ambassadors who will represent Nigeria across diplomatic missions in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Full List of Non-Career Ambassadors / High Commissioners
- SENATOR GRACE BENT: LOME-TOGO
- ITA ENANG: SOUTH AFRICA
- IKPEAZU VICTOR: SPAIN
- NKECHI LINDA UFOCHUKWU: TEL-AVIV, ISRAEL
- MAHMUD YAKUBU: QATAR
- PAUL OGA ADIKWU: THE VATICAN CITY HOLY SEE
- VICE ADMIRAL IBOK-ETE EKWE IBAS: THE PHILIPPINES
- RENO OMOKRI: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- (ENGR.) ABASI BRAIMAH (FMHR): BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
- ERELU ANGELA ADEBAYO: PORTUGAL
- OLUMILUA OLUWAYIMIKA AYOTUNWA: TOKYO, JAPAN
- HON. UGWUANYI IFEANYI LAWRENCE: ATHENS, GREECE
- CHIOMA PRISCILLA OHAKIM: WARSAW, POLAND
- AMINU DALHATU: UNITED KINGDOM, UK
- GEN ABDULRAHMAN BELLO DAMBAZAU: BEIJING, CHINA
- TASIU MUSA MAIGARI: GAMBIA
- OLUFEMI PEDRO: AUSTRALIA
- MUHAMMED UBANDOMA ALIYU: ARGENTINA
- LATEEF KAYODE ARE: USA
- JOSEPH SOLA IJI: RUSSIA
- JIMOH IBRAHIM: UN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE
- FEMI FANI KAYODE: GERMANY
- ISAAK FOLORUNSO ADEWOLE: OTTAWA, CANADA
- AJIMOBI FATIMA FLORENCE (F): AUSTRIA
- LOLA AKANDE (F): SWEDEN
- AYODELE OKE: FRANCE
- YAKUBU N. GAMBO: SAUDI ARABIA
- SENATOR PROF. NORA LADI DADUUT: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- ONUEZE CHUKWUJIKA JOE OKOCHA SAN: DUBLIN
- KULU HARUNA ABUBAKAR: TUNIS, TUNISIA
- HON. JERRY SAMUEL MANWE: PORT OF SPAIN, T&T
Career Ambassadors / High Commissioners:
- NWABIOLA EZENWA CHUKWUMEKA: COTE D’IVOIRE
- BESTO MAIMUNA IBRAHIM: NIAMEY-NIGER
- MONICA OKWUCHUKWU ENEBECHI: SAO TOME, STP
- MOHAMMED MAHMUD LELE: ALGIERS-ALGERIA
- ENDONI SYNDOPH PAEBI: OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO
- AHMED MOHAMMED MONGUNO: CAIRO EGYPT
- JANE ADAMS (NEE OKON) MICHAEL (F): KINGSTON-JAMAICA
- CLARK-OMERU ALEXANDRA (F): LUSAKA-ZAMBIA
- CHIMA GEOGGREY LIOMA DAVID: BAMAKO-MALI
- ODUMAH YVONNE EHINOSEN: MALABO-E/GUINEA
- WASA SEGUN IGE: BEIRUT, LEBANON
- RUBEN ABIMBOLA SAMUEL (F): ROME, ITALY
- ONAGA OGECHUKWU KINGSLEY: MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
- MAGAJI UMAR: KINSASHA, DR CONGO
- MUHAMMAD SAIDU DAHIRU: NEW DELHI-INDIA
- ABDUSSALAM HABU ZAYYAD: DAKAR-SENEGAL
- SHEHU ILU BARDE: ACCRA GHANA
- AMINU NASIR: ETHIOPIA
- ABUBAKAR MUSA MUSA: N’DJAMENA, CHAD
- HAIDARA MOHAMMED IDRIS: THE HAGUE-NETHERLANDS
- BAKO ADAMU UMAR: RABAT-MOROCCO
- SULU GAMBARI OLATUNJI AHMED: MALAYSIA
- ROMATA MOHAMMED OMOBOLANLE (F): TANZANIA
- SHAGA JOHN SHAMAH: BOTSWANA
- SALAU, HAMZA MOHAMMED: TEHRAN, IRAN
- IBRAHIM DANLAMI: KENYA
- IBRAHIM ADEOLA MOPELOLA (F): COTONOU-BENIN
- AYENI ADEBAYO EMMANUEL: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- AKANDE WAHAB ADEKOLA: BERNE-SWITZERLAND
- AREWA (NEE ADEDOKUN) ESTHER (F): WINDHOEK-NAMIBIA
- GERGADI JOSEPH JOHN: LIBREVILLE-GABON
- LUTHER OGBOMODE AYO-KALATA (F): SIERRA LEONE
- DANLADI YAKUBU NYAKU: KHARTOUM-SUDAN
- BELLO DOGON-DAJI HALIRU: BANGKOK, THAILAND