President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the deployment of 65 ambassadors-designate to Nigeria’s foreign missions and the United Nations.
The postings include 31 career diplomats and 34 non-career ambassadors, according to a statement issued on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The ambassadors were earlier confirmed by the Senate in December 2025.
Among the non-career ambassadors, former presidential aide Reno Omokri was posted to Mexico, while former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode will serve in Germany. Former Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole was assigned to Canada, while Lateef Kayode Are was posted to the United States.
Others include Senator Ita Enang to South Africa, Senator Grace Bent to Togo, Olufemi Pedro to Australia, Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd.) to China.
In the list of career diplomats, Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele was posted to Algeria, Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno to Egypt, Ambassador Abdussalam Habu Zayyad to Senegal, Ambassador Aminu Nasir to Ethiopia, and Ambassador Bako Adamu Umar to Morocco, among others.
