President Bola Tinubu has approved the posting of 31 career and 34 non-career ambassadors to various countries and the United Nations, following their confirmation by the Senate in December 2025 .
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, March 6, 2026, disclosed the postings. Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been posted to Germany, while ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri, is heading to Mexico .
According to the statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for the High Commissioner-designate, Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu. Similarly, France has sent the agrément for Ambassador Ayo Oke .
Onanuga said the Ministry has also conveyed the nominations of the other 62 designated envoys to all the countries concerned, including a request for their agréments in line with standard diplomatic practice .
The presidential aide added that Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately commence the induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and High Commissioners .
Notable Postings
Among the non-career ambassadors, Senator Grace Bent is posted to Togo, Senator Ita Enang to South Africa, former Governor Ikpeazu Victor to Spain, and Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau to China. Lateef Kayode Are heads to the USA, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim to the UN as Permanent Representative, and Ayo Oke to France .
On the career list, Ambassador Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka goes to Côte d’Ivoire, Amb. Bako Adamu Umar to Morocco, and Amb. Salau Hamza Mohammed to Tehran, Iran .
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