Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a new set of ambassador-designates and high commissions.
The last full ambassadorial appointments were made in 2020 by the late President Muhammadu Buhari. In 2023, Tinubu recalled all Nigerian ambassadors worldwide, which left many diplomatic missions without permanent envoys.
Therefore, appointments mark a significant step in strengthening Nigeria’s international relations and advancing its foreign policy priorities. 
The newly approved ambassadors, which include a mix of 31 non-career ambassadors and 34 career diplomats, are expected to represent Nigeria in key countries across Africa, Europe, and the Americas, as well as at international organizations.
According to a statement issued by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has begun the necessary diplomatic procedures and induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and High Commissioners.
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Full List of the New Ambassadors-Designate and High Commissioners
Nigerian Ambassadorial Designates (Political)
- Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu – Argentina
- Rt. Hon. Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi Lawrence – Athens, Greece
- Olufemi Pedro – Australia
- Ajimobi Fatima Florence – Austria
- Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau – Beijing, China
- Hon. (Engr.) Abasi Braimah – Budapest, Hungary
- Barr. Onueze Okocha SAN – Dublin, Ireland
- Ayodele Oke – France
- Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari – Gambia
- Femi Fani-Kayode – Germany
- Senator Grace Bent – Lome, Togo
- Mr. Reno Omokri – Mexico City, Mexico
- Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole – Ottawa, Canada
- Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe – Port of Spain, T&T
- Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo – Portugal
- Mahmud Yakubu – Qatar
- Joseph Sola Iji – Russia
- Yakubu N. Gambo – Saudi Arabia
- Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut – Seoul, South Korea
- Sen. Ita Enang – South Africa
- Ikpeazu Victor – Spain
- Mrs. Lola Akande – Sweden
- Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu – Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas – The Philippines
- Paul Oga Adikwu – The Vatican City (Holy See)
- Barr. Olumilua Oluwayimika Ayotunwa – Tokyo, Japan
- Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar – Tunis, Tunisia
- Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim – UN Permanent Representative
- Aminu Dalhatu – United Kingdom (UK)
- Lateef Kayode Are – USA
- Barr. Chioma Priscilla Ohakim – Warsaw, Poland
Career Ambassadors
- Shehu Ilu Barde – Accra, Ghana
- Mohammed Mahmud Lele – Algiers, Algeria
- Chima Geoffrey Lioma David – Bamako, Mali
- Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru – Bangkok, Thailand
- Wasa Segun Ige – Beirut, Lebanon
- Akande Wahab Adekola – Berne, Switzerland
- Shaga John Shamah – Botswana
- Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel – Brussels, Belgium
- Ahmed Mohammed Monguno – Cairo, Egypt
- Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola – Cotonou, Benin
- Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka – Cote d’Ivoire
- Abdussalam Habu Zayyad – Dakar, Senegal
- Aminu Nasir – Ethiopia
- Jane Adams Michael – Kingston, Jamaica
- Ibrahim Danlami – Kenya
- Danladi Yakubu Nyaku – Khartoum, Sudan
- Clark-Omeru Alexandra – Lusaka, Zambia
- Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen – Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
- Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed – Malaysia
- Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley – Maputo, Mozambique
- Abubakar Musa Musa – N’Djamena, Chad
- Muhammad Saidu Dahiru – New Delhi, India
- Besto Maimuna Ibrahim – Niamey, Niger
- Endoni Syndoph Paebi – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Bako Adamu Umar – Rabat, Morocco
- Ruben Abimbola Samuel – Rome, Italy
- Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi – Sao Tome, STP
- Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata – Sierra Leone
- Romata Mohammed Omobolanle – Tanzania
- Salau, Hamza Mohammed – Tehran, Iran
- Haidara Mohammed Idris – The Hague, Netherlands
- Arewa Esther – Windhoek, Namibia
- Magaji Umar – Kinshasa, DR Congo
- Gergadi Joseph John – Libreville, Gabon
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