TINUBU'S NEW AMBASSADORS GET POSTINGS

TINUBU'S NEW AMBASSADORS GET POSTINGS

Among those who received postings are a former presidential aide, Reno Omokri; a former minister, Femi Fani-Kayode; Senator Ita Enang, and a former INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu.

Tinubu released a second list of ambassadorial nominees on Saturday, November 29, 2025.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the postings of 31 career and 34 non-career ambassadors to various countries and the United Nations. The Senate confirmed the ambassadors-designate in December 2025.

According to a statement by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the non-career ambassadors who received postings are;

President Tinubu approves the postings of Ambassadors:

NON-CAREER:

  1. Senator Grace Bent → Lome, Togo
  2. Sen. Ita Enang → South Africa
  3. Ikpeazu Victor → Spain
  4. Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu → Tel-Aviv, Israel
  5. Mahmud Yakubu → Qatar
  6. Paul Oga Adikwu → The Vatican City (Holy See)
  7. Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas → The Philippines
  8. Mr. Reno Omokri → Mexico City, Mexico
  9. Hon. (Engr.) Abasi Braimah (FMHR) → Budapest, Hungary
  10. Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo → Portugal
  11. Barr. Olumilua Oluwayimika Ayotunwa → Tokyo, Japan
  12. Rt. Hon. Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi Lawrence → Athens, Greece
  13. Barr. Chioma Priscilla Ohakim → Warsaw, Poland
  14. Aminu Dalhatu → United Kingdom (UK)
  15. Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau → Beijing, China
  16. Hon. Tasiu Musa Maigari → Gambia
  17. Olufemi Pedro → Australia
  18. Barr. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu → Argentina
  19. Lateef Kayode Are → USA
  20. Amb. Joseph Sola Iji → Russia
  21. Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim → UN Permanent Representative
  22. Femi Fani-Kayode → Germany
  23. Prof. Isaak Folorunso Adewole → Ottawa, Canada
  24. Ajimobi Fatima Florence (F) → Austria
  25. Mrs. Lola Akande (F) → Sweden
  26. Ayodele Oke → France
  27. Yakubu N. Gambo → Saudi Arabia
  28. Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut → Seoul, South Korea
  29. Barr. Onueze Chukwujika Joe Okocha SAN → Dublin, Ireland
  30. Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar → Tunis, Tunisia
  31. Rt. Hon. Jerry Samuel Manwe → Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (T&T)

CAREER AMBASSADORS:

  1. Amb. Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka → Cote d'Ivoire
  2. Besto Maimuna Ibrahim → Niamey, Niger
  3. Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi → Sao Tome and Principe (STP)
  4. Amb. Mohammed Mahmud Lele → Algiers, Algeria
  5. Endoni Syndoph Paebi → Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  6. Ahmed Mohammed Monguno → Cairo, Egypt
  7. Amb. Jane Adams (nee Okon) Michael (F) → Kingston, Jamaica
  8. Amb. Clark-Omeru Alexandra (F) → Lusaka, Zambia
  9. Chima Geoggrey Lioma David → Bamako, Mali
  10. Amb. Odumah Yvonne Ehinosien → Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
  11. Amb. Wasa Segun Ige → Beirut, Lebanon
  12. Ruben Abimbola Samuel (F) → Rome, Italy
  13. Amb. Onaga Ogechukwu Kingsley → Maputo, Mozambique
  14. Amb. Magaji Umar → Kinshasa, DR Congo
  15. Amb. Muhammad Saidu Dahiru → New Delhi, India
  16. Amb. Abdussalam Habu Zayyad → Dakar, Senegal
  17. Amb. Shehu Ilu Barde → Accra, Ghana
  18. Amb. Aminu Nasir → Ethiopia
  19. Abubakar Musa Musa → N’Djamena, Chad
  20. Amb. Haidara Mohammed Idris → The Hague, Netherlands
  21. Amb. Bako Adamu Umar → Rabat, Morocco
  22. Amb. Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed → Malaysia
  23. Amb. Romata Mohammed Omobolanle (F) → Tanzania
  24. Amb. Shaga John Shamah → Botswana
  25. Salau, Hamza Mohammed → Tehran, Iran
  26. Amb. Ibrahim Danlami → Kenya
  27. Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola (F) → Cotonou, Benin
  28. Amb. Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel → Brussels, Belgium
  29. Amb. Akande Wahab Adekola → Berne, Switzerland
  30. Amb. Arewa (nee Adedokun) Esther (F) → Windhoek, Namibia
  31. Amb. Gergadi Joseph John → Libreville, Gabon
  32. Amb. Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata (F) → Sierra Leone
  33. Danladi Yakubu Nyaku → Khartoum, Sudan
  34. Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru → Bangkok, Thailand
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