Full list of Ambassadors’ postings as approved by President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the posting of non-career Ambassadors and their career counterparts.

The full list of both the career and non-career Ambassadors is published in this new story.

Former Minister of State for Defence, Demola Seriki, was deployed to Spain, while a former Minister of Mines and Steel, Sarafat Ishola, will serve as the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

The Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, Debo Adesina, will serve as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Togo.

About 11 ambassadors were re-appointed, with eight retained in their current countries of posting, while three others were redeployed.

Non-career Ambassadors
1. Dr Uzoma Emenike (United States)

1. Ambassador Tijani Muhammmad-Bande (UN)

2. Adeyinka Asekun (Canada)

3. Yahaya Lawal (Saudi Arabia)

4. Ibrahim Kayode Laaro (France)

5. Modupe Irele (Hungary)

6. Eniola Ajayi (The Hague, Netherlands)

7. Julius Adebowale Adeshina (Togo)

8. Oma Djebah (Thailand)

9. Ademola Seriki (Spain)

10. Umar Sulieman (DRC)

11. Kevin Peter (Czech Republic)

12. John Usanga (Guinea Bissau)

13. Elejah Onyeagba (Burundi)

14. Philip Ikurusi (Argentina)

15. Tarzoor Terhemen (Namibia)

16. Paul Adikwu (The Vatican, Italy)

17. Al-Bishir Al-Hussain (Morocco)

18. Monique Ekpong (Angola)

19. Ominyi Eze (Zambia)

20. 1. Yamah Musa (Mozambique)

21. C. O Ugwu (Poland)

22. Hajara Salim (Malaysia)

23. Obiezu Chinyerem (Ireland)

24. 1. Ali Magashi (South Korea)

25. M. A Markarfi (Brazil)

26. Hamisu Takalmawa (Tanzania)

27. Jazuli Gadalanci (Kuwait)

28. Sadiya Nuhu (Romania)

29. Olorundare Sunday Awoniyi (Venezuela)

30. Abioye Bello (Pakistan)

31. Zara Umar (Malawi)

32. Henry Omaku (Sierra Leone)

33. Sarafa Isola (United Kingdom)

34. Opunimi Akinkube (Greece)

35. Adejaba Bello (Mexico)

36. Adeshina Alege (Ukraine)

37. Folakemi Akinyele (Philippines)

38. Abdullahi Yibaikwal Shehu (Russia)

39. Maureen Tamuno (Jamaica)

40. Faruk Yabo (Jordan)

41. Adamu Hassan (Vietnam)

42. Abubakar Moriki (Japan)

43. Mohammed Rimi (United Arab Emirates)

44. Jidda Baba (China)

45. Gani Modu Bura (Lebanon)

46. Yusuf Tuggar (Germany)

47. Baba Madugu (Switzerland)

48. Deborah Illiya (Congo)

49. Abubakar Danlami Ibrahim (Trinida & Tobago)

50. Haruna Manta (South Africa)

51. Yusuf Yunusa (Kenya)

Career ambassadors
C.O. Nwachukwu (Mali)

A. Kefas (Portugal)

R.U Brown (Gabon)

G.A Odudigbo (Liberia)

O.C Onowu (Brussels)

Y.S. Suleiman (Iran)

E.S. Agbana (Equatorial Guinea)

B.B.M. Okoyen (Cuba)

G.M. Okoko (Deputy Head of Mission to Switzerland)

M.I. Bashir (US Deputy Ambassador)

M.O. Abam (Italy)

A.E. Allotey (Deputy France)

G. E. Edokpa (Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN)

A. N. Madubuike (Australia)

Adamu Lamuwa (Senegal)

Mr. Innocent A. Iwejuo (Deputy Ambassador to Ethiopia)

M. S. Abubakar (Guinea)

S. D. Umar (Austria)

A. Sule (India)

G. Y. Hamza (Ghana)

N. Rimi (Egypt)

L. S. Ahmed-Remawa (Deputy Cameroon)

M. Manu (Gambia)

R. Ocheni (Deputy Ambassador to Germany)

A. Yusuf (Turkey)

M. Abdulraheem (Burkina Faso)

W. A. Adedeji (Gabon)

A. U. Ogah (Indonesia)

A. A. Musa (Rwanda)

N. A. Kolo (Israel)

S.O. Olaniyan (Sudan)

A. R. Adejola (Switzerland Permanent Mission)

O. E. Awe (Deputy envoy to China)

O. O. Aluko (Benin Republic)

I. A. Alatishe (Deputy Ambassador to Russia)

V. A. Adeleke (Ethiopia)

M. S. Adamu (Cote d’ivoire)

N. Charles (Southern Sudan)

Z M. lfu (Zimbabwe)

B. B. Hamman (Sweden).