President Bola Tinubu has approved the posting of four Ambassador-Designates to strategic foreign missions, marking the first set of postings from the 68 nominees confirmed by the Senate in December 2025.

According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the postings include Ambassador Ayodele Oke as Nigeria’s Ambassador-designate to France and Colonel Lateef Are as Ambassador-designate to the United States of America.

Also approved is the posting of Ambassador Amin Dalhatu, a former Nigerian envoy to South Korea, as High Commissioner-designate to the United Kingdom while former Kebbi Governor, Usman Isa Dakingari Suleiman, has been named Ambassador-designate to Turkey.

Tinubu is scheduled to embark on a state visit to Turkey next week.

In a memo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the President directed that the governments of the four countries be formally notified of the postings in line with established diplomatic procedures.

The postings come against the backdrop of the Senate’s confirmation of a new set of Ambassadors in December 2025, ending a prolonged delay in filling diplomatic vacancies across the country’s foreign missions.

In mid-December, the Senate confirmed an initial batch of three non-career ambassadors, including Lateef Kayode Are, Aminu Mohammed Dalhatu and Emmanuel Ayodele Oke.

This was followed by the confirmation of a larger list of 64 nominees—comprising 34 career ambassadors and high commissioners, and 30 non-career envoys—bringing the total number of confirmed nominees to 68.

The expanded list was transmitted to the Senate by President Tinubu on December 4, 2025, although one nominee from Yobe State was excluded following his death before confirmation.

The confirmed list includes several prominent political figures and technocrats, among them former ministers, ex-governors, senior diplomats and retired military officers, as well as a broad spread of career foreign service officers.

The new Ambassadors and High Commissioners are expected to assume duties across Nigeria’s diplomatic missions in 2026 as the Tinubu administration moves to reinvigorate the country’s foreign service and strengthen diplomatic engagement with key international partners.