Current Nigerian Ambassadors And Their Assigned Countries: Full List (2023)

An ambassador is a high-ranking diplomat who represents a country abroad on behalf of its government especially on diplomatic matters. Nigeria as a country has 47 ambassadors representing her in various countries of the world.

These new ambassadors carry out specific duties such as taking charge of the embassies, work to represent and advance the foreign policy goals of the Nigerian president and his administration in other host countries it has diplomatic relations with.

They also ensure the security of embassy staff and property, manage communications, hold bilateral talks with government officials of the host country, sign trade agreements, and protect Nigerians overseas.

Ambassadors are normally resident, this means that they live in the host country to which they are assigned. Its only in some few cases whereby a resident ambassador may be assigned to another neighbouring country.

This means he will live in the host country in which he is an ambassador but will continue to serve as a nonresident ambassador to the neighbouring country. An execption is given to the Nigerian ambassador to the United Nations who is also non-resident.

Nigeria also rely on its ambassadors abroad to build and maintain strong diplomatic and economic relationships with foreign nations that are of strategic importance to her interest.

Anytime there is conflict of interest with international relations between Nigeria and Canada for instance, it is the role of the ambassador there to lead negotiations with the host government in order to find a lasting diplomatic solution.

In this post, we will list all Nigerian Ambassadors and their assigned countries below.

Please note that 45 out of these 47 ambassadors, were deployed as career ambassadors-designate to their respective countries for accreditation and would resume duty at the countries of assignment after a letter of consent is sent to the Nigerian Government.

Current Nigerian Ambassadors And Their Assigned Countries: Full List

NAME OF AMBASSADOR	STATE	COUNTRY ASSIGNED
Adamu Onoze Shuaibu	FCT	Rwanda
Attahiru Halliru	Sokoto	Niger
Balogun Hakeem	Lagos	Indonesia
Bankole Adegboyega Adeoye	Ogun	Belgium
Bello Kazaure Huessini	Jigawa	North Korea
Emmanuel Kayode Oguntause	Ekiti	Benin
Enoch Pear Duchi	Kaduna	Ireland
Eric A. Bell-Gam	Rivers	Argentina
Demenongu A. Agev	Benue	Equatorial Guinea
Garba Baba	Kano	Poland
Habu Abubakar Gwani Ibrahim	Gombe	Zambia
Ibidapo-Obe Oluwasegun	Osun	Port of Spain T&T
Ibrahim Hamza	Kastina	Iran
Ibrahim Isah	Niger	Australia
Inusa Ahmed	Nasarawa	Ethiopia
Inyan Udo-Inyang	Akwa Ibom	Gabon
Itegboje S. Sunday	Edo	Permanent Mission in New York
Janet Omoleegho Olisa	Delta	Jamaica
Kabiru Bala	Zamfara	Mozambique
Kadiri Ayinla Audu	Kwara	Permanent Mission, Geneva
Kenneth C. Nwachukwu	Imo	Cameroon
Lawan Abba Gashagar	Borno	Mali
Lilian Ijeukwu Onoh	Enugu	Namibia
Liman Munir	Bauchi	Congo
Manaja Tula Isah	Gombe	Israel
Martin Nyong Cobham	Cross River	Thailand
Mohammed Hassan Hassan	Borno	Kenya
Momoh Sheidu Omeiza	Kogi	Liberia
Musa Saban Mamman	Yobe	South Sudan
Ndem Jane Ada	Benue	Sweden
Ngozi Ukaeje	Imo	Portugal
Nonye Udo	Anambra	Austria
Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba	Abia	Togo
Odeka Janet Bisong	Cross River	Zimbabwe
Ogundero Sakirat	Oyo	Washington
Okeke Vivian Nwunaku	Anambra	Spain
Olatunde Adesesan	Ekiti	Angola
Olufemi Abikoye	Kwara	Ghana
Paragalda Ilyasu Audu	Adamawa	Turkey
Queen I. Worlu	Edo	Cuba
Rabiu Akawu	Kano	Algeria
Rahmatu A. Dunama	Taraba	Burkina Faso
Salisu Umaru	Adamawa	Senegal
Sonaike Adekunbi Abibat	Ogun	Philipines
Toko Ali Gongulong	Borno	Sao Tome & Principe
Umar Zainab Salisu	Kebbi	Bostwana
Usman Bakori Aliyu	Kastina	China

The below names are the new ambassadors appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari and has been sent to the Senate for confirmation.

List of Nigerian Ambassadors And Their States (March, 2023)

NI has the current list of the ambassadors sent to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The senate had received from President Muhammadu Buhari a letter requesting that the confirmation of 42 career Ambassadors-designate be formally confirmed. It was read on the floor of the National Assembly by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan.

The letter reads: “In accordance to section 171 (1),(2)(c) and subsection (4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. I have the honour to forward for confirmation by the Senate, the under-listed forty-two (42) names of nominees as Career Ambassadors-Designate.”

The Ambassadors-designate for confirmation and their states include:

C.O Nwachukwu, Abia state
A. Kafas, Adamawa state
R. U. Brown, Akwa-Ibom state
G. A. Odudigbo, Anambra state
O. C. Onowu, Anambra state
Y. S. Suleiman, Bauchi state
E S. Agbana, Bayelsa state
B. B. M. Okoyen, Bayelsa state
G. M. Okoko Benue state
A. M. Garba, Borno state
M. l. Bashir, Bomo state
M. O. Abam, Cross River state
A. E. Allotey, Cross River state
G. E. Edokpa, Edo state
A. N. Madubuike, Enugu state
Adamu Lamuwa, Gombe state
Mr. Innocent A. lwejuo, lmo state
M. S. Abubakar, Jigawa state
Y. A. Ahmed, Jigawa state
S. D. Umar, Kaduna state
A. Sule, Kano state
G. Y. Hamza, Kano state
N. Rimi, Katsina state
L S. Ahmed-Remawa, Katsina state
M. Manu, Kebbi state
l. R. Ocheni, Kogi state
l. A. Yusuf, Kogi state
M. Abdulraheem, Kwara state
Mrs. W. A. Adedeji, Lagos state
A. U. Ogah, Nasarawa state
A. A. Musa, Niger state
N. A. Kolo, Niger state
S. O. Olaniyan, Ogun state
A. R. Adejola, Ogun state
E. Awe Ondo state
O. Aluko, Osun state
I. A. Alatishe, Osun state
V. A. Adeleke, Oyo state
M. S. Adamu, Plateau state
l. N. Charles, Rivers state
Z M. lfu, Taraba state
B. B. Hamman, Yobe state.

Note that these list of Nigerian ambassadors will be updated as new names are expected to be changed depending on the decisions of the government in power.