The Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America, Lateef Kayode Are, on Thursday May 21 ,2026 presented his letter of Credence to the President of the US Donald J. Trump at the Oval office in the White House, signalling his formal assumption of office.
Lateef Kayode Are is a retired Army Colonel and Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) from 1999 to 2007 and briefly served as National Security Adviser in 2010.
Are served as an officer in the Directorate of Military Intelligence up until retirement by General Sani Abacha.
He was appointed into the Ambassadorial role by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in November 2025.