From 2010 to 2016, he was the director general of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru, Nigeria, and was the vice chancellor of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University from 2004 to 2009.

[7][8] In January 2021, he was re-listed by President Buhari as the permanent representative to the United Nations, New York.

[9] Muhammad-Bande was born and educated in Zagga, a town in present-day Kebbi State.

[1] Between 2000 and 2004, Bande served as the director-general of the African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development in Tangier, Morocco.

[11] Between 2004 and 2009, he served as vice chancellor of Usman Danfodio University before being appointed director-general of Nigeria's National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, a position he held from 2010 to 2016.