President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded a new list of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation. The transmission, made in two separate letters addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, comes just days after the President submitted an initial batch of three nominees.

According to the communication, the latest list comprises 15 career ambassadors and 17 non-career ambassadors. Among them are ten women—four in the career category and six in the non-career category.

Prominent figures on the non-career list include former presidential aide Reno Omokri (Delta), former INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, former Ekiti First Lady Erelu Angela Adebayo, former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia. Also listed are former Katsina House of Assembly Speaker Tasiu Musa Maigari, former UBEC Deputy Executive Secretary Yakubu N. Gambo, former Plateau Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut, former Lagos Deputy Governor Otunba Femi Pedro, former Aviation Minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, and Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu from Anambra.

Other nominees include former Oyo First Lady Fatima Florence Ajimobi, ex-Lagos Commissioner Lola Akande, former Adamawa Senator Grace Bent, former Abia Governor Victor Okezie Ikpeazu, Ondo Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, and former Nigerian Ambassador to the Holy See, Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu.

The career ambassador and high commissioner nominees are:

- Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia)

- Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba)

- Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa)

- Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi)

- Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa)

- Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi)

- Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun)

- Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo)

- Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo)

- Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger)

- Ambassador Shehu Barde (Katsina)

- Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno)

- Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna)

- Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara)

- Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun)

The nominees are expected to be deployed to countries with which Nigeria maintains key strategic partnerships, including China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the UAE, Qatar, South Africa, and Kenya, as well as to major multilateral missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union. Their specific postings will be determined after Senate confirmation.

This new batch follows the three nominees sent to the Senate last week—Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo), Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa), and Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun)—who are being considered for postings to the UK, USA, or France.

President Tinubu stated that additional ambassadorial nominations will be submitted in due course.