See Names of all 35 Ambassadorial Nominees

President Bola Tinubu has forwarded 32 new ambassadorial nominees to the Senate—comprising 15 career ambassadors and 17 non-career ambassadors—for confirmation. 

The full list of nominees is as follows: 

1. Mahmud Yakubu, former INEC chairman
2. Reno Omokri (Delta), former presidential aide; 
3. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, former Enugu State governor; 
4. Ogbonnaya Kalu (Abia); 
5. Erelu Adebayo, former Ekiti First Lady; 
6. Tasiu Musa Maigari, former Katsina House of Assembly Speaker; 
7. Yakubu N. Gambo, former Plateau Commissioner; 
8. Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, former senator (Plateau);
9. Otunba Femi Pedro, former Lagos Deputy Governor; 
10. Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister (Osun); 
11. Nkechi Ufochukwu (Anambra); 
12. Fatima Florence Ajimobi, former Oyo First Lady; 
13. Lola Akande, former Lagos Commissioner;
14. Grace Bent, former Adamawa senator; 
15. Victor Okezie Ikpeazu, former Abia governor; 
16. Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo);
17. Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu, former envoy to the Holy See (Benue); 
18. Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia); 
19. Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba);
20. Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa);
21. Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi);
22. Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa);
23. Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi); 
24. Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun);
25. Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo);
26. Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo);
27. Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger);
28. Ambassador Shehu Barde (Katsina);
29. Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno); 
30. Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna); 
31. Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara); and 
32. Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun).

The earlier three nominees already transmitted to the Senate are:

33. Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo);

34. Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa); and 

35. Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun).