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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

President Tinubu nominates 32 additional ambassadors

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after he sent the first batch of three names.

In two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked the Senate to consider and confirm expeditiously 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees as non-career ambassadors.

There are four women on the career ambassadors' list and six women on the non-career ambassadors' list.

Among the non-career ambassador designates are Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia, a former presidential aide, Reno Omokri (Delta), former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmud Yakubu, former Ekiti first lady, Erelu Angela Adebayo, and former Enugu Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

Others are Tasiu Musa Maigari, the former speaker of the Katsina House of Assembly, Yakubu N. Gambo, a former Commissioner in Plateau State and former deputy executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).

Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, a former senator from Plateau; Otunba Femi Pedro, a former deputy governor of Lagos State; Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister from Osun State; and Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu from Anambra State are on the nomination list.

Also on the list are former First Lady of Oyo, Fatima Florence Ajimobi, former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande, former Adamawa Senator, Grace Bent, former governor of Abia, Victor Okezie Ikpeazu, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, businessman, lawyer and Senator from Ondo State, and the former ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See, Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu from Benue State.

Among the nominees for career ambassador and high commissioner-designates 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) and Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun).

The other nominees are 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(Kawara) and Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande(Osun).

The new nominees are expected to be posted to countries with which Nigeria maintains excellent and strategic bilateral relations, such as China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa, Kenya, and to Permanent Missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union. All the nominees will know their diplomatic assignments after their confirmation by the Senate.

Last week, President Tinubu sent three ambassadorial nominees for screening and confirmation. The nominees were Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo), Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa), and Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun). All three are in the pot for posting to the UK, USA, or France after their confirmation.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said more nominees for ambassadorial positions will be announced soon.

Bayo Onanuga

Special Adviser to the President,

Information and Strategy,

November 29, 2025

fergie001:
President Tinubu nominate 32 New Ambassadors, forwards names to the Senate for confirmation.

Highlights:
•15 Career Ambassadors
•17 Non-Career Ambassadors
•10 women included across both

List:
•Nominees include Reno Omokri, Mahmood Yakubu, Femi Pedro, Femi Fani-Kayode, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Angela Adebayo, Fatima Ajimobi, and others
•New envoys expected to be posted to China, India, UAE, Canada, South Africa, UN, AU, UNESCO
•Comes days after first batch of 3 nominees (in line for UK, US, France postings)

More names to be announced soon, the Presidency says.

slivertongue:
Ambassador Fergie hope you will represent Nigeria well?

fergie001:
Just immediate past INEC Chairman on appointment list
Kai.... I am weak! Haba/

I decline the appointment. I want to run for Governor

slivertongue:
Mahmood Yakubu is it a reward of incompetence or willful tampering with electoral process?

Hedonisco:
It's disgusting and embarrassing to be honest. The way the APC has gone so low is shocking.

Orlandoo:
I trust FFK to be more brutal since his name isn't there.

slivertongue:
Hmmm ... Well I know your manifesto I'll be better than that of Monday in Edo State

ume:
How are you sure they are not Reno and FFk de play

Orlandoo:
I trust FFK to be more brutal since his name isn't there.

fergie001:
Just immediate past INEC Chairman on appointment list
Kai.... I am weak! Haba/

I decline the appointment. I want to run for Governor

slivertongue:
Mahmood Yakubu is it a reward of incompetence or willful tampering with electoral process?

Akwamkpuruamu:
Reno ass licking, finally paid off

Nothing for Nairaland Ronu gangs

slivertongue:
Tinubu can't even hide the obvious favoritism gotten from INEC. He is asking the populace to do there worse

Kukutente23:
I don't think it's anything extraordinary
Ambassador is not a partisan post
Seems FFK and Omokri's hustle paid off
Waiting for the likes of yarimo, helinu's seunmsg WizardOfNG etc etc to also make the next list