FULL LIST: Tinubu raises ambassadorial nominees to 65

President Bola Tinubu has increased the number of ambassadorial nominees to 65 and forwarded their names to the Senate for confirmation.

Tinubu’s request was read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary in Abuja on Thursday, December 4, 2025.

The list consists of 34 career ambassadors and 31 non-career ambassadors.

The presidency had last week released the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees, featuring names of some prominent Nigerians.

Notable nominees among the non-career ambassador-nominees are Ita Enang from Akwa-Ibom State, Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo), Folasade Bent (Adamawa), and Segun Ige (Edo)

Three ambassadorial nominees ― Kayode Are (Ogun), Aminu Dalhatu (Jigawa), and Ayodele Oke (Oyo) ― earlier forwarded to the Senate, had been screened by the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The new nominees have also been forwarded to the committee for screening within one week.

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See the full list of the ambassadorial nominees below:

Ezenwa Chukwuemeka (Abia), Maimuna Ibrahim (Adamawa), Monica Ogochukwu (Anambra), Mohammed Lele (Bauchi), Endoni Sindo (Bayelsa), Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno), Jane Adams Michael (Cross River), Clark Alexandra (Delta), Chimma Davies (Ebonyi), Oduma Ehinose (Edo).

Segun Ige (Edo), Adeyemi Emmanuel (Ekiti), Onaga Kingsley (Enugu), Magaji Umar (Jigawa), Mohammed Dahiru (Kaduna), AbdulSalam Zayat (Kano), Shehu Barde (Katsina), Aminu Nasiu (Katsina), Abubakar Musa-Musa (Kebbi), Mohammed Idris (Kebbi), Bako Adamu Umar (Kogi).

Sulu Gambari (Kwara), Ramata Mohammed (Lagos), Shaga John Shama (Nasarawa), Salau Mohammed (Niger), Ibrahim Danlami (Niger), Adeola Mopelola (Ogun), Ruben Samuel (Ondo), Akand Adekola (Osun), Adedokun Esther (Oyo), Gedagi Joseph (Plateau), Luther Ayokalata (Rivers), Danladi Yaku (Taraba), Bello Dogondaji (Zamfara).

Grace Bent (Adamawa), Eta Enang (Akwa Ibom), Nkechi Okocha (Anambra), Mahmood Yakubu (Bauchi), Philip Ikurusi (Bayelsa), Paul Oga Adikwu (Benue), Ibok Ibas (Cross River), Abasi Braimah (Edo), Angela Adebayo (Ekiti).

Olumilua Ayotunwa (Ekiti), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Chioma Ohakim (Imo), Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano), Tasiu Maigari (Katsina), Abubakar Aliyu (Kogi), Olufemi Pedro (Lagos), Mohammed Aliyu (Nasarawa State), Reno Omokri (Delta), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (Bauchi).

Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo), Joseph Iji (Ondo), Fani-Kayode (Osun), Prof. O. Adewole (Osun), Florence Ajimobi (Oyo), Lola Akande (Oyo), Prof. Nora Daduut (Plateau), Yakubu Gambo (Plateau), Chukwujinka Okocha (Rivers), Haruna Abubakar (Sokoto), Jerry Samuel Manwe (Taraba), Adamu Nangree (Yobe).

The Star