The Senate on Thursday confirmed 34 Career Ambassadors and 30 Non-Career Ambassador nominees.
The confirmation followed the presentation and consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Committee of the Whole.
President Bola Tinubu’s letter for the confirmation of the ambassadors was read in the Senate on December 4, 2025.
The Chairman of the committee, Senator Sani Bello, while presenting the report, said the nominees displayed wide and in-depth knowledge of international diplomacy during the screening,
Thefrontrank reports that those confirmed as career ambassadors are Amb. Nwaobiala Chukwuemeka (Abia), Betso Maimunah Ibrahim (Adamawa), Monica Enebechi (Anambra), Amb. Mohammed Lele (Bauchi), Syndoph Endoni (Bayelsa).
Others are Amb. Ahmed Monguno (Borno), Amb. Adams Jane Bassey (Cross-River), Amb. Clark-Omeru Alexandra Efe (Delta), Goeffrey Ijiomah Chima David (Ebonyi), Odumah Yvonne Ehinosen (Edo), Amb. Wasa Segun Ige (Edo) and Amb. Adeyemi Adebayo Emmanuel (Ekiti).
Also confirmed are: Amb. Okechukwu Kingsley Onaga (Enugu), Amb. Magaji Umar (Jigawa), Amb. Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna), Amb. Abdussalam Habu Zayyad (Kano), Amb. Shehu Ilu Barde (Katsina), Amb. Amínu Nasir (Katsina), Abubakar Musa Musa (Kebbi), Amb. Haidara Mohammed Idris (Kebbi), Amb. Bako Adamu Umar (Kogi), and Amb. Sulu-Gambari Olatunji Ahmed (Kwara).
Amb. Ramat Mohammed Omobolanle (Lagos), Amb. Shaga John Shamah (Nasarawa), Sallau Hamza Mohammed (Niger), Amb. Ibrahim Danlami (Niger), Adeola Ibrahim Mopelola (Ogun), Reuben Abimbola Samuel (Ondo), Amb. Akande Wahab Adekola (Osun) were also confirmed.
The list includes Amb. Arewa Esther (Oyo), Amb, Gargadi Joseph John (Plateau), Amb. Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata (Rivers), Danladi Yakubu Nyaku (Taraba) and Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru (Sokoto).
The non-career ambassadors are: Sen. Grace Bent (Adamawa), Sen. Ita Enang (Alwa-Ibom), Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu (Abia), Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu (Anambra), Prof. Mahmud Yakubu (Bauchi), Amb. Philip Ikurusi (Bayelsa), Mr Paul Oga Adikwu (Benue), Vice Adm. Ibas Ibok-Ette (Cross River), Mr Reno Omokri (Delta) and Abasi Braimah (Edo).
Mrs Erelu Adebayo (Ekiti), Olumilua Oluwayimika Ayotunwa (Ekiti), Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi (Enugu), Mrs Chioma Ohaikim (Imo), Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano), Tasiu Maigari (Kastina),
Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu (Kogi), Olufemi Pedro (Lagos), Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu (Nasarawa), Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo), and Amb. Joseph Olusola lji (Ondo).
Also confirmed are Olufemi Fani-Kayode (Osun), Prof. Isaac Adewole (Osun), Mrs Fatima Florence Ajimobi (Oyo), Mrs Sulola Akande (Oyo), Dr Yakubu Gambo (Plateau), Sen. Nora Daduut (Plateau), Onueze Chukwujinka Okocha (Rivers), Dr Kulu Haruna Abubakar (Sokoto) and Jerrymon Samuel Manwe (Taraba).
