President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded a second batch of ambassadorial nominees to the Senate, bringing the total number of new diplomatic candidates submitted this week to 35.

The latest submission sent in two separate letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio includes 32 nominees: 17 non-career nominees and 15 career diplomats.

Full Nominees:

1. Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu (Abia)

2. Reno Omokri (Delta)

3. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (Bauchi)

4. Erelu Bisi Angela Adebayo (Ekiti)

5. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu)

6. Tasiu Musa Maigari (Katsina)

7. Yakubu N. Gambo (Plateau)

8. Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut (Plateau)

9. Otunba Femi Pedro (Lagos)

10. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (Osun)

11. Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu (Anambra)

12. Fatima Florence Ajimobi (Oyo)

13. Lola Akande (Lagos)

14. Grace Bent (Adamawa)

15. Dr. Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia)

16. Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo)

17. Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu (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)

32. Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun)

Names sent earlier:

33. Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo)

34. Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa)

35. Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun).

The Senate is expected to review and confirm these nominees in the coming days.