On Thursday President Muhammadu Buhari sent a revised list of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for legislative approval. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, read the letter to the lawmakers during a plenary session.

According to the list read by Saraki, several new names have emerged on the list while retired Justice George Oguntade (Lagos) and Ahmed Ibeto (Niger) maintained their nomination.

Before now, the Senate had rejected the first version of the list due to over 250 petitions against the nominees, as two of whom rejected their nomination.