Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- The Senate on Thursday confirmed 65 ambassadorial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu.

The nominees comprise 34 career and 31 non-career ambassadors.

They were confirmed after considering the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, presented during the plenary by its chairman, Sani Bello.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the confirmation after a majority of senators endorsed the report through a voice vote at the Committee of the Whole.

Among those confirmed for non-career ambassadorial appointments are a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu; former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode; former presidential aide, Reno Omok...