President Bola Tinubu has nominated former Minister of State for Labour Festus Keyamo as a minister.
Tinubu also replaced Maryam Shetty with Dr Mariya Mahmoud.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the announcement on Friday during a plenary session.
With the addition of Festus Keyamo, the ministerial nominees are currently 48.
This came moments before the fourth round of screening commenced with a former governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, who mounted the podium at 12:14 pm.
Those awaiting screening also include former Governors Simon Lalong (Plateau), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi).
Others are Abdullahi Gwarzo, Bosun Tijani, Isiak Salako, Tunji Alausa, Yusuf Sununu, Ibrahim Geidam, Lola John, Shuaibu Audu, Tahir Mamman, Aliyu Abdullahi, Alkali Saidu, Heineken Lokpobori, Maigari Ahmadu, and Zaphaniah Jisalo.
