The synthesis, isolation and crystal structures of nickel(II) carbonyl, acetonitrile and ammonia complexes supported by a dianionic, pyridine dipyrrolide pincer ligand [pyrr2py]2−, namely, carbonyl[2,2′-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(3,5-di-p-tolylpyrrolido-κN)]nickel(II), [Ni(C41H33N3)(CO)], ammine[2,2′-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(3,5-di-p-tolylpyrrolido-κN)]nickel(II), [Ni(C41H33N3)(NH3)], and (acetonitrile-κN)[2,2′-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(3,5-di-p-tolylpyrrolido-κN)]nickel(II), [Ni(C41H33N3)(CH3CN)], as well as the free ligand 2,6-bis(3,5-di-p-tolylpyrrol-2-yl)pyridine, C41H35N3 or [pyrr2py]H2 are reported. The nickel complexes are four-coordinate and adopt a square-planar geometry. The CO stretch of the nickel-bound carbon monoxide ligand of [pyrr2py]Ni(CO) has been observed at 2101 cm−1. The ammonia and acetonitrile complexes, [pyrr2py]Ni(NH3) and [pyrr2py]Ni(NCMe) feature all-nitrogen coordination spheres around nickel consisting of different N-donor ligand types.