Following the cabinet reshuffling, the Presidency has explained why President Bola Tinubu refused to dismiss the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle amid allegations of sponsoring banditry.

Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, has explained the decision not to dismiss Minister

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has reshuffled his 45-member cabinet, naming seven new ministers, sacking five and reassigning 10 others to new portfolios, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. The ministers of finance,

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Okoye Chidoezie Francis, corrected predicted the sack of ministers as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reshuffled his cabinet.

In a significant cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu approved the re-assignment of 10 ministers to new portfolios, discharged five and nominated seven new others for onward transmission to the Senate for confirmation.

Like a whirlwind, President Bola Tinubu’s much-expected cabinet reshuffle came to light, yesterday, and when the dust settled, six ministers lost their seats, and 10 were redeployed.

Uju Ohanenye, who until yesterday was Nigeria’s women’s affairs minister, has spoken after President Bola Tinubu sacked her. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Ms Ohanenye is one of the five ministers Mr Tinubu sacked on Wednesday.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announced an overhaul of his cabinet, relieving five ministers of their positions in the first such shakeup since he took office in May 2023.Most Read from BloombergClim

One of President Tinubu's newly appointed ministers is the wife of the late Biafra leader, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu.

Nigerians have been calling for a major shakeup to address the country's pressing issues, such as economic stagnation, insecurity, and infrastructure decay. President Bola Tinubu recently reprimanded some of his ministers for their lack of performance and reassigned new persons to fill the void.