The much-awaited cabinet reshuffle by President Bola Tinubu came last Wednesday but I will be surprised if the shape and character of the reshuffle did not disappoint many. Most of the new names qualify as unknown quantities. Add this to the fact that many of the existing cabinet members were also names that did not ring a bell. If I …

Months after the rumours of imminent cabinet reshuffle had filled the air with newshounds speculating which of the ministers would be dropped or retained, President Bola Tinubu eventually took the bull by the horns last Wednesday. He effected the ministerial changes, scrapping two ministries, discharging five ministers, reassigning ten and nominating seven new ones. It would mean six ministers had …

Five ministers have been dropped from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. In a cabinet reshuffle announced on Wednesday, the President also named seven ministerial nominees, who are to be confirmed by the Senate. Among them is the Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, widow of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who died on 26 November 2011, aged 78. He led the armed struggle between 1967 and …

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, Thursday, effected a minor cabinet reshuffle shortly after swearing in six new Commissioners. The Governor who filled existing vacancies following the recent resignation of three former Commissioners, also created new Ministries. In the reshuffled cabinet, former Commissioner for Finance, Mike Akpara was redeployed to Ministry of Industry and SME; and replaced with a fresher, …