President Bola Tinubu has nominated Bianca Ojukwu, widow of Biafra leader Odumegwu Ojukwu, as minister of state for foreign affairs.
The president has also appointed six others as ministers in his first cabinet shuffle since coming to power last year.
According to a statement by the Presidency on Wednesday, others appointed are Nentawe Yilwatda (minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction), Muhammadu Dingyadi (minister of labour and employment), Jumoke Oduwole (minister of industry, trade and investment (trade and investment)), Idi Maiha (minister of livestock development), Yusuf Ata (minister of state, housing and urban development) and Suwaiba Ahmad (minister of state, education).
Those to be discharged are minister of women affairs, Uju-Ken Ohanenye; minister of tourism, Lola Ade-John; minister of education, Tahir Mamman; minister of state, housing and urban development Abdullahi Gwarzo and minister of youth development, Jamila Ibrahim.
