Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general,he served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985,after taking power from the Shehu Shagari civilian government in a military coup d'état. The term Buharism is ascribed to the authoritarian policies of his military regime.
Babagana Kingibe OV GCON is a Nigerian diplomat,politician and civil servant who has held several high ranking government offices,culminating in his appointment as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation from 2007 to 2008. He spent over a decade in the Foreign Service cadre and has been in politics since the 1970s serving six heads of state;most recently as a member of the inner circle of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Timipre Marlin Sylva is a Nigerian politician who served as the minister of state for Petroleum Resources of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as governor of Bayelsa State from 2007 to 2012.
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki is a Nigerian politician who has served as the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development of Nigeria since 6 July 2022. She served earlier as the Minister of State for Transportation from 2019 till she was moved by the President to the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in 2022.
Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is currently serving as the 15th president of the Nigerian Senate since 2023. He served as Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District from 2015 to 2019 and since 2023. He also served as minister for Niger Delta Affairs from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as governor of Akwa Ibom State from 2007 to 2015.
Bashir Salihi Magashi is a retired Nigerian army major general who served as the Defence Minister of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He was appointed Governor of Sokoto State from August 1990 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was appointed Nigeria's Minister of Defence by President Muhammadu Buhari on 21 August 2019.
Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama mni OFR is a Nigerian security officer who is the Chairman of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies. He previously served as Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) under President Umaru Yar'Adua from August 2007 to September 2010.
Khadija Bukar Abba-Ibrahim is a Nigerian politician and was All Progressives Congress member of the House of Representatives for Damatura/Gujba/Gulani/Tarmuwa in Yobe State. In 2016,she was made the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs by President Muhammadu Buhari. In October 2018 she defeated her step son to clinch the ticket of her party to run for Federal House of Representatives. On 9 January 2019,Abba-Ibrahim announced her resignation from the federal cabinet to focus on her campaign for Federal House of Representatives seat for her Constituency which she won. Khadija Ibrahim is married to senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim a former governor of Yobe State and former senator.
Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah was a former Nigerian Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development. An oil magnate,entrepreneur,investor and philanthropist,Ogah is the President of Master Energy Group,a conglomerate with over 15 subsidiaries and interests across a variety of industries,amongst is Masters Energy Oil and Gas Ltd. Ogah holds the Nigerian national honour,the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) and the Commander of the Order of Niger (CON). He was nominated for a ministerial appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari and was later appointed as Minister of State,Mines and Steel Development on Wednesday,August 21,2019.
Festus Egwarewa Keyamo SAN FCIArb is a Nigerian lawyer,columnist and human rights activist. In April 2018,Keyamo was appointed as the director of Strategic Communications of the 2019 re-election bid of President Buhari.
The Second Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari consists of the ministers appointed in the Buhari Administration to take responsibility for each of the government ministries of Nigeria following the 2019 elections. Most ministers were sworn in on 21 August 2019 and the cabinet was dissolved on 29 May 2023,the day of Bola Tinubu's inauguration.
Geoffrey Jideofor Kwusike Onyeama is a Nigerian diplomat and politician,who was the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria from November 2015 to May 2023. He was appointed Foreign Affairs Minister in November 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mallam Adamu Adamu is a Nigerian accountant,journalist and politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Education.
Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed is a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as Minister of Finance,Budget and National Planning from 2019 to 2023. She previously served as minister of finance from 2018 to 2019. At the time in 2019,President Muhammadu Buhari brought the two ministries under her as one,making her the de facto Minister of Economy.
Mohammed Abubakar Adamu is a Nigerian retired police officer who is formerly the 20th Nigerian inspector-general of police. He was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 15 January 2019 replacing Ibrahim Kpotun Idris (rtd) of Niger State. Mohammed Adamu hails from Lafia,in Nasarawa State. He was replaced on 6 April 2021 with Usman Alkali Baba.
Ogbonnaya Onu is a Nigerian politician,author and engineer. He was the first civilian governor of Abia State and was minister of Science,Technology and Innovation of Nigeria from November 2015 till his resignation in 2022. He was the longest serving Minister of the ministry.
Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician. He was appointed Minister of Health in President Muhammadu Buhari administration in November 2019. Following the submission of the ministerial nominees to the Senate by the Presidency in July 2019 and subsequent screening,He was appointed as the Minister of Health in August 2019.
Birgitt Ory is a German diplomat. From 2019 till 2022 she has served as the German Ambassador to Nigeria. Ory was the first woman to serve as Director General of the German Institute Taipei in Taiwan,a post she held from 2008 to 2011.
Omotayo Alasoadura is a Nigerian politician. He was the former Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ambassador Nura Abba Rimi is a Nigerian diplomat who currently serves as the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Arab Republic of Egypt,with concurrent accreditation to the State of Palestine and the State of Eritrea.
