President Muhammadu Buhari awhile ago named himself Minister of Petroleum after swearing in the 36 ministers and allocating portfolios to them.
Below is the list of the Nigerian new ministers and their portfolios.
| S/N | NAME | MINISTRY |
| 1 | Audu Ogbeh – (Benue) | Agriculture and Rural Development |
| 2 | Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa) | State Agriculture and Rural Development |
| 3 | Udo Udo Udoma – (Akwa Ibom) | Budget & National Planning |
| 4 | Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) | State Budget & National Planning |
| 5 | Barr. Adebayo Shittu – (Oyo) | Communications |
| 6 | Dan Ali (Zamfara) | Defence |
| 7 | Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) | Education |
| 8 | Prof Anthony Onwuka (Imo) | State Education |
| 9 | Amina Mohammed – (Gombe) | Environment |
| 10 | Ibrahim Usman Jibril – (Nasarawa) | State Environment |
| 11 | Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) | FCT |
| 12 | Kemi Adeosun – (Ogun) | Finance |
| 13 | Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu) | Foreign Affairs |
| 14 | Hajia Khadija Bukar Ibrahim- (Yobe) | State Foreign Affairs |
| 15 | Isaac Adewole (Osun) | Health |
| 16 | Osagie Ehanire – (Edo) | State Health |
| 17 | Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) | Industry Trade and Investment |
| 18 | Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) | State Industry Trade and Investment |
| 19 | Lai Mohammed – (Kwara) | Information |
| 20 | Abdulrahman Dambazau- (Kano) | Interior |
| 21 | Abubakar Malami – (Kebbi) | Justice |
| 22 | Chris Ngige – (Anambra) | Labour and Employment |
| 23 | Barr James Ocholi (Kogi) | State Labour and Employment |
| 24 | Pastor Usani Uguru (Cross River) | Niger Delta |
| 25 | Cladius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo) | State Niger Delta |
| 26 | Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos) | Power Housing Work |
| 27 | Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Bornu) | State Power Housing Work |
| 28 | Ogbonaya Onu- (Ebonyi) | Science and Technology |
| 29 | Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti) | Solid Minerals |
| 30 | Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Niger) | State Solid Minerals |
| 31 | Ibe Kachikwu – (Delta) | State Petroleum |
| 32 | Rotimi Amaechi – (Rivers) | Transportation |
| 33 | Sen Hadi Sirika – (Katsina) | State Transportation |
| 34 | Suleiman Adam – (Jigawa) | Water Resources |
| 35 | Aisha Alhassan – (Taraba) | Women Affairs |
| 36 | Solomon Dalong – (Plateau) | Youth and Sports |