Nigerian president names new foreign minister

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has named career diplomat Olugbenga Ashiru as the new foreign minister.

Ashiru, 63, Nigeria's former ambassador to South Africa, replaces Odein Ajumogobia, a lawyer.

Ten of the 31 newly sworn in ministers, including Oil Minister Diezani Alison Madueke, retained their portfolios, while two others were redeployed to other ministries, an statement said.

Former World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, nominated and cleared for a post in Jonathan's new cabinet, is yet to be officially assigned a ministry.

But Harvard-educated economist Okonjo-Iweala, acclaimed for negotiating the cancellation of $18 billion of Nigeria's debt in 2005, is widely expected to retain her former finance post.

Here is the cabinet list:

• Emeka Wogu - Labour
• Zainab Maina - Women Affairs
• Ita Okon Bassey Ewa - Science and Technology
• Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi - Aviation
• Bala Mohammed - Abuja
• Diezani Alison-Madueke - Petroleum Resources
• Abba Moro - Interior
• Zainab Ibrahim - Niger Delta Affairs
• Bukar Tijani - Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Elder Godsday Orubebe - Niger Delta Affairs
• Onyebuchi Chukwu - Health
• Mike Onolememen - Works
• Navy Captain. Caleb Olubolade - Police Affairs
• Bart Nnaji - Power
• Yusuf Suleiman - Sports
• Viola Onwuliri - Foreign Affairs
• Ruqayyatu Rufai - Education
• Shamsudeen Usman - National Planning
• Mohammed Musa Sada - Mines and Steel Development
• Bello Mohammed - Defence
• Mohammed Adoke - Justice
• Bolaji Abdullahi - Youth Development
• Olusegun Aganga - Trade and Investment
• Labaran Maku - Information and Communication
• Samuel Ioraer Ortom - Trade and Investment
• Olugbenga Ashiru - Foreign Affairs
• Erelu Olusola Obada - Defence
• Olajumoke Akinjide - Federalk Capital Territory
• Idris Umar - Transport
• Yerima Lawal Ngama - Finance
• Bashir Yugudu - Works