PRESIDENT JONATHAN RESHUFFLES CABINET

This is the first major shake up since he appointed his cabinet shortly after he was sworn in as President In May 2011. The Ministers affected are Ruqayat Rufai (Education); Zainab Kunchi (Power, [state]); Buka Tijani (Agriculture [state]), Shamsudeen Usman (National Planning; Ita Okon (Science and Technology);  Olugbenga Ashiru (Foreign Affairs); Ama Pepple (Lands) and Hadiza Mailafia (Environment).