Buhari unveils cabinet

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has announced his new cabinet of 36 Ministers almost six months after he was sworn in.

Buhari also announced himself as the substantive Petroleum Resources Minister. Other key appointments include: Babatunde Fashola - Power, Works and Housing; Chris Ngige - Labour and Employment; Kemi Adeosun - Finance; Audu Ogbeh - Agriculture; Udoma Udo Udoma - Budget and National Planning; and Rotimi Amaechi - Transporation.

The full list:

* Abubakar Malami (Kebbi) - Justice

* Geoffrey Onyeama (Enugu) - Foreign Affairs

* Khadija Bukar Abba (Yobe) - State for Foreign Affairs

* Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) - Power, Works and Housing

* Mustapha Shehuri (Borno) - State for Power

* Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) - Transportation

* Chris Ngige (Anambra) - Labour and Employment

* James Ocholi (Kogi) - State for Labour

* Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) - Solid Minerals

* Abubakar Bwari Bawa (Niger) - State for Solid Minerals

* Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano) - Interior

* Aisha Alhassan (Taraba) - Women Affairs

* Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi) - Science and Technology

* Kemi Adeosun (Ogun) - Finance

* Hadi Sirika (Katsina) - State for Aviation

* Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa) - Water Resources

* Solomon Dalong (Plateau) - Youths and Sports

* Muhammadu Buhari - Petroleum Resources

* Ibe Kachikwu (Delta) - State for Petroleum

* Isaac Adewole Folorunsho (Osun) - Health

* Osagie Ehanire (Edo) - State for Health

* Audu Ogbeh (Benue) - Agriculture

* Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa) - State for Agric

* Udo Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom) - Budget and National Planning

* Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) - State for Budget

* Lai Mohammed (Kwara) - Information

* Amina Mohammed (Gombe) - Environment

* Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nasarawa) - State for Environment

* Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) - Education

* Anthony Onwuka (Imo) - State for Education

* Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) - FCT

* Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) - Industry Trade and Investment

* Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) - State for Trade, Industry and Investment

* Monsur Dan-Ali (Zamfara) - Defence

* Claudius Daramola (Ondo) - State for Niger Delta

* Usani Usani Uguru (Cross River) - Niger Delta

* Adebayo Shittu (Oyo) - Communications

Buhari's cabinet is smaller than that of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who had 42 ministers. Under the constitution, the President must include a member from each of the country's 36 States.