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Build your Federal Cabinet of Nigeria: the 2026 playbook.

~12 min read
Updated on 23/06/2026
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« Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution: The executive powers of the Federation shall be vested in the President. »
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From Aso Rock Villa to the Federal Executive Council: shape 18 of the great offices.

TeamBranch hands you a condensed version of the 2026 Federal Government of Nigeria: one President, one Vice President, sixteen Federal Ministers with their flagship portfolios. Eighteen seats, eighteen calls — and every Ministry stays editable, so you can stage exactly the cabinet you have in mind.

Pull from today’s political bench (Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi, Kwankwaso, Shettima), from recent history (Buhari, Jonathan, Obasanjo, Yar’Adua), or from elsewhere: Super Eagles legends, Afrobeats superstars, NSE-listed billionaires, Nollywood icons, Booker laureates. It is your cabinet, your reading of Nigerian power.

Hundreds of thousands of personalities 16 editable portfolios 60 seconds median Share via link
2027 Presidential

My Cabinet after the next election

Anticipate the Federal Cabinet after the next presidential election. Build a Tinubu second-term, a Peter Obi Labour breakthrough, an Atiku PDP comeback or a Kwankwaso NNPP balance-of-power scenario in a few clicks — and stress-test it against the latest polling.

APCPDPLabourNNPP
Fun Cabinet

The wildcard cabinet

Burna Boy as Information Minister, Davido at Tourism, Funke Akindele at Women Affairs, Wizkid at Youth Development. Thousands of fun cabinets have already been published on TeamBranch.

AfrobeatsNollywoodComediansMemes
Sports Cabinet

Super Eagles in Aso Rock

What if Jay-Jay Okocha ran Defence? Anthony Joshua at Interior? Blessing Okagbare at Sports? Mix Super Eagles legends, Olympians, world boxing champions and AFCON heroes — Team Nigeria in the Federal Executive Council.

Super EaglesAFCONOlympicsBoxing
Founders Cabinet

The NSE 30 cabinet

Aliko Dangote at Industry, Tony Elumelu at Finance, Mike Adenuga at Communications, Femi Otedola at Petroleum. Forge the cabinet of the NSE 30, of Nigerian family conglomerates or of Yaba tech.

NSE 30DangoteGlobacomUnicorns
The Cabinet Journal · Aso Rock Special
No. 66 · 1960–2026

Sixty-six years of Nigerian governments, sixty-six ways to staff them.

Since Independence on 1 October 1960, the Federation has known fifteen Heads of State (military and civilian) and several hundred Federal Ministers. Every cabinet tells an era, a doctrine, a crisis. On TeamBranch, you can replay them — or rewrite them.

1960 → 1966 · Balewa

The First Republic

Tafawa Balewa leads the newly independent Federation as Prime Minister, with Nnamdi Azikiwe as Governor-General then ceremonial President, Obafemi Awolowo in opposition and the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, as Premier of the Northern Region. The Federation is a parliamentary system inherited from Westminster.

The First Republic ends in the January 1966 coup. The country slides into the Biafran War 1967-70 and a long sequence of military regimes — Gowon, Murtala, Obasanjo, Shagari (a brief civilian interlude), Buhari, Babangida, Abacha, Abdulsalami.

1999 → 2007 · Obasanjo

Return to democracy

Olusegun Obasanjo becomes the first elected civilian President of the Fourth Republic in May 1999, ending sixteen years of military rule. Two terms, two Vice Presidents: Atiku Abubakar for the duration. Debt forgiveness, GSM revolution, anti-corruption agencies, the new constitutional architecture.

Obasanjo hands over to Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in May 2007 — the first peaceful transfer of power from one elected civilian government to another in Nigerian history. Yar’Adua dies in office in 2010, Goodluck Jonathan completes the term and wins 2011.

2015 → 2026 · Buhari → Tinubu

The APC era

Eight years of Muhammadu Buhari, two Vice Presidents: Yemi Osinbajo for both terms. The fight against Boko Haram and ISWAP, the 2016 recession, the Naira redesign 2023, the EndSARS protests of October 2020. The first opposition victory at federal level since 1999.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu is sworn in on 29 May 2023 with Kashim Shettima as Vice President. Fuel-subsidy removal, foreign-exchange reform, the new naira regime, a renewed push for the G20 seat. The 2027 election sets up a high-stakes test.

Institutional architecture

How does the Federal Government of Nigeria work?

Nigeria is a federal presidential republic, governed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (with several amendments). The Constitution defines a single executive: the President is both head of state and head of government, elected for a four-year term renewable once, in a direct election with a federal-character spread requirement.

The actual Federal Executive Council has between 40 and 50 Ministers representing the 36 States and the FCT under the federal-character principle (Section 14 of the Constitution). TeamBranch uses a condensed version with 18 seats (President + Vice President, 16 Federal Ministers), and every portfolio title stays editable, so you can stage any cabinet you want.

The President + Vice President
Elected on the same ticket for 4 years by direct universal suffrage, with a federal-spread requirement (25% in two-thirds of the States). Reside at Aso Rock Villa (Three Arms Zone, Abuja). The President is head of state and head of government, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
The Vice President
Sworn in on the same day as the President. Lives in the Vice President’s residence in Aso Rock Villa. Chairs the National Economic Council with the State Governors, deputises in foreign engagements, succeeds the President if the office becomes vacant.
The Federal Ministers
Around 40-50 Ministers sitting on the Federal Executive Council: Foreign Affairs, Finance, Defence, Justice, Interior, Petroleum, Power, Works, Transportation, Education, Health, Agriculture, Industry, Communications, Information, Women Affairs, Youth Development, Niger Delta, plus Ministers of State.
Ministers of State
Junior Ministers appointed by the President to assist a senior Minister in a specific portfolio. They sit on the Federal Executive Council and respect the federal-character principle of constitutional representation across the 36 States and the FCT.
Lexicon of power

The terms you need to talk about Aso Rock.

Federal character
Constitutional principle (Section 14 of the 1999 Constitution) requiring federal appointments to reflect Nigeria’s ethnic, regional and religious diversity. Enforced by the Federal Character Commission.
Senate confirmation
Constitutional requirement (Section 147) for Federal Ministers, judges and key heads of agencies. The Senate holds screening hearings and votes; the convention of "bow and go" remains controversial.
State of Emergency
Power for the President under Section 305 to declare a State of Emergency in a State or the Federation, subject to National Assembly approval within days. Declared four times since 1999, most recently in Plateau and Benue States.
Subsidy regime
Long-running federal subsidy on petrol pump prices funded by the Federation Account. Removed by President Tinubu on his inauguration day, 29 May 2023. Politically explosive; central to every election since 2003.
EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, federal anti-corruption agency created in 2003 under Obasanjo. Investigates and prosecutes corruption, money laundering and 419 fraud across federal and State levels.
Zoning
Unwritten political convention by which the Presidency rotates between North and South every two terms, and Cabinet posts spread across the six geopolitical zones. Not in the Constitution but central to ticket-balancing.
Five eras · Five iconic cabinets

Replay the cabinets that shaped Nigeria.

Every era has its operators, its doctrines, its scandals. On TeamBranch, you can rebuild these cabinets one-for-one — or rewrite them by swapping a single Minister. What if the Sardauna had survived 1966? What if Yar’Adua had served his full term? Answer in 60 seconds.

1960-66
First Republic
Independence under the Westminster system. Balewa PM, Azikiwe ceremonial President, Awolowo in opposition, Sardauna in the North. Ended by the January 1966 coup.
BalewaAzikiweAwolowoSardauna
1976-79
Obasanjo military
Military Head of State after the assassination of Murtala Mohammed. FESTAC ’77, the Land Use Act, planning of the new Federal Capital Territory at Abuja. Hands over to elected civilians in 1979.
ObasanjoYar'Adua (Shehu)IdiagbonAkinrinade
1985-93
Babangida
Eight years of military rule. Structural Adjustment Programme, the Naira devaluation, the annulled June 12 1993 election that would have made M.K.O. Abiola President. Stepped aside under pressure.
BabangidaAikhomuAbiolaAkilu
1999-2007
Obasanjo · Fourth Republic
Two civilian terms. Debt forgiveness, GSM revolution, EFCC, anti-corruption, peaceful handover to Yar’Adua in May 2007 — the first ever in Nigerian history.
ObasanjoAtikuSoludoOkonjo-Iweala
2015-26
Buhari → Tinubu
Two terms of Buhari, then Tinubu from 2023. Boko Haram counter-offensive, 2016 recession, EndSARS 2020, subsidy removal 2023, FX reform, push for the G20 seat.
BuhariOsinbajoTinubuShettimaWike
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The subsidy is gone.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential inauguration speech, Eagle Square, Abuja, 29 May 2023

Every possible Nigerian cabinet.

9 themes · no sign-up
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Political figures

The all-parties cabinet

Pick from every party: APC, PDP, Labour, NNPP, APGA, SDP. Build a Tinubu second-term, a Peter Obi Labour breakthrough, an Atiku PDP comeback or a national-unity cabinet across the six geopolitical zones.

T TinubuA AtikuP Peter ObiK Kwankwaso
Real politicsVery broad
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Historical figures

The eternal Nigeria cabinet

Obafemi Awolowo at Finance, Nnamdi Azikiwe at Foreign Affairs, Tafawa Balewa as Prime Minister, the Sardauna of Sokoto at Interior. Reunite the great founders’ bench from independence and the First Republic.

A AwolowoA AzikiweB BalewaS Sardauna
Nigerian historyVery broad
⚽
Athletes & champions

The Super Eagles cabinet

Ride the AFCON and Olympic legacy. Jay-Jay Okocha at Sports, Nwankwo Kanu at Health, Anthony Joshua at Defence, Blessing Okagbare at Youth. The Republic of Nigerian champions.

O OkochaK KanuJ JoshuaO Okagbare
AFCON · OlympicsVery broad
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Founders & CEOs

The NSE 30 cabinet

Aliko Dangote at Industry, Tony Elumelu at Finance, Mike Adenuga at Communications, Femi Otedola at Petroleum. Forge the executive of the NSE 30, of Nigerian family conglomerates or of Yaba tech.

D DangoteE ElumeluA AdenugaO Otedola
BusinessVery broad
🎬
Celebrities & culture

The Afrobeats cabinet

Burna Boy at Information, Davido at Tourism, Wizkid at Youth Development, Funke Akindele at Women Affairs. The cabinet that would break the Grammy charts — and the Lagos box office.

B Burna BoyD DavidoW WizkidF Funke
Afrobeats · NollywoodVery broad
📚
Fictional characters

Lagbaja for Foreign Affairs

Lagbaja at Foreign Affairs, Eze Goes To School at Education, Papa Ajasco at Information, Madam Koi-Koi at Justice. The only cabinet where Sango can hold Power and Anansi the Spider can chair Communications.

L LagbajaE EzeP Papa AjascoM Madam Koi-Koi
Nollywood · FolkloreVery broad
⚖
Former Heads of State

The All-Star cabinet

Reunite the headliners of every era. Olusegun Obasanjo at Foreign Affairs, Muhammadu Buhari at Defence, Goodluck Jonathan at Niger Delta, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua at Justice. The dream cabinet for political junkies.

O ObasanjoB BuhariJ JonathanY Yar'Adua
1960 → 2026Very broad
🎵
Artists & thinkers

The Republic of arts and letters

Wole Soyinka at Culture, Chinua Achebe at Education, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at Foreign Affairs, Ben Okri at Information. The cabinet that would make the Nobel committee read the Senate Hansard.

S SoyinkaA AchebeA AdichieO Ben Okri
Culture & ideasVery broad
👨‍👩
Your loved ones

The family cabinet

Upload your own cards with photos of friends, family or co-workers. Put your uncle at Finance, your sister at Aso Rock, your best friend at Foreign Affairs. The private cabinet that always ends up in a WhatsApp group.

+ Photo+ Photo+ Photo+ Photo
Custom · freeunlimited
2027 Presidential · T-242

Anticipate the next Aso Rock cabinet before anyone else.

The next Nigerian general election is set for late February 2027, four years after the 2023 election that brought Bola Tinubu to Aso Rock. Polling covers the presidency, the National Assembly, State Governors and State Houses of Assembly, with results announced by INEC over the following days. The new cabinet is sworn in on 29 May 2027.

On TeamBranch you can already build your 2027 cabinet under every realistic scenario: Tinubu second-term, Peter Obi Labour breakthrough, Atiku PDP comeback, Kwankwaso NNPP balance-of-power, North-South zoning re-alignment.

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Your cabinet, in one URL.

Every Federal Cabinet built on TeamBranch ships with a unique link + an Open Graph card with official photos and the green-white-green border. Push to WhatsApp, X, Instagram — challenge your group chat.

FAQ

The classics about the ideal Nigerian cabinet.

A pick of the most-asked questions from Google and our user mailbox.

How do I build my Nigerian cabinet online?
Pick the President and Vice President, then fill the 16 Ministerial portfolios (titles editable) by drawing from hundreds of thousands of personalities — real or fictional: politicians, footballers, Afrobeats stars, historical figures, Nollywood characters, or upload your own cards. You get a unique shareable link. No sign-up, free.
What is the official composition of the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2026?
In real life: 1 President, 1 Vice President, around 40-50 Federal Ministers (Foreign Affairs, Finance, Defence, Justice, Interior, Petroleum, Power, Works, Transportation, Education, Health, Agriculture, Industry, Communications, Information, Women Affairs, Youth Development, Niger Delta) plus Ministers of State, distributed across the 36 States and the FCT under the federal-character principle. On TeamBranch it is a condensed version with 18 seats, with editable portfolio titles.
Can I build a cabinet for the next presidential election?
Yes — that is the most popular use case right now. Try every realistic scenario: Tinubu second-term, Peter Obi Labour breakthrough, Atiku PDP comeback, Kwankwaso NNPP balance-of-power, North-South zoning re-alignment. Editable, shareable, refreshed after every relevant national poll.
Can I put footballers or celebrities in the cabinet?
Of course. Thousands of fun cabinets have already been built. You can nominate Jay-Jay Okocha as Sports Minister, Burna Boy at Information, Anthony Joshua at Defence or the AFCON-winning Super Eagles squad as a national-unity bench.
What about historical or fictional figures?
A very deep catalog of historical figures (from Queen Amina of Zazzau to Olusegun Obasanjo) and fictional characters (Lagbaja, Eze Goes To School, Papa Ajasco, Madam Koi-Koi) is available. Awolowo at Finance, Sango at Power, Lagbaja at Foreign Affairs — anything goes on TeamBranch.
What happens after a real cabinet reshuffle?
Every reshuffle pushes a database update within 24 hours. You can then "reshuffle" your own cabinet in one click or build a "what I would have nominated" alt-take. Perfect for stress-testing your reading against Aso Rock.
What is Aso Rock Villa?
Aso Rock Villa (Three Arms Zone, Abuja) is the official residence and office of the President of Nigeria, who is both head of state and head of government. The Vice President’s residence sits on the same compound. The President is sworn in on the lawns of Eagle Square, then takes office at Aso Rock.
How many Heads of State since 1960?
Fifteen Heads of State have led Nigeria since Independence: two Prime Ministers of the First Republic, eight military Heads of State and five civilian Presidents of the Fourth Republic (Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari, Tinubu). The longest civilian tenure: Olusegun Obasanjo (8 years across two terms). On TeamBranch you can replay them all.
Is the service really free?
Yes, no exceptions. Building, sharing, exporting, uploading your own cards — everything is free. No sign-up required, no pop-up ads, no paywall. An independent platform, not a Federal Government service — though we like to play the part.
Does TeamBranch exist for other countries?
Yes, 35 local editions, including France (President + Premier ministre), Germany (Bundespräsident + Bundeskanzler), United States (POTUS + Cabinet), United Kingdom (Cabinet + Shadow Cabinet), Italy, Spain, Brazil, India, Japan. Each edition respects the actual power structure of the country.