President Tinubu nominates ex-CDS Christopher Musa as Defence Minister
President Bola Tinubu has nominated the instant-past leader of Defence workforce (CDS), general Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd), as the brand new Minister of Defence.
His nomination comes hours after the erstwhile Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar Badaru, resigned on Monday, November 1, 2025, on health grounds.
A announcement with the aid of the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, on Tuesday, December 1, said in a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed popular Musa’s nomination because the successor to Badaru.
The assertion added that popular Musa, who may be fifty eight on December 25, is a prominent soldier who served as leader of Defence staff from 2023 until October 2025. He won the Colin Powell Award for Soldiering in 2012.
within the letter to the Senate, President Tinubu expressed confidence in widespread Musa’s potential to guide the Ministry of Defence and in addition enhance Nigeria’s protection structure.
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