Defence Minister

Defence Minister Christopher Musa warns that the biggest threat to Nigeria’s 2027 elections may come from anonymous cyber actors rather than armed men at polling units, as digital warfare increasingly targets democratic institutions. Musa says artificial intelligence has...

July 8 (THEWILL) — The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), on Wednesday, directed troops engaged in counter-terrorism and anti-banditry operations to shoot terrorists and bandits on sight without waiting for further authorisation, declaring that the Federal Government...

March 11, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Armed Forces are making significant progress in the fight against terrorists, the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Retd), has said, urging citizens to support security agencies by reporting suspicious activities in their...

December 04, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu on Thursday swore in the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence, charging him to deploy his extensive operational and strategic experience to...

December 02, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has appointed the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (retd.), as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence. The appointment was announced in a statement issued on December 2, 2025, by...

December 01, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from office with immediate effect, the Presidency announced late Monday. According to the statement, Badaru tendered his resignation in a letter dated December 1, citing health...

August 07, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, on Wednesday, called on the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff, to strengthen their security cooperation to enhance regional defence capabilities against any security threat. A press statement...

September 04, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, met with Defence Ministers and Service Chiefs at the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. THEWILL reports that the meeting came ahead of the President's scheduled trip to India. President Tinubu is expected...

September 01, (THEWILL) - British Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has resigned. Wallace, in a letter to British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on Thursday, said he was standing down to “invest in the parts of life that I have neglected, and...

Nigeria First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has called for the application of certain privileges akin to the provision of vehicles, sponsored medical treatments and provision of some stipends, among others that are due to former Presidents, to wives of Presidents...