•Troops The federal government is considering a new initiative that would allow journalists to accompany military personnel during selected operations. This was said to be in a bid to improve security reporting and give the public greater insight into the realities of counterinsurgency and other internal security efforts, reports The PUNCH. Th...
•Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd) Defence Minister Christopher Musa has said the officers who plotted to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government had so little support that ordinary Nigerians would have taken them down without the military’s intervention. He described the plotters as a band of confused individuals who re...
•Tinubu and Musa President Bola Tinubu has sworn-in the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa (rtd) as the Minister of Defence. Recall that the occupant of that position, Mohammed Badaru had on Monday resigned as the Minister of Defence, reports Vanguard. The former Jigawa State governor’s resignation came on the...
•Musa before the Senate The Senate today confirmed the appointment of a former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa (retd.), as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence following a rigorous five-hour screening by lawmakers. During the confirmation hearing, Musa faced tough questions on recent security lapses, including the withdrawal of t...
•Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa President Bola Tinubu today nominated former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, as the new Minister of Defence following the resignation of Alhaji Mohammed Badaru yesterday. Here are some things to know about him: Musa, born on December 25, 1967, is 58 years old. H...
•Badaru The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has assured that the Ministry of Defence and indeed the Military High Command will protect every soldier on lawful duty. The minister gave the assurance while fielding questions from journalists during a ministerial press conference on the Armed Force Remembrance Celebration and Remembrance Day...
•Israeli Army soldiers stand guard at the scene of a shooting attack Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army must draw up a plan to prevent Iran from threatening Israel again after the arch-foes fought a 12-day war last month, in comments released today. The Israeli military’s “current mission is to prepare an enforcement […]...
•Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. The federal government will conduct a thorough investigation into Wednesday’s accidental bombing that killed 10 people in the Gidan Bisa and Runtuwa villages of Silame Local Government Area. This was disclosed in a statement yesterday by the Press Secretary to Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu....
•Deputy chief of the Lebanese Hezbollah group, Naim Qassem Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned Hezbollah’s new leader, Naim Qassem, yesterday that his appointment was “not for long”. “Temporary appointment. Not for long,” Gallant wrote in a post on X alongside a photograph of Qassem, whom Hezbollah had earlier named as assassinated l...
•Mohammed Badaru Abubakar The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has charged the Nigerian Air Force to intensify efforts to dominate the airspace and end insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the North-West region, saying, “Please, end insecurity now.” During a visit to the Headquarters 213 NAF Forward Operating Base in Katsina St...
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