President Bola Tinubu has picked General Christopher Musa to be Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence, just one day after the former minister stepped down for health reasons.
General Musa is a retired army officer who led Nigeria’s Defence Staff from June 2023 until he retired in October 2025. His name has now been sent to the Senate, where he’ll be screened and confirmed before officially taking the job.
President Tinubu said he believes General Musa has the skills and experience to help make Nigeria safer and improve the country’s security system.
