President Bola Tinubu has nominated former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, rtd, as the new Minister of Defence.
Tinubu disclosed Musa’s nomination as successor to Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, who resigned on Monday in a letter to the Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Musa served as Chief of Defence Staff from 2023 until October 2025. He won the Colin Powell Award for Soldiering in 2012.
Born in Sokoto in 1967, Musa received his primary and secondary education there before attending the College of Advanced Studies in Zaria.
He graduated in 1986 and enrolled at the Nigerian Defence Academy the same year, earning a Bachelor of Science degree upon graduation in 1991.
In his communication to the Senate, President Tinubu expressed full confidence in Musa’s capacity to steer the Ministry of Defence at a time when Nigeria continues to confront multiple security challenges.
