Defence Minister
A new Minister of Defence has been nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu following the resignation of Mohammed Badaru Abubakar on Tuesday. General Christopher Gwabin Musa, a former Chief of Defence Staff from Sokoto State, will now stand as Nigeria’s Defence Minister upon clearance from the Senate. In a letter addressed to Senate President […]
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, says 64 Boko Haram suspects in Kuje prison in the federal capital territory (FCT) are missing. The minister confirmed this on Wednesday at a media briefing at the facility in Abuja. Gunmen had attacked the prison with explosives on Tuesday night. Shuaib Belgore, permanent secretary, ministry of […]
Burkina Faso’s interim president Paul-Henri Damiba has approved a new government that includes the same defence minister as served under former president Roch Kabore before his ouster in a military coup, an official decree showed on Saturday. Damiba was inaugurated on Wednesday as transitional president for three years, after leading a group of officers […]
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