The Federal Government says it could save about ₦5.06 trillion annually by cutting down on the importation of defence equipment, as it steps up efforts to promote local manufacturing in the sector. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohamed Matawalle, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during the unveiling of the X-Shield Light Tactical …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new Minister of Defence, following the resignation of Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar on Monday. In a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu confirmed that he had forwarded Musa’s name to Senate President Godswill Akpabio in a …
