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Nigeria’s Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar resigned on Monday with immediate effect, citing health reasons, amid a surge in terrorist attacks and kidnappings in the most populous African country.
President Bola Tinubu accepted the resignation and thanked Abubakar for his service, according to a presidential statement issued late Monday by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s special adviser on information and strategy.
The statement said Tinubu is expected to notify the Senate of Abubakar’s replacement later this week.
Abubakar, 63, a political ally of the president, served two terms as governor of the northwestern state of Jigawa from 2015 to 2023. Appointed on Aug. 21, 2023, he has served as defense minister for over two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigeria’s Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar resigned on Monday with immediate effect, citing health reasons, amid a surge in terrorist attacks and kidnappings in the most populous African country.President Bola Tinubu accepted the resignation and thanked Abubakar for his service, according to a presidential statement issued late Monday by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s special adviser on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nNigeria's defense minister resigns - Metro Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/12\/02\/nigerias-defense-minister-resigns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria's defense minister resigns - 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