Insecurity Must End Before a Third Decade, Defence Minister Tells Army Officers

Nigeria’s Defence Minister, retired General Christopher Gwabin Musa, urged 99 graduates of Army War College Nigeria’s Course 10/2026 to apply their nine-month training to improve national security. Speaking at the graduation ceremony in Abuja on October 16, he invoked President Bola Tinubu’s directive that the fight against insecurity must not extend into a third decade. Musa said integrity and proven performance should guide military promotions, and called for technological innovation and inter-agency cooperation to strengthen operations and support safe elections. Commandant Umar Alkali said the participants completed 37 weeks of training, including the college’s first female officers and its largest number of allied participants to date.