{"id":1933,"date":"2025-12-03T13:01:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:01:25","slug":"defence-minister-abubakar-badaru-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1933","title":{"rendered":"Defence Minister, Abubakar Badaru, resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s defence minister, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned his appointment, with immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a letter dated December 1, sent to President Bola Tinubu, Abubakar said he was quitting on health grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yemi Alade - Tomorrow (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4u2yMsPdG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, (Information and Strategy), President Tinubu has accepted the resignation and thanked Abubakar for his services to the nation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Tinubu will likely inform the Senate of Badaru\u2019s successor later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Badaru Abubakar, 63, was a two-term governor of Jigawa state from 2015 to 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was appointed as a minister on August 21, 2023, by President Tinubu.\u00a0His resignation comes amid President Tinubu\u2019s declaration of a national security emergency, with plans to elaborate on its scope in due course. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/12\/defence-minister-abubakar-badaru-resigns\/\">(Vanguard)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s defence minister, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned his appointment, with immediate effect. In a letter dated December 1, sent to President Bola Tinubu, Abubakar said he was quitting on health grounds. 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