{"id":80929,"date":"2025-12-29T11:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=80929"},"modified":"2025-12-29T11:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:11:56","slug":"god-raised-me-against-all-odds-defence-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/29\/god-raised-me-against-all-odds-defence-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"God Raised Me Against All Odds -Defence Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), has attributed his rise in public service to divine intervention, saying God lifted him despite overwhelming odds.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a public event while addressing supporters and stakeholders, Musa reflected on his personal journey, describing his current position as a product of faith, perseverance and unwavering trust in God amid political and personal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He said there were times when opportunities appeared out of reach, but divine grace continued to open doors.<\/p>\n<p>The minister urged Nigerians, especially the youth, not to lose hope during difficult moments, stressing that patience and consistency pay off.<\/p>\n<p>Musa also thanked President Bola Tinubu for the confidence reposed in him and pledged his continued commitment to national security and the protection of lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>He called for prayers and public support for the armed forces as they confront security challenges across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), has attributed his rise in public service to divine intervention, saying God lifted him despite overwhelming odds. Speaking at a public event while addressing supporters and stakeholders, Musa reflected on his personal journey, describing his current position as a product of faith, perseverance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":80930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80931,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80929\/revisions\/80931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}