Insecurity: Tinubu approves recruitment of 28,000 personnel, expansion of Nigerian army to 12 Divisions,

According to the statement: “The establishment of the new Divisions in Makurdi, Ilorin, Jalingo and Benin City will significantly improve command and control, decentralise operational decision-making, strengthen border security, enhance the protection of critical national infrastructure, improve counter-insurgency and internal security operations, and ensure faster military response to emerging threats nationwide.

Under the new structure, the Nigerian Army will operate twelve divisions, strategically positioned across the country as follows: 1 Division Headquarters – Kaduna (Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States) 2 Division Headquarters – Ibadan (Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo States) 3 Division Headquarters – Jos (Plateau, Bauchi and Gombe States) 5 Division Headquarters – Makurdi (Benue, Nasarawa and Kogi States) 6 Division Headquarters – Port Harcourt (Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States) 7 Division Headquarters – Maiduguri (Borno and Yobe States) 8 Division Headquarters – Sokoto (Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States) 9 Division Headquarters – Ilorin (Kwara and Niger States) 10 Division Headquarters – Jalingo (Taraba and Adamawa States) 81 Division Headquarters – Lagos (Lagos and Ogun States) 82 Division Headquarters – Enugu (Enugu, Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi and Imo States) 83 Division Headquarters – Benin City (Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States).

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA —PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, has approved the expansion of the Nigerian Army’s structure from eight to 12 divisions—a landmark move to enhance the country’s security architecture and improve the operational effectiveness of the Nigerian Army.