Waidi Shaibu, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has approved the appointment of General Officers Commanding (GOCs) for the newly established Nigerian Army divisions.
Last Thursday, President Bola Tinubu approved the expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions and recruitment of 28,000 personnel.
The presidency said the approval is a “landmark move to enhance the country’s security architecture and improve the operational effectiveness of the Nigerian Army”.
Under the new structure, the army will operate 12 divisions: 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), and 5 division headquarters, Makurdi (Benue, Nasarawa and Kogi states).
Others are 6 division headquarters, Port Harcourt (Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states), 7 division headquarters, Maiduguri (Borno and Yobe states), 8 division headquarters, Sokoto
