Army says hackers attempted breaching official X account

August 29, 2026

The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Appolonia Anele. Credit: Nigerian Army.

By Kingsley Omonobi

The Nigerian Army said on Saturday it has detected and is actively responding to an attempted unauthorised access to its official X (formerly Twitter) account.

Col Appolonia Anele, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement said, “The incident, which occurred at about 1700 hours (5pm) on Saturday, 29 August 2026, is being treated as a cybersecurity breach.

Army says hackers attempted breaching official X account

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