The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm over an attempted unauthorised access to its official X (formerly Twitter) account, describing the incident as a cybersecurity breach.
The Army said it detected the attempted breach at about 5pm on Saturday, and had commenced measures to secure the account and prevent further unauthorised access.
Appolonia Anele, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday.
According to her, the Army was “actively responding” to the incident, while immediate technical and protective measures had been activated to safeguard the account and ensure the integrity of information published through the platform.
“The incident, which occurred at about 1700 hours (5pm) on Saturday, 29 August 2026, is being treated as a cybersecurity breach,” the statement said.
