The Nigerian Army has recorded significant operational successes from July to the first week of September, with troops involved in rescue operations, arrests, patrols, ambushes and weapons recovery across multiple theatres. The period includes the rescue of 11 kidnapped persons and arrest of 21 suspects in July; 308 people rescued in a joint operation around Kainji Lake National Park; 21 abducted persons rescued in Kogi on August 31; and 25 more victims rescued in Katsina and Zamfara. Troops also recovered an RPG launcher, an AK-47 rifle, ammunition and 793 rounds of ammunition intercepted in Kaduna, as operations against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping continued nationwide. Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that this is in tandem with the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu’s P.R.O.S.E operational framework
Since taking over as Chief of Army Staff in October 2025, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu has made operational readiness, professionalism, innovation and joint operations central to his command philosophy.
Months down the line, these key derivatives on intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance, as well as cooperation with other security agencies, has played central figures in responding to Nigeria’s changing security environment.
