The 21st-century modernization program continues as the Nigerian Army gathers steam as the Army today commissioned the Nigerian Army Cyber Command at the Army headquarters in Abuja.
The Nigerian Cyber Command is being built to supersede that of any country in Africa by building a unit capable of fighting such a large-scale conflict at a time when Nigeria’s sizable military is striving to excel in the digital domain. A feat that seemed unattainable a decade ago.
In keeping with the military's obsession on secrecy, little is known about the new military sub-service, which combines the government’s desire to develop innovative asymmetric warfare capabilities and remotely collect intelligence stored on electronic devices.
The Nigerian military is averse on sharing information with the public, hence at this point, it’s difficult to come up with the total estimate of the number of personnel in or budget for the newest sub-service of the Nigerian military. However given the apparent scope and scale, as well as the importance of these missions, there are possibilities that a large chunk will be staffed by nonmilitary computed specialists
Though Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa have existing cyber command structures, Nigeria is rapidly catching up by following a drastically different model.
In the wake of Amnesty International's relentless smear campaign, lies, and disinformation against the Nigerian Army. Lies that includes allegations of child soldiers being used by the army, soldiers raping thousands of women, the presence of ISIS in Nigeria etc, there are unconfirmed reports that the Army Cyber Command will be responsible for conducting many of Nigeria’s most sensitive cyber-espionage and propaganda missions.
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