President Bola Tinubu has expanded the Nigerian Army’s operational structure from Eight to twelve Divisions in a major move to enhance national defense capabilities and address evolving security challenges.
The Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said on Thursday in a statement that the restructuring aims to decentralize decision-making, strengthen border security, safeguard critical infrastructure, and improve response times to emerging threats.
This expansion complements ongoing investments in the Armed Forces, which include recruiting 28,000 additional personnel, acquiring advanced military hardware, and improving troop welfare.
Under the revised framework, the Nigerian Army will be strategically distributed across 12 zonal command centers:
1 Division Headquarters – Kaduna (Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States), while 2 Division Headquarters – make up Ibadan (Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo States).
3 Division Headquarters consist of Jos (Plateau, Bauchi and Gombe States) alongside 5 Division with Headquarters – Makurdi Benue, Nasarawa and Kogi States).
The statement also said 6 Division Headquarters, consists, Port Harcourt (Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States), while 7 Division Headquarters, constitutes Maiduguri (Borno and Yobe States.
8 Division Headquarters in Sokoto (Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States) alongside 9 Division Headquarters – Ilorin (Kwara and Niger States).
The statement.also said, 10 Division Headquarters – Jalingo (Taraba and Adamawa States) while 81 Division Headquarters – Lagos (Lagos and Ogun States).
82 Division Headquarters are, Enugu (Enugu, Anambra, Abia), Ebonyi and Imo States, while 83 Division Headquarters – Benin City involves (Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States).
