Army says hackers attempted breaching official X account

By Kingsley OmonobiThe 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.The Army said, “Immediate technical and protective measures are being activated to secure the accou