Nigeria, July 14 -- PREMIUM TIMES last Saturday reported that 380 soldiers were exiting the Nigerian Army, with 356 of them citing "loss of interest" and the rest 24 leaving "to take traditional titles".

Following the report, the army used its verified Twitter account to attack PREMIUM TIMES, labelling the report as "fake and malicious news by supporters of Boko Haram."

It claimed the soldiers were "disengaged in a normal routine exercise at the end of their service."

Also, the Nation newspaper, on Sunday, reported an army source disputing the story and claiming that the affected soldiers were retiring having attained the statutory 35 years in the service.

The source reportedly said the soldiers were not resigning due to loss of inter...