Nigeria, Feb. 3 -- The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Waidi Shaibu, has called for integration of technology in modern warfare, noting that terrorists and other criminal groups take advantage of "emerging technologies."

According to a statement issued by army spokesperson Appolonia Anele, Mr Shaibu, a lieutenant general, made these remarks on Tuesday, 3 February, while delivering a lecture titled "Combating Asymmetric Threats to National Security in Nigeria: The Nigerian Army in Perspective" to participants of Course 34 at the National Defence College (NDC), Abuja.

The COAS reaffirmed the Nigerian Army's commitment to an intelligence-driven, technology-enabled and multi-domain approach to tackling "asymmetric" threats confronting Nigeria's...