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Improve your intelligence gathering – Buhari to army
<h4>President Buhari has asked the Nigerian Army to improve intelligence gathering and collaborate with other security agencies in order to combat terrorism and other forms of instability plaguing the country.</h4>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The war on terrorism, he claims, is intelligence-driven, and the army needs to gather information and translate it into actionable intelligence in order to undertake operations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This was stated by Buhari on Monday at the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Abuja.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The president, who was represented by General Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff, advised the Nigerian Army to remain apolitical.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&#8220;The war against terrorism and insurgency is intelligence-driven,&#8221; he stated. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It necessitates the collection of data and the conversion of that data into timely and actionable intelligence for the conduct of operations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&#8220;It also entails coordination of operations and collaboration across various security services&#8221;, he added.</span></p>