{"id":31271,"date":"2020-10-17T16:39:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31271"},"modified":"2020-10-17T16:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:39:51","slug":"army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday","title":{"rendered":"Army Begins Exercise Crocodile Smile Nationwide From Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As the #ENDSARS protests spread across the country like wildfire, the Nigerian Army has announced its readiness to embark on its annual exercise, Crocodile Smile IV nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In a statement signed by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. SAGIR MUSA, and made available to journalists on Saturday, the army disclosed that the exercise is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the statement, \u201cThe Nigerian Army is set to start its annual Exercise CROCODILE SMILE which is traditionally conducted in the last quarter of the year. This year\u2019s Exercise CROCODILE SMILE V1 is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-owo-type=\"widget\" data-owo-code=\"f96ff15f-67a4-47d7-a4cc-cc45260011fe\" data-owo-mode=\"smart3\" data-already-used=\"true\" data-owo-token=\"f96ff15f-67a4-47d7-a4cc-cc45260011fe-1\">\n<div class=\"owo-main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"owo-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Exercise is deliberately intended to be all encompassing to include cyber warfare exercises designed to identify, track and counter negative propaganda in the social media and across the cyberspace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis is the first ever Cyberwarfare exercise to be conducted in the history of the African Armed Forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAccordingly, the exercise will also include positive identification component aimed at identifying Boko Haram terrorists fleeing from the North East and other parts of the country as a result of the ongoing operations in the various theatres of operations especially in the Northeast, North Central and North Western parts of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Nigerian Army, once again, reassures all well meaning Nigerians of its commitment to the sustenance of peace and security in Nigeria and urges members of the public for their support and understanding throughout the period of the exercise.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ajlrynis ajlrynis-clearfix ajlrynis-post-inline ajlrynis-float-left ajlrynis-align-left ajlrynis-column-1\">\n<div id=\"ajlrynis-212370-1759060992\" class=\"ajlrynis-container ajlrynis-type-custom_code \" data-adid=\"212370\" data-type=\"custom_code\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: As the #ENDSARS protests spread across the country like wildfire, the Nigerian Army has announced its readiness to embark on its annual exercise, Crocodile Smile IV nationwide. In a statement signed by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. SAGIR MUSA, and made available to journalists on Saturday, the army disclosed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":15744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[258,1545],"class_list":["post-31271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigerian-army","tag-sars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Army Begins Exercise Crocodile Smile Nationwide From Tuesday - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:As the #ENDSARS protests spread across the country like wildfire, the Nigerian Army has announced its readiness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Army Begins Exercise Crocodile Smile Nationwide From Tuesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:As the #ENDSARS protests spread across the country like wildfire, the Nigerian Army has announced its readiness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-17T16:39:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/nigeria-army.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Army Begins Exercise Crocodile Smile Nationwide From Tuesday\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-17T16:39:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/nigeria-army.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigerian Army\",\"SARS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/army-begins-exercise-crocodile-smile-nationwide-from-tuesday\",\"name\":\"Army Begins Exercise Crocodile Smile Nationwide From Tuesday - 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