Nigeria's military is set to move its headquarters to the northern town of Maiduguri, it says, close to the centre of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency.
The move would "add impetus and renewed vigour" to the fight against terrorism, a military statement said.
A military advance team began work in Maiduguri on Monday, the statement said, as part of plans to move the command and control centre from Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari who took office last month, vowing to beat Boko Haram announced that the military would move its headquarters to Maiduguri, in the north-eastern state of Borno, in his inaugural speech on 29 May.
According to BBC Africa security correspondent Tomi Oladipo says the move aims to centralise operations, cut bureaucracy and speed up decision-making.
He says the policy and administrative arms of the military have been accused of being detached from the reality of the frontline, with the authorities in the past having denied or downplayed troops' demands for better equipment and welfare.
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