The Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) are the military forces of Nigeria. The armed forces consist of three service branches: the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy...
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The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Tracing its history to British colonial forces in West Africa, it is the largest...
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is one of the...
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The Military ranks of Nigeria are the military insignia used by the Nigerian Armed Forces. Nigeria shares a rank structure similar to that of the United...
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An Armed Forces Day, alongside its branch-specific variants often referred to as Army or Soldier's Day, Navy or Sailor's Day, and Air Force or Aviator's...
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Retrieved 20 April 2014. Guy Martin. "Nigerian Armed Forces". Defenceweb.co.za. Retrieved 15 February 2015. "Nigerian military receives tanks, artillery...
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The Armed Forces Remembrance Day (AFRD), also simply known as Remembrance Day, is observed on 15 January to commemorate the servicemen of the Nigerian Armed...
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The Nigerian Navy (NN) is the naval force of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is a branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. With 75 warships (including...
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head of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the minister of defence and the president of Nigeria. The chief of...
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principal headquarters of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is situated in the Armed Forces Complex, which also houses the Nigerian Army, Air Force and Naval...
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The military dictatorship in Nigeria was a period when members of the Nigerian Armed Forces held power in Nigeria from 1966 to 1999 with an interregnum...
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There are also celebrations across all sectors in Nigeria, including the Nigerian Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
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Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) is the state-run defense corporation of Nigeria and operated by the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is responsible for...
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the Federal Government of Nigeria with the statutory responsibility of overseeing and supervising the Nigerian Armed Forces. The Ministry of Defence is...
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Nigeria's Armed Forces Ruling Council was established by Ibrahim Babangida following the 1985 Nigerian coup d'état that overthrew Muhammadu Buhari. It...
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Armed Forces Radio is a Nigerian military radio station owned by the Nigerian Armed Forces. The station is located at Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja and...
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government forces. After the independence of Cameroon and Nigeria the border between them was not settled and there were other disputes. The Nigerian government...
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The Niger Armed Forces (French: Forces armées nigériennes, FAN) includes military armed force service branches (Niger Army and Niger Air Force), paramilitary...
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Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the Nigerian Navy and the maritime special forces unit of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is modelled after the...
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head of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The position is often occupied by the most senior commissioned officer appointed by the President of Nigeria. The current...
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The Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji is a training facility for the Nigerian Armed Forces, including the army, air force and navy. It is near...
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of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The offices, powers, and titles of the head of state and the head...
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the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces: the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. The duration of training at the Nigerian Defence Academy is five...
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of the Nigerian Navy. The Chief of the Naval Staff is usually the highest ranking and most senior admiral to serve in the Nigerian Armed Forces unless...
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The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra...
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Biafran Armed Forces (BAF) were the military of the Republic of Biafra, which existed from 1967 until 1970. At the beginning of the Nigerian Civil War...
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The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) are the armed forces of the Republic of Liberia. Tracing its origins to a militia that was formed by the first black...
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The Nigerian Legion is a non-profit Nigerian veterans' organization founded in 1964. Members includes people who served in the Nigerian Armed Forces. It...
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together. It was largely supported by personnel and resources of the Nigerian Armed Forces, with sub-battalion strength units contributed by other ECOWAS members...
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The Egyptian Armed Forces (Egyptian Arabic: القوات المسلحة المصرية, romanized: alquwwat almusalahat almisria, Egyptian (Coptic): ⲠⲐⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ)...
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