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The Nigerian military is undoubtedly among the largest in Africa.  It is divided into the 3 components, vis-à-vis, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Air Force.  It was first established in 1900 and its former name was Royal West African Frontier Force. Its name was however changed to the Nigerian Army in 1960; that was shortly after Nigeria’s independence from Great Britain. Nigerian Army’s present Commandeer-in-Chief is the president of Nigeria and that is General Mohammadu Buhari. Present Defense Minister is Mansur Dan Ali. The present Chief of Defense Staff is General Abayomi Olonisakin. The Nigerian Army had participated in a number of wars till date. Some of them are the Congo Crises that occurred between 30 th  of June, 1960 and 25 th  of November 1965 and the Nigerian Civil War that occurred between July 1967 and January 1970. Others are the Chadian Military affair that occurred in 1983, the First Liberian Civil War that occurred between 1989 a...

NDA 71st regular course admission for the 2019/2020 academic session has been announced. Cut-off mark is 210 for engineering and 180 for other courses. Application cost is 3,500. Deadline is Thursday March 14th, 2019. Post-UTME Screening holds Saturday April 13th, 2019. See full details below; Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) 71st regular course (Degree programmes) for the 2019/2020 academic session. Candidates admitted into NDA for Regular Course will undergo military and academic training as Officer Cadets for a duration of 5 years for Nigerian Army cadets 4 years for Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Air force cadets. On successful completion of training, graduands will earn a honours degree in a core discipline (BSc, BEng, BA). They will equally earn a Presidential Commission into the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) 71st regular course admission online application form ...