nigerian army

The Nigerian Army is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the largest component of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The President of Nigeria is the Commander-in-Chief... Wikipedia

Founded: 1956
Type: Army
Role: Land warfare
Size: 160,000 (2020)
Part of: Nigerian Armed Forces
Headquarters: Nigerian Army Headquarters, Armed Forces Complex, Muhammadu Buhari Way, Garki, Abuja, FCT.
Motto(s): "Victory is from God alone!"
Anniversaries: Nigerian Army Day (6 July)
Engagements: Congo Crisis, Nigerian Civil War, First Liberian Civil War, Sierra Leone Civil War, Conflict in the Niger Delta, Boko Haram insurgency, Northern Mali War, Invasion of the Gambia, Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria, Nigerian bandit conflict
Commander-in-Chief: President Bola Tinubu
Minister of Defence: Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
Minister of State, Defence: Bello Matawalle
Chief of Defence Staff: General Christopher Musa
Chief of Army Staff: Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede
Notable, commanders: Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Muhammed, Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Abacha, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Theophilus Danjuma, Maxwell Khobe, Tukur Buratai
Helicopter: Bell UH-1 Iroquois
Data source: DuckDuckGo