Nigerian Armed Forces
| Year dem found am | 1960  |
|---|---|
| Native label | Nigerian Armed Forces, Àwọn Ilé-iṣẹ́ Ológun Nàìjíríà, Rundunonin Sojin Najeriya |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Demma headquarters location | Abuja |
| Commanded by | Lucky Irabor |
De Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) be de combined military forces give Nigeria. Edey consist of three uniformed service branches: de Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, den Nigerian Air Force. De President of Nigeria dey function as de commander-in-chief give de armed forces, wey dey exercise ein constitutional authority thru de Ministry of Defence, wey be responsible for de management of de military den ein personnel. De operational head of de AFN be de Chief of Defence Staff, wey be subordinate to de Nigerian Defence Minister. Plus a force of more dan 230,000 active personnel, de Nigerian military be one of de largest uniformed combat services insyd Africa.[1] According to Global Firepower, de Nigerian Armed Forces be de fourth-most powerful military insyd Africa, wey dem rank 35th for ein list, internationally.[2]
Nigerian military operations abroad
[edit | edit source]Insyd October 2004, de Nigerian troops dem deploy to Darfur, Sudan, make dem spearhead an African Union force, make dem stop de genocide insyd Darfur.[3] Nigeria contribute more dan 20,000 troops/police go various UN missions since 1960. De Nigerian Police Force den troops participate insyd:
- UNIPOM – India den Pakistan, 1965[4]
- UNIFIL – Lebanon, 1978[5]
- UNIIMOG – Iran den Iraq, 1988[6]
- UNPROFOR – Former Yugoslavia, 1998[7]
- UNMISET – East Timor, 1999[8]
- MONUC – Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004[9]
Nigerian officers serve as Chiefs of Defence insyd oda countries, plus Brigadier General Maxwell Khobe, wey dey serve as Sierra Leone Chief of Staff insyd 1998–1999,[10] den Nigerian officers dey act as Command Officer-in-Charge of de Armed Forces of Liberia from at least, 2007.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Armed forces personnel, total – Data". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ↑ "Nigeria Military Strength". Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ↑ Ebegbulem, Joseph C (1 July 2011). "Nigeria and conflict resolution in Africa: The Darfur experience". Civilizar. 11 (21): 69. doi:10.22518/16578953.34. ISSN 1657-8953.
- ↑ "UNITED NATIONS INDIA-PAKISTAN OBSERVATION MISSION (UNIPOM) – Facts and Figures". peacekeeping.un.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ "UNIFIL Troop-Contributing Countries". UNIFIL (in English). 14 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ "UNITED NATIONS IRAN-IRAQ MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP (UNIIMOG) – Background (Full text)". peacekeeping.un.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ "Former Yugoslavia: UNPROFOR". Department of Public Information, United Nations. 31 August 1996.
- ↑ "UNMISET: United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor – Facts and Figures". peacekeeping.un.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ "MONUC Facts and Figures – United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo". peacekeeping.un.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ "BARRACKS". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
Read further
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- Idang, Gordon J. "The Politics of Nigerian Foreign Policy: The Ratification and Renunciation of the Anglo-Nigerian Defence Agreement." African Studies Review 13, no. 2 (1970): 227–251.
- Robin Luckham, The Nigerian military; a sociological analysis of authority & revolt 1960–67, Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 1971.
- N.J. Miners, ‘The Nigerian Army 1956–66,’ Methuen and Co. Ltd, London, 1971
- Jimi Peters, 'The Nigerian Military and the State,' 1997, ISBN 1-85043-874-9
- Nigerian Army Education Corps and School, History of the Nigerian Army 1863–1992, Abuja, 1992