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The Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) are the military forces of Nigeria. The forces consist of three service branches: the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, and Nigerian Air Force.
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 component of the armed forces.
Nigeria’s Military Is Part of the Problem. It’s Also the Solution. Soldiers don’t belong on the streets—and the army is uniquely placed to pressure the government for police reforms to tackle...
Detailing the current military strength of Nigeria including air force, army, navy, financials and manpower.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s defense chief expressed frustration Tuesday with what he called the “double standards” of some countries that won’t sell his military weapons because of human rights concerns.
Reuters reveals secrets behind the Nigerian military's long campaign to crush the nation's Islamist insurgency: a mass abortion programme aimed at women and girls impregnated by Boko Haram ...
Nigeria and Niger have fought Islamist insurgents together in the Lake Chad region, home to groups affiliated with the militant group Boko Haram. Military leaders of the coup at a rally in...
Successfully curbing insecurity in Nigeria’s northern regions will require winning a military-focused “hard war” alongside a “soft war” of winning hearts and minds—which itself should ...
The U.S.-backed Nigerian military has been killing civilians in airstrikes at an alarming pace, security analysts and human rights advocates say, with little accountability.
ABUJA, April 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Friday it had inflicted heavy losses on Islamist militant groups in the north and oil thieves in the south, arresting hundreds, seizing...