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 Olatunbosun Oluyede
• Notable, commanders:  Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Muhammed, Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Abacha, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Theophilus DanjumaMaxwell Khobe, Tukur Yusuf Burutai
• Helicopter:  Bell UH-1 Iroquois
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo