Nigerian Army

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army land warfare branch

The Nigerian Army is the land warfare branch of Nigeria’s armed forces and one of the largest and most influential military institutions in West Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nigerian Army canonical 17
Nigerian security forces 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
land warfare branch ⓘ
abbreviation NA ⓘ
branchColor green ⓘ
commanderInChief President of Nigeria ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
engagement Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
ECOMOG operations in Liberia ⓘ
ECOWAS Mission in Sierra Leone ⓘ
surface form: ECOMOG operations in Sierra Leone

Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
surface form: Insurgency in the North-East of Nigeria

Niger Delta security operations ⓘ
Biafran secession ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Civil War

United Nations peace operations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping missions
garrison Abuja ⓘ
hasComponent armour ⓘ
artillery corps ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
intelligence corps ⓘ
logistics corps ⓘ
medical corps ⓘ
signals corps ⓘ
hasPosition Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria) ⓘ
hasTrainingInstitution Nigerian Army College of Logistics ⓘ
Nigerian Army School of Armour ⓘ
Nigerian Army School of Artillery ⓘ
Nigerian Army School of Infantry ⓘ
Nigerian Defence Academy ⓘ
headquartersLocation Abuja ⓘ
influenceIn West Africa ⓘ
isOneOfLargestMilitaryInstitutionsIn West Africa ⓘ
motto Victory is from God alone ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Hadin Kai ⓘ
Operation Lafiya Dole ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Armed Forces of Nigeria
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
reportsTo Chief of Defence Staff (Nigeria) ⓘ
responsibility defence of the territorial integrity of Nigeria ⓘ
internal security operations in Nigeria ⓘ
support to civil authorities ⓘ
role land warfare ⓘ
serviceBranchOf Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Armed Forces of Nigeria
type professional military force ⓘ
usesEquipment armoured fighting vehicles ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
utility helicopters ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muhammadu Buhari → militaryBranch → Nigerian Army ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria → hasBranch → Nigerian Army ⓘ
FV432 armoured personnel carrier → operator → Nigerian Army ⓘ
subject surface form: FV432
Murtala Muhammed → militaryBranch → Nigerian Army ⓘ
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta → primaryOpponents → Nigerian Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian security forces
Niger Delta Volunteer Force → hasOpponents → Nigerian Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian security forces
Civilian Joint Task Force → cooperatesWith → Nigerian Army ⓘ
General Abdulsalami Abubakar → militaryBranch → Nigerian Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Abdulsalami Abubakar
Nigerian Military Training College → operatedBy → Nigerian Army ⓘ
Nigerian Military Training College → trainedBranch → Nigerian Army ⓘ
Federal Ministry of Defence → oversees → Nigerian Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Ministry of Defence (Nigeria)
Ibrahim Babangida → branchOfMilitary → Nigerian Army ⓘ
Nigerian Army University Biu (nearby influence) → owner → Nigerian Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Nigerian Army University Biu
Nigerian Army University Biu (nearby influence) → operator → Nigerian Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Nigerian Army University Biu
Nigerian Defence Academy (permanent site nearby) → trainsFor → Nigerian Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Nigerian Defence Academy
Nigerian Defence Academy → trainsFor → Nigerian Army ⓘ
Yakubu Gowon → serviceBranch → Nigerian Army ⓘ
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu → servedIn → Nigerian Army ⓘ
Elechi Amadi → militaryBranch → Nigerian Army ⓘ