Rundunar Ƴan Sandan Nijeriya Ita ce babbar hukumar da ke jagorantar jami’an tsaro a Nijeriya tare da kimanin ma’aikata kusan 371,800. A yanzu haka akwai shirye-shiryen ƙara rundunar zuwa 650,000, tare da ƙara sabbin mayaka 280,000 zuwa 370,000 na yanzu. NPF kungiya ce mai girman gaske wacce ta kunshi daukacin jihohi 36 wadanda aka hada su zuwa shiyyoyi 12 da gabobin gudanarwa 7. IGP Alkali Usman Baba ne ke jagorantar hukumar a halin yanzu.[1]. An bude police academy a wudil dake jahar kano nijeriya don Inganta tsaro a Nijeriya kaba daya. An kafa rundunar ƴan sanda ta Najeriya a shekarar 1820.   A cikin shekarar 1879, aka kafa wata kungiya mai dauke da makamai 1,200. A shekarar 1896 an kafa 'yan sanda na Legas. An kafa makamancin wannan rundunar, mai suna Niger Coast Constabulary, wanda aka kafa a Kalabar a shekarar 1894 a karkashin sabon sanarwar da aka bayar na kare yankin na tekun Niger . A arewa, Kamfanin Royal Niger Company ya kafa Royal Niger Company Constabulary a cikin shekarar 1888 tare da hedkwata a Lokoja.