Sojojin Najeriya su ne sojojin tarayyar Najeriya . Asalinta ya ta'allaka ne da gundumar Royal West African Frontier Force wacce ta zama Najeriya lokacin da aka ba da 'yanci a 1960. A shekarar 1956 da Nigeria Regiment na Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF) aka sake masa suna da Nigerian Military Forces, RWAFF, kuma a watan Afrilu 1958 da mulkin mallakan gwamnatin Nijeriya ya hau kan daga Birtaniya War Office iko da Nigerian Military Forces tasa mu. Tun daga lokacin da aka kirkiro sojojin Najeriya suka yi civil war – da conflict with Biafra a shekarar 1967 - 70 - kuma sun tura sojojin kiyaye zaman lafiya kasashen waje tare da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kuma a matsayin kashin bayan Kungiyar Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Cease-fire Kungiya ta Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) a Laberiya da Saliyo . Hakanan ta ƙwace mulki sau biyu a gida ( 1966 &amp; 1983 ).  Bayan yakin basasa, an fadada yawan sojoji, kusan 250,000 a 1977, sun cinye yawancin albarkatun Najeriya a karkashin mulkin soja domin samun koma baya. hakan ya fadada a cikin soja a lokacin yakin basasa hakan na kunshene da data kasance soja ya riƙe Nijeriya. jama'a dauki kansu a tsarin mulki soja .