Makarantar Sojan Najeriya da ke Zariya, wacce aka kafa a matsayin Kamfanin-Boys-Company of Nigeria a shekara ta 1954, an kafa ta ne a karkashin kulawar cibiyar horas da 'yan sintiri ta Najeriya ta Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF). An kafa makarantar tare da wasu mutane uku a cikin Turawan Mulkin Mallaka na Afirka ta Yamma a Gambiya, Gold Coast (yanzu Ghana ), da Saliyo . An tsara shi ne bayan ysungiyar Wuraren Sojojin Birtaniyya . Makarantar soja ta yanzu ta kasance a ranar 20 watan mayun, shekara ta, 1954. Makarantar Sojan Najeriya (NMS) tana da bataliyar ɗalibai wacce ta ƙunshi kamfani 4 a farkon shekarunta: Kamfanin Alpha, Kamfanin Bravo, Kamfanin Charlie, da Kamfanin Delta. An kara ƙarin kamfanoni uku: Kamfanin Echo, Kamfanin Foxtrot, da Golf Company. Kamfanin Boys kamar yadda a da ake kiransa an kafa shi ne a matsayin cikakkiyar cibiyar horarwa a karkashin rajista da gudanar da rusasshiyar Cibiyar Horar da Kayayyakin Kasuwanci ta Najeriya (NRTC) yanzu Depot NA. Manufar makarantar ita ce samar da "kwararru da kwararrun ma'aikata" don maye gurbin NCOs na Turawan Mulkin Mallaka da suka tafi.