Nigerian Armed Forces

De Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) be de combined military forces give Nigeria. Edey consist of three uniformed service branches: de Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, den Nigerian Air Force. De President of Nigeria dey function as de commander-in-chief give de armed forces, wey dey exercise ein constitutional authority thru de Ministry of Defence, wey be responsible for de management of de military den ein personnel. De operational head of de AFN be de Chief of Defence Staff, wey be subordinate to de Nigerian Defence Minister. Plus a force of more dan 230,000 active personnel, de Nigerian military be one of de largest uniformed combat services insyd Africa. According to Global Firepower, de Nigerian Armed Forces be de fourth-most powerful military insyd Africa, wey dem rank 35th for ein list, internationally.

 Nigerian military operations abroad 
Insyd October 2004, de Nigerian troops dem deploy to Darfur, Sudan, make dem spearhead an African Union force, make dem stop de genocide insyd Darfur. Nigeria contribute more dan 20,000 troops/police go various UN missions since 1960. De Nigerian Police Force den troops participate insyd:

 UNIPOM – India den Pakistan, 1965
 UNIFIL – Lebanon, 1978
 UNIIMOG – Iran den Iraq, 1988
 UNPROFOR – Former Yugoslavia, 1998"Former Yugoslavia: UNPROFOR". Department of Public Information, United Nations. 31 August 1996.
 UNMISET – East Timor, 1999
 MONUC – Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004

Nigerian officers serve as Chiefs of Defence insyd oda countries, plus Brigadier General Maxwell Khobe, wey dey serve as Sierra Leone Chief of Staff insyd 1998–1999, den Nigerian officers dey act as Command Officer-in-Charge of de Armed Forces of Liberia from at least, 2007.

 References 

 Read further 

 Idang, Gordon J. "The Politics of Nigerian Foreign Policy: The Ratification and Renunciation of the Anglo-Nigerian Defence Agreement." African Studies Review 13, no. 2 (1970): 227–251.
 Robin Luckham, The Nigerian military; a sociological analysis of authority & revolt 1960–67, Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 1971.
 N.J. Miners, ‘The Nigerian Army 1956–66,’ Methuen and Co. Ltd, London, 1971
 Jimi Peters, 'The Nigerian Military and the State,' 1997, 
 Nigerian Army Education Corps and School, History of the Nigerian Army 1863–1992, Abuja, 1992

 External links 

 Nigerian Defence Staff
 Nigerian Army
 Nigerian Navy
 Nigerian Air Force

Category:Nigeria
Category:Military of Nigeria