Nigerian Army personnel corps

Personnel corps, in the Nigerian Army (NA), are groupings of related military occupations. The Nigerian Army is functionally organized into combat arms and combat support arms.[1][2] There are 17 Corps Training Schools that support these corps.[3]

List of personnel corps

The following is a list of NA personnel corps in order of precedence:[1]

Name Headquarters Established Structure and purpose
Infantry Corps Jaji, Kaduna State 21 April 1958
Armoured Corps 21 April 1958 NAAC provides close combat support to the infantry.
Artillery Corps April 1956 It provides fire support to manoeuvre units of the NA and protection against hostile artillery fire. It also provides air defence cover for strategic installations of the country as well as sensitive areas of operations.
Engineers Corps
Signals Corps
Intelligence Corps Jaji, Kaduna State 1960 It us tasked with collecting, analyzing, and disseminating tactical and operational intelligence to support military operations.
Corps of Supply and Transport
Medical Corps[4] Victoria Island, Lagos
Ordnance Corps
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Military Police
Education Corps
Finance Corps
Directorate of Army Physical Training
Band Corps Ojuelegba, Lagos 1932 It is a Corps dedicated to the provision and promotion of military music.
Women's Corps Abuja March 2018 Its a all-female division designed to integrate women into combat and advanced military operations. The Corps features operational battalions, including the Women's Special Operations Battalion. In 2025, NAWC decorated its first female soldier, Army Warrant Officer Hajara Egbunu.[5][6][7][8]
Roman Catholic Chaplaincy Ojo, Lagos The Roman Catholic Chaplaincy is one of the oldest spiritual institutions in the army. It was founded as part of the West African Frontier Force, with priests being seconded from Britain to Nigeria to administer the spiritual concerns of officers and soldiers. Today, there are 32 chaplain officers in the RC, which is headed by the Director of Chaplain Services.[9][10]
Protestant Chaplain Services Yaba, Lagos
Directorate of Islamic Affairs Ikeja, Lagos 1963 It is a dedicated branch responsible for providing spiritual guidance, moral support, and religious education to Muslim personnel and their families. It traces its roots back to the Imam Department formed in 1963.[11][12]
Directorate of Army Public Relations
Directorate of Legal Services

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Nigerian Army Order of Battle". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Soldiering as a Career. Nigerian Army.
  3. ↑ "Nigerian Army- Official Website". Army.mil.ng. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Soldiering as a Career. Nigerian Army.
  5. ↑ Perestroika (2018-10-10). "Badass Women of the Nigerian Army". DefenseNigeria. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  6. ↑ Channels Television (2022-06-13). June 12: Nigerian Army Women Corps Shine At Democracy Day Parade. Retrieved 2026-06-09 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ Jeremiah, Urowayino (2019-04-01). "Woman, soldier and combatant: The evolution of the Nigerian Army Women's Corps". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  8. ↑ Report, Agency (2019-04-09). "Why Nigerian Army created female corps —Buratai". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  9. ↑ Soluap (2023-10-02). "Nigerian Army Chaplain Services, Roman Catholic". Soluap. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  10. ↑ Oyelade, Olufikayo Kunle; Omobowale, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa (16 October 2022). "The Structure of the Chaplaincy of the Nigerian Army". Journal of Sociology and Christianity. 12 (2): 29–42.
  11. ↑ Oboh (2024-07-08). "Nigerian Army has schools for both Islamic, Chaplaincy affairs — Hqtrs". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  12. ↑ Sidiq, Uthman Okanlawon; Fahm, Abdul Gafar Olawale; Ahmad, Muhammad Bala; Bello, Mustapha Adebayo (2026-02-27). "Cross-examining the Role of the Directorate of Islamic Affairs, Nigerian Army in Eradicating Terrorism in the Northeast through the Counter-Narrative Programme". Journal of Islamic History. 6 (1): 22–47. doi:10.53088/jih.v6i1.2789. ISSN 2807-2995.
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