Nigerian Army Short Service Recruitment Ends November 12
The Nigerian Army has announced that applications for the Short Service Combatant Course 49/2026 will close at midnight on Tuesday, November 12. The online application portal, which opened on October 9, has so far received tens of thousands of entries. According to Colonel Aminu Bello, Acting Director of Army Public Relations, the number of valid submissions is expected to surpass last year’s 48,000 applications. The Short Service Combatant Course provides an entry route for civilians into the military through an intensive 44-week training programme at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Jaji, Kaduna State. Successful candidates will be commissioned as lieutenants after completion. The course duration is nine years, with an optional three-year extension. Applicants must be Nigerian citizens aged between 22 and 28, possess at least a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of a second-class lower division, and meet […]