The Nigerian military has retained its 35th position in the global military ranking in 2022.
The ranking by Global Fire Power had rated the Armed Forces of Nigeria 35 out of 142 countries considered for the annual ranking in the previous year.
With the ranking, the Nigerian military is rated third best in the continent. Only Egypt, with a PwrIndx score of 0.1869, ranked 12th in the world and number one in Africa.Stop attacking our soldiers, FG tells Amnesty International Also, the available manpower is said to be 116,315,847; fit-for-service, 83,835,195; total military personnel, 215,000; active personnel, 135,000; reserve personnel 0 and paramilitary, 80,000.
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