Nigerian Military School

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[edit] Nigeria Military School, Zaria: Elite Training Institution for Young Nigerian Men

Since the establishment of the Nigerian Military School, the institution has contributed in all walks of life and remains the centre of excellence in its distinct role of training and moulding Nigeria children just coming out of primary schools into intelligent, disciplined, Industrious, patriotic and hard working young boys.

The Nigeria Military School came into being on 20th May 1954 with an initial intake of thirty boys known as the “First Platoon” who were sons and ward of serving military personnel. However it’s military history can be traced to 1951 when the idea of establishing “Boys Company” along the same pattern of the Boys Wing of British Army was conceived for each of the West African Colonies Namely: the Gambia, Gold Cost (Ghana), Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

In 1960, the name “Boys Company” was changed to “Nigerian Military School” with four houses namely; Enugu, Ibadan, Kaduna, and Lagos House. To boost academic Excellency, major Wakeman, a graduate, was appointed from the British Army Education Corps as Commanding Officer in 1962. The School therefore commenced five set years training programme as a secondary school. In 1965 the first set of boys wrote the WAEC Examination in which they performed creditably well. Since then, the school’s performance in such examination has been good.

With the introduction of the New National policy on education, the school now runs six years training programme broken into Junior and Senior Secondary school of three years duration each. All the subjects required by this policy are being taught in the school by able and qualified Officers, Soldiers, Civilian Staff and Youth Corp members. To enhance its status, the Board of Governors was established to oversee the running of the school.

The school from its establishment to date has produced numerous Senior Military officers and Senior Staff in both Government and Private sectors. In contributions to economic and socio – political development in Nigeria can be seen by its products in all fields of our lives. Its alumni include Generals Tunde Idiagbon, Joseph Garba, John Shagaya, Jeremiah Useni, John Inienger, Salihu Ibrahim and Buba Marwa,yakubu Muazu,Gen Ogumudia,AK Adisa.

RSM Yamusa Zakari Parade Ground

 CHRONICLE OF COMMAND 

Since the establishment of this great Military Institution, it has at various times been commanded by numerous distinguished Military Officers. They are as follows:-

a. Capt. WU Bassy 20 May 1954 - 31 Dec 1956 b. Maj CJ Grindley 01 Jan 1956 - 31 Dec 1959 c. Maj RK Gardiner 01 Jan 1960 - 31 July 1961 d. Maj JM McCarter 01 Aug 1961 - 28 Feb 1962 e. Maj PJ Wakeman 01 Mar 1962 - 09 Nov 1964 f. Lt Col TB Ogundeko 10 Nov 1964 - 09 Nov 1972 g. Lt Col TO Oduniyi 10 Nov 1972 - 02 Aug 1977 h. Col-BrigGen CB Ndiomu 03 Nov 1977 - 02 Aug 1982 i. Col O Daramola FSS AMNIN 03 Aug 1982 - 23 Sep 1985 j. Col. A Fakulujo FSS psc 24 Sep 1985 13 Oct 1990 k. Col-BrigGen FA Ogunribido FSS MSS 14 Oct 1990 - 31 July 1993 l. Col EBA Okodaso FSS MSS psc 01 Aug 1993 - 30 Jan 1995 m. Brig Gen HB Momoh FSS MSS psc mni 26 Jan 1995 - 30 Jan 1997 n. Brig Gen SA Sofoluwe FSS MSSS psc 31 Jan 1997 - 31 Mar 1999 o. Brig Gen SK Oni FSS MSS Ph.D 01 Apr 1999 - 25 Apr 2000 p. Col D Bitrus MSS psc 26 Apr 2000 - 13 Aug 2003 q. Col IG Bauka MSS psc LLB BL 13 Aug 2003 - 05 Sep 2005 r. Col CO Esekhaigbe MSS psc B.Sc(Hons) MILD PGD MIMC 05 Sep 2005 - 30 August 2006 Col MSS psc MSc 01 Sep 2006 - till date