Full List of Nigerian Army Ranks and Monthly Salaries 2021 ( Update )

Full List of Nigerian Army Ranks and Monthly Salaries 2021 

The Nigerian Army Ranks and Monthly Salaries have been compiled.

 

Below is the official current breakdown of Nigerian Army Ranks and Monthly Salaries.

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New Nigerian Army salaries per month (2021 update)

Here is the current full list of the Nigerian Army Ranks plus their monthly earnings.

• Private Soldier monthly pay is N49, 000
• Lance Corporal monthly pay is N55, 000
• Corporal monthly pay is N58, 000
• Sergeant monthly pay is N63, 000
• Staff Sergeant monthly pay is N68, 000
• Warrant Officer monthly pay is N80, 000
• Master Warrant Officer monthly pay is N90, 000
• Second Lieutenant monthly salary is N120,000
• Lieutenant earns N180,000 monthly
• Captain monthly salary is N220,000
• Major monthly pay is N300,000
• Lieutenant Colonel monthly pay is N350,000
• Colonel monthly pay is N550,000
• Brigadier General monthly pay is N750,000
• Major General monthly pay is N950,000
• Lieutenant General is paid N1,000,000 monthly
• General earns N1,500,000 monthly.

Full List of Nigerian Army Ranks and Monthly Salaries 2021 

S/N	CATEGORIES	SALARIES
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
1	Field Marshal	Yet to be attained
2	General	N1,500.000
3	Lieutenant General	N1,000,000
4	Major General	N950,000
5	Brigadier General	N750,000
6	Colonel	N550,000
7	Lieutenant Colonel	N350,000
8	Major	N300,000
9	Captain	N220,000
10	Lieutenant	N180,000
11	Second Lieutenant	N120,000
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
1	Warrant Officer Class 1	N90,000
2	Warrant Officer Class 2	N80,000
3	Staff Sergeant	N68,000
4	Sergeant	N63,000
5	Corporal	N58,000
6	Lance – corporal	N55,000
7	Private	N49,000
8	Recruit	N/A

Formation of the Nigerian Army (NA)

Below is the formation of the Nigerian army under the present Chief of Army staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai:

1. 1st Division, headquartered in Kaduna
2. 2nd Division (HQ Ibadan)
3. 3rd Armoured Division HQ is Jos
4. 81st Division (Amphibious) HQ in Lagos
5. 82nd Division (Airborne and Amphibious) HQ in Enugu
6. 7th Infantry Division (JTF-RO) HQ in Maiduguri
7. 6 Division HQ Port Harcourt
8. 8 Division HQ Sokoto
9. TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) HQ Minna.

 

Note , the above breakdown is the new Nigerian army salary per month after minimum wage increase to N30

The New monthly salary of the officers and soldiers in the Nigerian Army

Soldiers in Nigeria are traditionally paid according to their rank. The highest paying rank in the military is General, who earns N1.5 million per month, while the lowest paid rank is private soldier, who earns about N49,000 per month.

 

After completing the 6 months of mandatory training, university graduates are paid N150,000 per month with the rank of second lieutenant, which is the graduate entry level grade.

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# Full List of Nigerian Army Ranks and Monthly Salaries 2021