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pomide:
After Getting into an Argument about what rank a NDA short service student graduates with, I saw browsed this piece online and decided it could help people who might need it.

So here it is... the Nigerian Military Hierarchy.

FIELD MARSHALL – The highest rank in the
Nigerian military hierarchy is Field Marshal. But
this term has never been used practically in
Nigeria, means no Nigerian has ever attained this
rank ever.

GENERAL – The highest rank practically attained
in the Nigerian military hierarchy is General. Full
General is basically a four star rank with NATO
ranking OF – 9.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL – Lieutenant General Rank is a high commissioned officer rank sub ordinate to General rank with a NATO ranking OF – 8, a three star rank in Nigerian military hierarchy.
Major General – A medium commissioned
officer rank with a NATO ranking OF – 7 and a
rank higher to Brigadier. This is a two star rank in
Nigerian military hierarchy.

BRIGADIER – With a NATO ranking OF – 6, this is
one star rank in the Nigerian military hierarchy.
Colonel – Rank lower to Brigadier is Colonel,
referred as Colonel of regiments. A lower level
commissioned officer rank and highest field
officer rank with ranking OF – 5.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL – Deputy to Colonel is
Lieutenant Colonel, a middle level field officer
rank with ranking OF – 4.

MAJOR – The lower level in the field officer
category is Major, a rank higher to Captain and
lower to Lieutenant Colonel with ranking OF – 3.

CAPTAIN – The next rank in the hierarchy is
Captain, the highest rank in the tactical
organization of troops with ranking OF – 2.

FIRST LIEUTENANT – First Lieutenant acts as a
deputy to the Captain. Term Lieutenant refers to
‘substitute’ to immediate superior rank with
ranking OF – 1.

SECOND LIEUTENANT – Second deputy to
Captain is Second Lieutenant, sub ordinate to
First Lieutenant with ranking OF – 1.

MASTER WARRANT OFFICER – Next rank in the
Nigerian military hierarchy is Master Warrant
Officer, an expertise leader who maintains,
operates, manages as well as administers the
military’s equipments.

WARRANT OFFICER – Warrant Officer handles all
the tasks of a Master Warrant Officer in his
absence and acts as an assistant to the same.

STAFF SERGEANT – Sub ordinate to Warrant
Officer, Staff Sergeant is a senior non
commissioned military officer.

SERGEANT – A junior non commissioned military
officer sub ordinate to Staff Sergeant in the
Nigerian military hierarchy.

CORPORAL – A corporal is an officer who is in
charge of a body of certain troop.

LANCE CORPORAL – Lance Corporal means
officer of lowest rank.

RECRUIT / TRAINEE – The cadets who have just
joined Nigerian military are at the lowest level of
the Nigerian military hierarchy.

NDA SS graduates comes out with First or Second Lieutenant depending on your grade.

Culled from
www.hierarchystructure.com

Seun:
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Seun:
Picture?

PassingShot:
Take up the task.

dayowunmi:
Lolz, are u a clown? Must everything be written in black and white for you, did Jesus gave tax collectors mic to speak... Well, He didn't give them mic but he certainly wasn't afraid of mixing with them even passing the night in their houses, so when political leaders visits a man of God especially during elections they should be ignored or even sent back? when a king for example visits your local church he wouldn't be given front sit? Who said they went to campaign? A politician visits the church did he mention vote for me? Or my party? Shove ur respect for pastor adeboye up ur ass am sure he doesn't even need it.

dayowunmi:
Pastor Adeboye lost your respect because he accommodates/allows politicians attends his services? Does your bible(assuming you are even a christian) not tell you that Respect must be accorded constituted authorities? Or maybe he should send them away when they come when even Jesus ate with publicans and tax collectors in his time. Lolz. Adeboye has the respect of millions, he's even led prayers at United Nations headquarters in new york and he's reputed as one of the most influential pastors worldwide with parishes in 160plus countries and counting and he's lost your respect?

WombRaiders:
After he revokes Ait's liscence, then there will be another news agency that needs his ban hammer until only Nta and radio nigeria remain

This is the issue.

WombRaiders:
Nonsense! How does running an expose documentary on a frontline candidate for presidency run contrary to ethics?

Buhari can still take AIT and the producers to court!

He is not owner of Nigeria by virtue of being elected president of Nigeria.

Ait has done more good to our democracy than a thousand buhari's can ever mutter.

Let me ask you this; today buhari is barring AIT from coverinhg him as president elect and has also declared AIT persona non grata in his innuguration, what will happen once he is sworn in? Will he barr AIT from covering his govt and presidency as well?

pistol:
Nonsense.
Did GEJ ban daily trust and the Nation newspaperss when they were reporting hate and lies.
What Gej did was to take the dailytrust reporters to court and he later withdrew the suit.
Buhari should not set in motion what is going to swallow him and his incoming administration up.
He has started already overheating the polity.

barcanista:
If you feel they breached it the appropriate thing to do is to report them to their regulatory agency or GO TO COURT! You can't take laws into your hands

ozoigbondu:
l am sure GEJ was well aware of all this but he did not use to supress saharareporters,preminum times,TVC,nations and all other oppoistion press because he is a true democrat who understands that freedom of press is an integral part of af a democracy not one dictactor turned democrat overnight


Buhari should keep calm and prepare for feasting of the press and other social media outfit on him

Scholes007:
those defending this old bastard under the pretence of privacy ,should have known that the moment he (the bastard aka buhari) became president elect there is no privacy.

Section 22 of the Nigerian 1999 constitution provides that: “the press, radio, television and other agencies of mass media shall at all times be free to uphold the fundamental objectives contained in this chapter and uphold the responsibility and accountability of the government to the people.”

By virtue of this provision, the constitutional powers and duties or obligation of the press are to help government realize the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy as contained in the constitution. The media or the press is also expected to uphold the responsibility and accountability of the government to the people.
In other words, the press performs a nation builder role (development journalism) as well as being a watchdog of government actions or activities pertaining to governance, transparency and accountability.

The media being the fourth estate of the realm has got a lot to do in ensuring that good governance is enhanced in the country. Government (politics) and the media are inseparable; both cannot be isolated from each other because they are both institutions of the society. The media has been empowered by the society to represent its interest by checkmating the government of the day. Likewise, the government in power is responsible to the society.

Therefore, in a situation whereby the representatives in government get intoxicated by the virtue of their power, the society expects the media to put them back on the right track because absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Looking at section 22 of the 1999 constitution vividly, “the media are empowered at all time be free to uphold the fundamental principles of governance.” The keywords here are “all times” and “free” i.e. freedom to pursue or seek, gather, analyze and interpret, disseminate information pertaining to the governance of the general populace without prior restraint or constraint by the government or any other interest.

In fact the constitution also affirmed that government responsibility and accountability must be uphold by the media and further reported or disseminated to the general public. However, the accompanying problem to actualize these fundamental goals of journalism enshrined in section 22 is that, there are limitations to access or assessment of government held information.
These limitations arise from government argument that not all government activities should be made public. The government through the Official Secret Code Act and Criminal Code Act limit the extent in which the press or public officer representing the interest of government could divulge or reveal information received in confidence on the excuse that such matter is classified or confidential.

In section 39(1): Every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection(1) of this section, every person shall be entitled to own, establish and operate any medium for the dissemination of information, ideas and opinion.
The freedom of expression, including holding opinions, to receive and impart ideas or information is very fundamental to the development of any society because information is power and when the power is gotten, transformation changes can be achieved by the people. Consequently, the constitution says without prejudice i.e. without discrimination or favouritism every person shall be allowed to own a means of mass communication or information dissemination in the country.
It’s also important to say that the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights Law (1948) in article 19 of the document provides for the fundamental right of expression, holding of opinion and disseminating such opinion; receiving information from others as well as imparting through various ways of communication without interference or restriction.

In the light of the above, Nigeria is a signatory to this declaration because of her formal membership of UN. However, the enforcement and implementation of this declaration is not fully adhered to by the Nigerian government. Instances of this challenge are contained in the same section of the 1999 constitution that affirmed freedom of expression and the press.

Section 39(2) part ‘B’ says “No person other than the government or any other person or body authorized by the president shall be allowed to own, establish or operate television or wireless broadcasting for any purpose whatsoever.
Also section 39(3) (A-B): States that nothing in this section i.e. ‘freedom of expression and the press’, shall invalidate any reasonable law that is justified in any democratic society for the purpose of preventing the disclosure of information that is classified as confidential or official matter. This section further affirmed the restriction of persons in the employment of government services to disclose any information in which they are privilege to.

To this end, freedom of expression and of the press enshrined in section 39 is only workable on the one hand and limited on the other hand due to government restrictions and constrictions through various laws or statutes.

Firefire:
Stories for the gods

OrlandoOwoh:
Thank you for advising the boy. Meanwhile, it is spilt milk, not split milk.

CodeineJunkiee:
Well said. I knew the company they were recruiting for so I never asked that. I just asked what the interviewer's name was and she answered me. Mine was a 2 man panel consisting of just two ladies... Let's just be positive and keep our fingers crossed