Since the
establishment of the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1964, few changes have been as
transformative as when in 2011 under the leadership of President Goodluck
Jonathan, the Academy was directed to adjust its all-male-officer structure to
include female regular combatants and give females equal opportunity in the
Nigerian military. And for the first time in the history of the country,
females were admitted into the academy.
All over the world, through cultures and times, women have rarely been