Locations & List of All Army Barracks in Nigeria

This article will provide the full list of all Army Barracks in Nigeria and their locations.

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Army barracks are buildings used to accommodate military personnels.

These structures keeps military personnels away from the outside world pending when their services are needed.

There are many army barracks in Nigeria and this is owing the large size of personnel of Nigeria Army.

Infact, almost every state in Nigeria has an Army Barracks or cantonments established in them.

These Army cantonments and Barracks are different from others types of military and Army formations scattered across Nigeria.

A typical Nigeria Army Barracks and cantoment has essentially all basic facilities such as markets, hospital,worship centers, schools, games facilities and sometimes financial institutions.

All these helps keep and provide comfort and limit the movement of military personnels to within the barracks.

Below are some of the mostly found infrastructure inside a typical Nigeria Army Barracks and military cantonments.

Military Hospitals

It is easy to find hospitals inside army barracks and cantonments which helps cater for health challenges of army officers,their families and other citizens within the barracks.

Worship Centers

Worship centers such as churches and mosques are easily found in military cantonments and army barracks. This institution takes care of the spiritual needs of the military personnels and those with the Army Barracks.

Military Prison

This is correction facility found inside army barracks and cantonments which is used to correct erring officers and even civilians. It is a detention facility where officers are kept pending determination of punishment for their offence.

The Mess

This is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and relax. It part of army barracks that takes care of social life of army personnels within the cantonments.

Market

This another very important part of the military barracks in Nigeria and usually called mami market. It the approved part of the Barracks where buying and selling of goods and services can be provided within the barracks

Officers Quarters

This is buildings within the cantonments where army officers lives. It a private residence for soldiers and officers withing the barracks and is highly restricted from civilians except on special invitation.

Full List of Army Barracks, Cantonments & Locations in Nigeria

As stated earlier, almost every state in Nigeria has a military/army barracks and cantonments in Nigeria.

These army barracks and cantonments are situated at specific part of every state which the army consider conducive for both training and habitation.

Here is states in Nigeria and location of Army Barracks in them.
Location of Army Barracks in Abia State

14 Brigade Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks, Ohafia, Abia State

Location of Army Barracks in Adamawa State

Army Barracks Road Nyibango Jimeta Yola Adamawa State.

Location of Army Barracks in Akwa Ibom

6battalions Barrack,ibagwa-Abak. Akwa -Ibom State Nigeria

Location of Army Barracks in Anambra State

Onitsha Cantonment, Enugu- Onitsha Express Way ,Onitsha, Anambra state.

Location of Army Barracks in Bauchi State

Shadawanka Barracks Bauchi, Jos Road Bauchi, Bauchi.

Location of Army Barracks in Bayelsa State

16 Brigade of the Nigerian Army located on Elebele Road, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Location of Army Barracks in Benue State

Naites Nasme barracks, 72 Special Forces Battalion, located in Makurdi, Benue State.

Location of Army Barracks in Borno State

7 DIV , Maiduguri, Borno State

Location of Army Barracks in Cross Rivers State

13 Brigade Barracks, Calabar, Cross Rivers State

Location of Army Barracks in Delta State

Army Barracks Effurun, Warri

Location of Army Barracks in Ebonyi State

215m Military Cantonment Nkwagu Abakaliki

Address of Army Barracks in Edo State

Army Barracks, Ekewan Road, Benin-City Edo state

Location of Army Barracks in Lagos State

  • 174 Battalion, Nigerian Army barracks located in Odoguyan Ikorodu, Lagos State.
  • Abalti Barracks, located in Surulere, Lagos. It is the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps.
  • Albitic barracks in Surulere, Lagos, is the headquarters of the Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps.
  • AN barracks is located in Yaba, Lagos State.
    Arakan Barracks is located in Apapa Lagos, Lagos State. It is the umbrella of the Nigerian
  • Army Finance Corp, housing the Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration.
  • Ashanti barracks is located along Mobil Road, Ajegunle, Lagos State.
  • Beho Beho barracks, located in Lagos State.
    Ikeja barracks, also known as Ikeja Cantonment, is located in Ikeja, Lagos State.
    Marda barracks, in Yaba. It is located right opposite Healthy Pulse pharmacy and supermarket, 346 Herbert Macaulay Street, Yaba, Lagos.
  • Ojo Barracks, also called Ojo Cantonment, is located in Tedi Village, Ojo in Lagos.
  • Tego barracks on Bonny Street, Badia in Lagos State. It is the intelligence arm of the Nigerian Army School.

Location of Army Barracks in Rivers state

Bori camp Ikwerre Road – Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Other Locations and Full List of Army Barracks in Nigeria

  • Dalet barracks (Nigerian Army 1 Division Headquarters) – Kawo, Kaduna State
  • Bukavu barracks – Kano State
    Kalapanzin barracks ( 312 Artillery Regiment,
  • Kaduna) – Kaduna State
    Ribadu Cantonment (Old Nigerian Defense Academy) – Kaduna State
  • Katsina barracks – Jibia road, Katsina State
  • Kotoko barracks – Kaduna State
  • Chindit barracks – Zaria, Kaduna State
  • Mokola Military barracks – Oyo State
  • Osun Army Barracks – Osun State
  • Letmauk – Home to the 4th Battalion in Mokola – Ibadan, Oyo State
  • Odogbo barracks (Odoko-Idogbo, Army Barracks) – Ibadan, Oyo State
  • Lafenwa barracks (Nyangoa barracks) – Abeokuta, Ogun State
  • Alamala barracks – Ogun State
  • Abakpa barracks – Enugu State
  • Awkunano barracks – Enugu State
  • 22 Armoured Brigade (Sobi barracks) – Ilorin, Kwara State
  • Rukuba barracks – Jos, Plateau State
    Keffi barracks (Shittu Alao barracks) – Jos-Abuja road, Keffi, Nassarawa State
  • Gado Nasko barracks (Lungi barracks) – Abuja
  • Yakubu Gowon barracks – Abuja
  • Sani Abacha barracks – Abuja
  • Camp Wu Bassey – Muritala way, next to Sheraton hotel, Abuja
  • Aguiyi-Ironsi Cantonment – Asokoro, Abuja
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  • Fort IBB barracks (former Fort Obasanjo) – Abuja
  • Mogadishu or Abacha barracks – Abuja
    Fort Nagwamatse barracks – Kantagora, Niger State
  • Artillery Brigade barracks (31 Artillery Brigade Minna Cantonment) – Minna, Niger State
  • Colito barracks – Kwara State.
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