Apply: NDA Opens Online Admission Portal, Invites Nigerian Youths to Join the Army

• The Nigerian Defence Academy has begun online applications for the 78 Regular Course with the portal opening on 28 November 2025
• The Academy required applicants to obtain an Order ID and RRR Code before completing the N7,000 REMITA payment.
• NDA urged candidates to strictly follow the portal instructions and warned that only payments generated through its system were accepted

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The Nigerian Defence Academy has announced the commencement of online applications for its 78 Regular Course.

According to an official notice signed by the Academy Registrar, the application portal will open on Friday, November 28 and will run until April 30 next year.

The academy stated that the exercise is open to eligible male and female Nigerians who meet the required criteria for admission into the prestigious institution.

Application portal and payment procedure

Applicants are required to log on to www.ndapplications.net where they are to select the “Purchase Access Code” option and fill in the necessary details. The official circular explained that candidates must obtain an Order ID and a Remita Retrieval Reference Code before proceeding with payment.

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The notice stated that the application fee is N7,000 and must be paid strictly through REMITA using the RRR Code generated on the portal. Payments made outside this approved process will not be accepted.

Portal guidelines and important notice

Prospective candidates are urged to carefully read all instructions provided on the portal. The Academy noted that adherence to the outlined steps is essential during the purchase of the access code and the completion of the online form.

“Please NOTE that only payment against RRR Codes generated via the application portal would be accepted. Visit the link for more details. Please read carefully and follow the instructions,” the Registrar stated in the notice.

Tinubu orders expansion of security force

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that in the wake of recent bandit attacks across the nation, President Bola Tinubu had ordered the Nigerian police force and the army to begin massive recruitment and bring in thousands of youths to increase and bolster the nation's security and defence.

Tinubu also declared a nationwide emergency on security after Nigeria experienced a tumultuous ten days of heightened insecurity.

The recent wave of attacks began with the abduction of six senior directors from the Ministry of Defence along the Kogi axis on November 11. Four days later, a Brigadier General was killed in what he described as a chilling sign of the danger facing even highly ranked personnel.

The cycle worsened on November 16 when 64 civilians, including women and children, were taken in Zamfara. The following day, 25 schoolgirls were abducted in Kebbi and their Vice Principal was murdered.

There was also an attack on worshippers in Kwara on November 18, where lives were lost, and 38 people were taken away.

On November 21, more than 300 children and 12 teachers were abducted in Niger state, and some soldiers sent to rescue the abducted kids were ambushed by bandits whose style of operation appeared to indicate they had an advanced knowledge of the Nigerian military operation.

APC chieftain killed in cold blood

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a senior member of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara state, Honourable Umar Sarkin Fada Moriki, was shot dead by unknown assailants in the early hours of Saturday, November 1.

He was attacked near Fegi village, close to Gidan Dawa in Tsafe Local Government Area, while travelling from Gusau to Kaduna.