The Chief of Defence Transformation and Innovation (CDTI), AVM Hassan Alhaji, has called for a stricter, merit-based admission process into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). He said the NDA had introduced new training programmes, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operations, Amphibious Warfare, and Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency courses. The commandant added that the academy had incorporated combat estimates into the cadets’ curriculum in partnership with the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji. Earlier, the Director of Military Training, Brig.-Gen. A.M. Tukur, presented an overview of the academy’s military training activities.