executive protection training program
Protection isn’t about presence. It’s about judgment under pressure. The T.G.Corps Executive Protection Training Program prepares individuals to safeguard lives when mistakes carry permanent consequences.
Whether you’re entering protective security or refining proven skills, this program is about protecting what matters most. Every decision in the field reaches beyond the mission, to your family and the people placed in your care.
Training is practical, scenario-driven, and built around real threat environments. Participants develop competence in risk assessment, movement coordination, close protection tactics, and crisis response. The focus is performance, not theory.
This program sets the standard for professionals who understand that executive protection is a responsibility, not a title. Graduates leave prepared to operate with discipline, restraint, and accountability when it matters most.
program entry
requirements and advancement
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Program Requirements
Mental Readiness
Participants must demonstrate emotional control, sound judgment, and the ability to operate under pressure. Discipline and situational awareness are mandatory.
Physical Readiness
Applicants must be physically fit and capable of sustained movement, controlled exertion, and prolonged standing. Training includes physically demanding drills.
Medical Readiness
Participants must be medically fit for intensive training. Any existing medical conditions must be disclosed prior to enrollment.
minimum age requirements
21 years
level requirements
Level 2: Intermediate Executive Protection
Pre-requisite: Level 1 – Foundation Executive Protection
Level 3: High-Threat Executive Protection
Pre-requisite: Level 1 – Foundation Executive Protection and Level 2 – Intermediate Executive Protection
additional requirements for level 2 & level 3
Valid means of identification (NIN, International Passport, or Voter’s Card)
Valid driver’s license
level 1
foundation executive protection
- Duration: 10 days
- Focus:Corporate/VIP safety, travel protection, movement coordination, and basic EP operations.
- Weapons: Theory only. No live fire.
- Hand-to-Hand & Self-Defense: Daily training included.
Program goals
- Build basic Executive Protection competence.
- Introduce industry-standard EP principles adapted to Nigerian realities.
- Equip trainees with enough skill to support low-medium threat movements.
- Shape disciplined, dependable, professional protection personnel.
- Develop survival-focused hand-to-hand capability for real-world encounters.
NGN 1,000,000
level 2
INTERMEDIATE EXECUTIVE PROTECTION
- Duration: 14 days
- Focus: Advance work, planning, intelligence, and surveillance detection.
- Weapons: Theory only.
- Hand-to-Hand & Self-Defense: Daily training included.
- Pre-requisite: Level 1.
Program goals
- Elevate trainees into functional EP team members.
- Teach deeper reconnaissance and protective intelligence.
- Strengthen physical control, compliance, and defensive skills.
- Prepare them for medium-threat Nigerian environments.
NGN 2,000,000
level 3
high-threat executive protection
- Duration: 21 days
- Focus: High-threat environments, convoy operations, tactical medicine, evasive driving, and controlled live-fire.
- Weapons: Live-fire included.
- Hand-to-Hand & Self-Defense: Daily combat-focused training included.
- Pre-requisite: Level 1 and Level 2
Program goals
- Prepare personnel for high-risk environments.
- Introduce safe tactical components without exposing Guardian-only Doctrine.
- Build fight-to-extract capability under high pressure.
NGN 5,000,000
level 4
CERTIFIED EXECUTIVE PROTECTION AGENT(CEPA) PROGRAM
Description
Level 4 (CEPA) is the full professional track, combining:
- Level 1: Foundation Executive Protection
- Level 2: Intermediate Executive Protection
- Level 3: High-Threat Executive Protection
Graduates earn the highest certification offered to external trainees
CEPA Benefits
- The Guardian Academy Badge
- CEPA Certificate
- Bulletproof vest
- Bulletproof plate
- Tactical helmet
- Employment opportunity with The Guardian Corps (T.G.Corps)
- Eligibility to participate in the Guardian Protective Service (GPS)
THE GUARDIAN PROTECTIVE SERVICE (GPS)
Elite Division – Invitation Only for CEPA Graduates
The Guardian Protective Service represents the highest echelon protection and intelligence capability within T.G.Corps — similar to a private-sector “Secret Service”.
GPS Officers are trained for:
- Intelligence integration
- Counter-surveillance
- Foreign protection protocol
- Crisis response
- Protective mission planning at a strategic level
Only the most disciplined and exceptional CEPA graduates are selected
PROGRAM COMPLETION STANDARD
Graduates must:
- Pass written exams
- Pass EP and H2H performance drills
- Demonstrate professionalism
- Meet safety standards
- Complete all scenarios
Failure in ethics or safety results in automatic disqualification.
NGN 6,800,000