- Dan-Yumma "Jack"
Gowon GCFR (born 19
October 1934) is a
retired Nigerian army
general and
military leader. As head of
state of Nigeria,
Gowon presided over...
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Gowon or Go Won may
refer to:
Yakubu Gowon (born 1934), head of the
Federal Military Government of
Nigeria 1966-1975
Kowon County,
North Korea "Go Won"...
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Victoria Hansatu Gowon (born 22
August 1946) is a
Nigerian nurse and the
third first lady of Nigeria. She is
married to
General Yakubu Gowon who was Nigerian...
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Yusuf Gowon (born
Yusuf Mogi; 1936 – 2
February 2024) was a
Ugandan military officer who
served as
chief of
staff for the
Uganda Army
during the dictatorship...
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General Yakubu Gowon ****umed
power on 1
August 1966 in a coup that
deposed General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. In May 1967 he
reorganized the four regions...
- Aguiyi-Ironsi
desperately tried to
contact his Army
Chief of Staff,
Yakubu Gowon, but he was unreachable. In the
early hours of the morning, the Government...
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Yakubu Gowon Airport (IATA: JOS, ICAO: DNJO), also
known as Jos Airport, is an
airport serving Jos, the
capital of the
Plateau State of Nigeria. It was...
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Faith Academy,
Egbeda is a
private Christian secondary school located in
Gowon Estate, Egbeda, Nigeria. It was
founded in 2010 by
Living Faith Church Worldwide...
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Yakubu Gowon Stadium (formerly
Liberation Stadium) is a multi-purpose
stadium in the
Elekahia suburb of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It is
currently used mostly...
- head of state.
Murtala Muhammed served 199 days in the position.
Yakubu Gowon served the
longest continuous period of
almost nine
years before being deposed...
