Former Nigeria’s Head of state and elder statesman, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has explained why he championed the creation of 12 states in Nigeria while he was in office as head of state. Gowon ...

President Bola Tinubu, former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former ...

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has appealed to the National Assembly to ensure the speedy passage of legislation required to formalize the renaming of the University of Abuja after former Head of ...

The eleventh Governing Council of the University of Abuja (now Yakubu Gowon University), under the chairmanship of Senator ...

Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has declared that military governance has no future in Nigeria, urging the country to deepen its democratic culture despite its ...

Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has described the Biafra civil war as the most painful chapter in Nigeria’s history, while also acknowledging the damaging impact of prolonged ...

On Saturday, which is 48 hours from now, General Yakubu Gowon will be 90. Gowon’s life is one to learn from. At the young age of 32 in 1966, he became head of state. At 41, nine years later, he was ...

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed gratitude to former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, for his efforts in pleading with the late General Sani Abacha not to execute him. Gowon, at ...

Babangida recently released his memoir, in which he documented his version of what truly transpired in the infamous 1966 bloody coup. It's time to write your own book, reveal truth about 1966 coup - ...

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passing of Major General Abdullahi Mohammed (retd.), a towering figure in Nigeria’s ...