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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 Head of State from 1966 to 1975. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi (1923–2021) [1] 16 January 1966 29 July 1966 Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi: 3 Victoria Gowon (1946–) [1] 1 August 1966 29 July 1975 Yakubu Gowon: 4 Ajoke Muhammed [1] (1941–) 29 July 1975 13 February 1976 Murtala Mohammed: 5 Esther Oluremi Obasanjo [1] (1941–) 13 February 1976 1 October 1979 Olusegun Obasanjo: 6
The 1975 Nigerian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in Nigeria on 29 July 1975 [1] [2] when a faction of junior Armed Forces officers overthrew General Yakubu Gowon (who himself took power in the 1966 counter-coup). Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba announced the coup in a broadcast on Radio Nigeria (which became FRCN in ...
This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow a country's government. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days.
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Yakubu Gowon: Head of Federal Military Government (1966-1975) Murtala Mohammed: Head of State (1975–76) Rear-Admiral Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey: Chief of Naval Staff (1964 –1973), Chief of Staff of the Supreme Headquarters (1973–75) Nelson Bossman Soroh: Chief of Naval Staff (1973–1975) Michael Ayinde Adelanwa: Chief of Naval Staff (1975 ...
Queen Victoria on a Southern Nigeria Protectorate 1 shilling stamp of 1901. ... Yakubu Gowon (1969) Jaja of Opobo (1964) John F. Kennedy (1964) Christian J. Kiewiet ...
Yakubu Dan-Yumma "Jack" Gowon [1] GCFR (born 19 October 1934) is a Nigerian former Head of State and statesman who led the Federal military government war efforts during the Nigerian Civil War. [ 2 ] Gowon delivered the famous "no victor, no vanquished" speech at the war's end to promote healing and reconciliation. [ 3 ]