The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has strongly faulted recent comments by former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), who claimed that the...
The Senator representing Anambra Central, Victor Umeh, has accused the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, of lying about the Nigerian Civil War during a...
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has attributed the collapse of the Aburi Accord to a fundamental disagreement between the federal government and the...
A former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has submitted that Nigeria has made considerable progress despite many challenges that have plagued its existence....
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has revealed that he had no foreknowledge of the July 1966 counter-coup, which led to the assassination of...
Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has opened up on the extraordinary burden of leading a fractured country at the age of 31,...
Former military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has disclosed that the Biafra Civil War was never his choice. Naija News reports that Gowon presided over Nigeria’s...
Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Wednesday, called for the permanent closure of the era of military rule in Nigeria, emphasising that, despite the imperfections...
Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described Nigeria as a “crime scene,” lamenting that the sacrifices of past leaders like former military head of...
Former Head of State and founder of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), General Yakubu Gowon, has lauded the scheme’s administrators for preserving its original vision...
Senator Victor Umeh has demanded an apology from former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, for mistreating Ndigbo during his administration. Naija News reports that the...
Former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Rtd, has stated that he is happy to have witnessed his colleague, General Ibrahim Babangida’s professional and political...
Former military head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has revealed that a soothsayer predicted in 1952 that Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) would one day become Nigeria’s head of...
Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has expressed deep appreciation to ex-military president Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) for his support and contributions to Nigeria’s development. Gowon...
A former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, is spearheading efforts to forge an alliance between northern elites and southern political heavyweights ahead of the 2027...
In a move that sparked debate, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) decided on Monday to rename the University of Abuja in recognition of General Yakubu Gowon’s...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the renaming of the University of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon University. The change of name, which was made public on Monday...
Dr Josef Onoh, the brother-in-law to the late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has refuted claims by former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, that the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has responded to a revelation by former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), that he pleaded with the late General Sani...
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has recounted how he pleaded with the late Gen. Sani Abacha not to execute former President, Olusegun Obasanjo for...