Former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has said Nigeria would have been a better country if late President Umaru Yar’adua had completed his tenure. Gowon said Yar’Adua achieved significant milestones for Nigeria during his short stint in office. Speaking on Monday during a first President Umaru Musa Yar’adua international leadership conference and awards organised […]
Boko Haram major threat to Nigeria’s existence since Biafra Civil War – Gowon
Former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, says Boko Haram has been a major threat to Nigeria’s existence after the civil war. Gowon said Boko Haram had created a major problem in Nigeria. He spoke in Abuja yesterday during the launch of two books written by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Russia, Professor Abdullahi Y. Shehu. According […]
El-Rufai visits Gowon after meeting SDP leaders, amid speculations of plans to dump APC
A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has visited ex-military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon. El-Rufai visited Gowon at his residence in Abuja on Tuesday. The meeting is coming shortly after the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain met with leaders of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, for the second time. The second visit further […]
Nigeria-Biafra: Show evidence of your project in Southeast – Omirhobo challenges Gowon
A human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo, has challenged former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, retired, to show evidence of any Federal Government project his government established in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria after the Biafra civil war many years ago. Omirhobo said this in a post via his X account on Sunday. He […]
Biafra civil war: You’re a genocidist – IPOB fires back at Gowon
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday accused former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retired) of being a “genocidist.” IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, accused Gowon of leading the second bloodiest genocide after the Israeli Holocaust against Igbos. Powerful was reacting to Gowon’s latest comment on the Biafra civil war. After a meeting […]
Biafra civil war: Seek forgiveness, apologize to Igbos – Ohanaeze charges Gowon
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has charged former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) to seek forgiveness and apologize to Igbos over his latest remark on Biafra civil war. A chieftain of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who described Gowon’s remark as inflammatory, urged him to move for reconciliation. Isiguzoro said Gowon’s latest […]
Nigeria-Biafra War: Moment Gowon was ambushed to speak in Hausa (VIDEO)
A video currently circulating on the Internet has shown how former military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, was ambushed and asked to speak in Hausa when he wanted to talk about the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War. “Wait a minute, who told you I am going to do it in Hausa? Oh my goodness, look, for almost […]
Biafra war: Your comment disgraceful, shows lack of wisdom – Sam Amadi knocks Gowon
The director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Dr. Sam Amadi, has described the comment of former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, regarding the Biafra war as disgraceful. Amadi said the Biafra war prosecuted by Gown was needless and showed lack of wisdom. Posting on X, the sociopolitical analyst accused Gowon […]
Lift sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso, others – Gowon begs ECOWAS
Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has urged the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Authority of Heads of State and Government, to lift sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso, and the Niger Republic. Gowon, a founding father of ECOWAS, made the appeal in an open letter to the Heads of State and […]
Gowon urges ECOWAS to lift sanctions on Mali, B’Faso, Niger
Former Nigerian Head of State and one of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Yakubu Gowon, has advised the regional bloc group to lift sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso and the Niger Republic. Gowon appealed in an open letter to the heads of state and the ECOWAS member states […]