Grannie Ngwo Elizabeth Pam flew to Enugu in search of Major Humphrey Chukwuka, the man who led her husband, Col. James Yakubu ...

The retreat, themed “Building the New Abia State University of Our Dream Through Excellence and Service: The Governing Council Approach,” took place at the Aguiyi Ironsi Conference Center, Umuahia, ...

Gowon became a rallying point for the officers who executed the counter-coup that ousted Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi as the most senior military officer from the North. His Middle Belt ...

If Ojukwu, who claimed to have foiled the coup in Kaduna while Aguiyi Ironsi foiled it in Lagos, were in possession of such privileged information, what stopped the duo from releasing Awo from an ...

He said that Governor Otti’s achievements so far could be seen in the restoration and upgrade of long-abandoned public infrastructure across the State, such as Aguiyi Ironsi Boulevard in Umuahia; Port ...

Allende, a trained medical doctor, or Babangida, who entered the army straight from secondary school? Lieutenant Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi’s ultimate sacrifice for Major General JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi during ...

The next day, on July 29, the actual countercoup took place as Northern officers killed the head of state, General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, and the military governor of Western Region ...

Who halted the 1966 coup? General Aguiyi Ironsi in Lagos an Igbo, Lt- Col Emeka Ojukwu in Kano an Igbo, Igbos halted the coup, how can it be an Igbo coup halted by Igbos, something odd about that’ ...

Certainly not an Igbo coup. “A lot of things have been said about this. Who actually halted the coup? Aguiyi Ironsi in Lagos, an Igbo; Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in Kano, an Igbo. The Igbos halted the coup ...