Yakubu Gowon
General Yakubu Gowon is a former military ruler of Nigeria who led the country during the Civil War. He is often remembered for his efforts towards national unity and reconciliation, and his vision of a cohesive Nigeria remains influential in contemporary discussions about regional politics.
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Earlier, Gen Yakubu Gowon and President Shehu Shagari also had state visits to the UK and were hosted by the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Tinubu to make historic state visit to UK in March 2026
Nigeria· 2026-02-09
General Yakubu Gowon was a former Nigerian Head of State during the civil war.
Permanent tug-of-war? - Graphic Online
Ghana· 2025-07-25
Yakubu Gowon's name is celebrated at two universities.
Monuments, Yelwata, and a Kaduna IncidentNigeria· 2025-06-22
Gowon is a former Head of State of Nigeria whose remarks on the Civil War have been criticized as a distortion of history.
Gowon's Civil War Claims Called "False" by IPOBNigeria· 2025-06-09
Gen. Yakubu Gowon is the lone surviving witness to the bloc’s birth cry in May 1975.
Tinubu’s family meeting with three vacant seatsNigeria· 2025-06-01
Tinubu also honoured former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), the only surviving founder of ECOWAS.
Tinubu urges ECOWAS to empower youth, act nowNigeria· 2025-05-28
Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), who is expected to deliver a commemorative speech.
Tinubu to inaugurate Lagos-Calabar highway Section 1 SaturdayNigeria· 2025-05-27
Yakubu Gowon expressed optimism that Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso will return to ECOWAS following renewed diplomatic engagements.
Hope not lost on Niger, others’ return to ECOWAS – GowonNigeria· 2025-05-21
Obi spoke after attending the memorial lecture in honour of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, alongside former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Head of State Yakubu Gowon.
Telling the truth is not de-marketing Nigeria, Obi replies criticsNigeria· 2025-05-08
Yakubu Gowon is mentioned for his role in the Biafra famine.
Infamia | El Universal
Mexico· 2025-05-04
Kalu mentioned that Tinubu has fulfilled the promise made by the military regime of Yakubu Gowon.
Igbo'll give Tinubu over 70% -votes in 2027Nigeria· 2025-05-02
Gen. Yakubu Gowon ruled for nine years before Gen. Murtala Muhammed’s short-lived rule.
Baba-Ahmed back on the hustingsNigeria· 2025-05-01
Yakubu Gowon was the Head of State who urged oil companies to stop flaring associated gas in 1974.
Gas flaring: Much ado about 2030Nigeria· 2025-04-17
General Yakubu Gowon has commended the scheme’s managers for upholding the vision that led to its establishment over five decades ago.
NYSC faced strong student opposition at inception — GowonNigeria· 2025-03-25
Yakubu Gowon was the military head of state when ECOWAS was established.
ECOWAS must reinvent itself at 50Nigeria· 2025-03-24
Nigeria’s Head of State at the time of ECOWAS founding was General Yakubu Gowon.
Triumphs, trials, fight for regional unityNigeria· 2025-03-14
General Yakubu Gowon was in power during the early years of the barracks life described by Luka Binniyat.
Middle Belt lost more soldiers under IBB than in civil war – MBF spokesmanNigeria· 2025-03-02
General Yakubu Gowon praised Ibrahim Babangida at his book launch.
Ibrahim Babangida, crook and coward, confessesNigeria· 2025-03-02
Former military head of State of Nigeria, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, attended General Babangida's book launch.
A tale of two same-day book launches! Abuja and AccraGhana· 2025-02-28
Yakubu Gowon is mentioned in the context of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida's reflections on his family obligations and decisions during his military career.
Inside the book of a ‘born-again’ generalNigeria· 2025-02-28
Yakubu Gowon's failure to secure and protect the lives and property of the Igbos in the North forced Ojukwu to declare secession.
IBB has resuscitated the debate on the Nigerian Civil WarNigeria· 2025-02-24
Babangida argued that while the 'meteoric' revenue from crude oil under then-Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, funded massive infrastructure expansions, policies such as the Indigenisation Decree of 1972 inadvertently 'provided windfall gains' for a handful of influential individuals at the expense of non-oil sectors.
Babangida justifies $12.4bn Gulf oil windfall mismanagement despite Okigbo report – Punch NewspapersNigeria· 2025-02-24
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, was in attendance at the event.
Babangida’s book insightful journey on Nigeria’s political evolutionNigeria· 2025-02-22
Yakubu Gowon lauded Babangida’s rise from aide-de-camp to head of state.
Knocks as IBB regrets annulling MKO Abiola’s victory in 1993Nigeria· 2025-02-21
Yakubu Gowon lauded Babangida’s rise from aide-de-camp to head of state.
Babangida regrets annulling June 12 presidential electionNigeria· 2025-02-20
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has expressed gratitude to the ex-military president, Ibrahim Babangida, for restoring his rank and honour.
Thank you for restoring my rank, honour, Gowon tells IBBNigeria· 2025-02-20The Northern Nigerian vote for Tinubu is probably the glue that is helping to achieve former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon’s dream of keeping Nigeria one.
Northern elite versus President TinubuNigeria· 2025-02-19
