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

Whatever anyone may say about the memoir, titled A Journey in Service: An Autobiography, the truth is that General Babangida has enriched Nigerian history by making significant contributions to the ...

Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, and other Igbo officers in the retaliatory coup of July 1966, said it was not a coup but a military change in leadership, yet he perpetrated the military indiscipline ...

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 ...

Conrad Nwawo was flown from London to complete the job. In Lagos, Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi neutralised the mutiny. In another part of the Western Region, Maj. John Obienu, went after the plotters.

For Nigeria, Congo is not too far. Our troops have always been involved in Peace Missions. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi became the first African to command UN troops in 1964. All former military rulers, ...

Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. “In an early morning broadcast from Enugu, Ojukwu rejected Gowon’s emergence as Head of State, insisting that in the absence of Aguiyi-Ironsi, the most senior Nigerian ...