General Johnson Aguiyi – Ironsi was firm when he ordered Captain David Laisi Bamigboye to stick to  Beatrice Chinyere ...

Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi: Ihe ị maghị maka odogwu a nwụrụ kemgbe afọ 55. Nkọwa foto, Major Gen Aguiyi na Kachia ebe ndị agha mere mmemme n'afọ 1966 Ebe akụkọ a si.

The first military Head of State, Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, and the first military Governor of the defunct Western State, Lt.-Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi, were assassinated 53 years ...

W ith a barrage of decrees, Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi’s regime last week began clearing away the rubble of black Africa’s bloodiest military coup. “Firm, honest and disciplined ...

In the one-party pattern that pervades Africa these days, Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi, Nigeria’s strongman since last January’s bloody coup that toppled Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ...

Many still dismiss General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi as a tally clerk, lucky to be picked as Nigeria’s First indigenous Army Chief who subsequently became First military leader on a platter of gold.

In commemoration of the 50th memorial anniversary of the death of Nigeria’s first military head of state, Gen Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi, the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio- cultural organisation ...

Analysis - Decades after his death, Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi remains a much disputed and at times disparaged historical figure. Igboeli Arinze Napoleon writing from Abuja believes that ...

Ihe ị maghị maka Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi nwụrụ kemgbe afọ 55; E gburu Aguiyi-Ironsi n'afọ 1966 na nchụtu gọọmentị n'ike nke ndị agha si mpaghara Ugwu Naịjirịa mere.

In May 1966, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first Military Head of State—also known as Johnny Ironside for his exploits in a peacekeeping mission in the Congo—promulgated the ...

Echoes of the heroic and gallantry lives of late former Head of State, General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi and the then Governor of Western region Major General Adekunle Fajuyi reverberated on Tuesday ...

Thomas, a son of a former Nigerian Head of State, Maj. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, has commended Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State for turning the scene, where his father and a former Governor ...