It is not in doubt that Nigeria’s first military coup d’état, executed in the early hours of January 15, 1966, remains one of the most controversial and misunderstood events in the nation’s history.
In the early hours of the morning of January 15th 1966 a coup d’etat took place in Nigeria which resulted in the murder of a number of leading political figures and senior army officers. This was the ...
General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former military head of state from 1966 to 1975, who presided over the then young nation at ...
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