•General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), now and then Despite the explanations provided by former Head of State Yakubu Gowon in his memoir, ‘My Life of Duty & Allegiance’, on key events that defined his administration, several lingering questions remain unanswered. While the 859-page autobiography has generated widespread interest for its insider acco...
•General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) More than five decades after Nigeria’s civil war, the country’s oldest living former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has reopened conversation around one of the most contentious issues among the country’s military elite – the question of seniority between him and the late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Od...
•Gowon Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has reopened some of the deepest controversies of Nigeria’s Civil War, revealing how the late sage, Chief Olusegun Awolowo stepped in to save late military ruler, Gen. Murtala Mohammed. Also, he revealed that he never wanted late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, captured or k...

