General Yakubu Gowon

Yakubu Gowon during his leadership Naij
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Fifty years of Gowon’s overthrow

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975.  Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m.

by Eric Teniola

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