Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has described the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) as one of the leading...

The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, and Chairman...

The remains Gen. David Ejoor, a former military administrator of the defunct Midwest Region and one-time Chief of Staff, Nigeria Army, were committed to mother earth yesterday in his hometown, Ovwor-Olomu, in Ughelli South Council of Delta State, amid tears, but not devoid of a mild drama.

The remains of Gen. David Ejoor, former Military Administrator of Mid-west region and Chief of Staff Nigeria Army, was committed to mother Earth yesterday in his home town, Ovwor-Olomu, in Ughelli South council, Delta State, amid tears, but not devoid of a mild drama. Midway into the interment oration, however, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former Nigerian…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), which was initiated in 1973 by the then Nigeria Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon, is a compulsory one-year civic responsibility to the Nation.

Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, yesterday said his administration had planned to build five export-oriented refineries to prevent dependence on other countries for refined products.

What today is called Imo State was a large farmstead within the geographical circuit of the defunct Eastern Region that was split into three states by the Yakubu Gowon military government at the onset of the Nigerian civil war in 1967.

Igeria will hold its sixth presidential election since 1999 on 16 February, with 84 million prospective voters set to take part in Africa’s largest democratic exercise.

Development Economist, and former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in charge of Economic Policy, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, is opposed to the Federal Government’s plan to privatise the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited located in Kogi State. Mailafia, a career banker and international development specialist with over 25 years told Assistant Business Editor MATHIAS OKWE…

Even as we lament the state of political anomie in the land today, it is still relevant to remember somebody’s dream, which came through 43 years ago. Although some researchers have been claiming that the Abuja dream actually began with the General Yakubu Gowon administration.....

If I were a president or political leader, one of my prayers to God would be: may I never receive a public letter from Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, ex military Head of State, ex-president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and world-President-at-Large! His letters to leaders are often guided missiles, much like the famed ‘ogbunigwe’ of…

In what could be described as collapse of espirit de corps, reactions has continued to trail former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s points of disagreement with President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Reacting to the seeming war of generals, Chief Olabode George, a retired commodore in the Nigerian Navy and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has backed…