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Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi GCFR MVO MBE (3
March 1924 – 29 July 1966) was a
Nigerian general who was the
first military head of
state of Nigeria...
- from 16
January 1966 to 29 July 1966. She was the
widow of
General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi who was the
first Nigerian military head of state, he was killed...
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Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi (born c. 1953) is a
career diplomat who was
appointed by
President Obasanjo to
serve as a
technocrat minister.He held the position...
- NFL draft. He is the
grandson of the
former Nigerian president Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and the
younger brother of NFL
offensive guard Chris Paul. Paul was...
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loyalist forces. The
General Officer Commanding the
Nigerian Army,
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, was
falsely accused of
having been
compelled to take
control of...
- Nigeria’s
civilian government in the 1966
Nigerian coup d'état.
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi,
another Igbo,
became the new
Nigerian head of state, and he appointed...
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January 1966 coup,
which brought Major-General
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi to power.
Three days
after Aguiyi-Ironsi came to power,
Banjo was
summoned to the office...
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Gowon ****umed
power on 1
August 1966 in a coup that
deposed General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. In May 1967 he
reorganized the four
regions in
twelve states, appointing...
- and
General Aguiyi-Ironsi, was
further fuelled by the fact that
Aguiyi-Ironsi was of Igbo
ethnic stock.
Forty years after his murder,
Aguiyi-Ironsi's son...
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General Ibrahim Babangida General Abdulsalami Abubakar Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was made the Head of the
Federal Military Government of Nigeria,...
