Yakubu Gowon

Gowon says the controversial £20 post-war payment was a collective Federal Executive Council decision, not Awolowo's personal policy. Former Head of State insists Igbos and other Nigerians with verified pre-war bank deposits recovered their full savings with accrued...

June 01 (THEWILL) — For one to fully comprehend and recall the extent Gen Yakubu Gowon has reached in his brutal propaganda as well as mindless physical and structural attacks on both Gen Odumegwu Ojukwu and the entire Igbo...

December 17, (THEWILL) – Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria (ATPN), Kabir M. Malan, has commended the renaming of the University of Abuja after former Military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu...

December 16, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has approved the renaming of the University of Abuja to Gen Yakubu Gowon University. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced the decision on Monday after the Federal Executive Council meeting...

November 04, (THEWILL) – Nigeria as a nation famously obtained independence on October 1st, 1960, and attained a republican status three years after in 1963, the foundation for future economic policies targeted at encouraging local content and ownership...

October 28, (THEWILL) – Nigeria's second military head of state and the third executive leader, General Yakubu Gowon (retd) clocked 90 last week. He marked this milestone with a grand celebration and most Nigerians, particularly the elite class, felicitated...

October 27, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s former military head of state Mr Yakubu Gowon recently marked his 90th birthday anniversary. Expectedly, many Nigerians felicitated him on the landmark occasion. Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections,...

February 25, (THEWILL) - Ohanaeze Ndigbo has faulted the comments made by the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon concerning the Biafra War, describing it as hurtful and insensitive to the psyche of Igbo people. Mazi Okechukwu...

January 21, (THEWILL) - Magnus Onyibe, a former commissioner in Delta State (2003-2007), media columnist and democracy advocate, has released a book titled, "LEADING FROM THE STREETS. MEDIA INTERVENTIONS BY A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL (1999-2019)". The book is a compilation...

January 16, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, General Yakubu Gowon, former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other dignitaries, on Tuesday, graced the book launch in honour of former President, Muhammadu...