Yakubu Gowon
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Yakubu Dan'juma "Jack" Gowon is a Nigerian general and statesman who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975.
Gowon in 1970
As a soldier
Gowon in 2007
Murtala Muhammed
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Murtala Ramat Muhammed was a Nigerian military officer and the fourth head of state of Nigeria. He led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the military regime of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and f
Yakubu Gowon
…for the longest continuous period as head of state of Nigeria, ruling for almost nine years until his overthrow in the coup d'état of 1975 by Brigadier Murtala Mohammed. Gowon is an Ngas (Angas) from Lur, a small village in the present Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State. His parents, Nde Yohanna and Matwok…
Murtala Mohammed
Car in which Murtala Muhammed was assassinated
State car in which General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated