GOWON, YAKUBU

yäkooˈboo gôˈwŏn, 1934–, Nigerian head of state. After entering the Nigerian army in 1954, he advanced (1966) to battalion commander. After Nigeria's second bloody coup in 1966, he was appointed commander in chief of the armed forces and head of the military government. The army put down (1967–70) the secessionist Biafran government of General Ojukwu independent of Gowon, but he led Nigerian reconciliation through his personal influence, becoming a major African leader by 1975. While out of the country in 1975, he was overthrown and began a life of exile in England.

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books on: Gowon Yakubu  - 89 results

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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996
Book by John E. Jessup; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Conflict Management--History--20th Century--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Dictionaries, Political Violence--History--20th Century--Dictionaries
Gowon, Yakubu. On 29 July 1966, the second coup in six months occurred in Nigeria...Muslim Hausa tribesmen who led the military revolt. A Hausa colonel, Yakubu Gowon was installed as president and began a long reign of terror against the...
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The History of Nigeria
Book by Toyin Falola; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Nigeria--History
...until his release in 1966 by the Gowon administration. He became the most...in Europe and the United States. Gowon, Yakubu 1934- , born in the Pankshin division...businessman. After his overthrow, Gowon went into exile in Britain where...
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A Dictionary of Political Biography
Book by Dennis Kavanagh; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Heads Of State--Biography--Dictionaries, Statesmen--Biography--Dictionaries
...pneumonia in Moscow attending Stalins funeral, and died. Gowon, Yakubu b. Lur, Nigeria, 19 Oct. 1934 Nigerian; head of...1966-75 A member of the small Angas ethnic group, Gowon is both a northerner and a Christian, a combination...
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This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria
Book by Karl Maier; PublicAffairs, 2000
Subjects: Nigeria--Politics And Government--1993-
...Abacha to Obasanjo civilian , overview of events, 3 -6 Gowon, 52 -54 Ironsi, 51 -54 Mohammed, 56 -57 Obasanjo...Shonekan, 17 , 72 , 102 -103 Tafawa Balewa, 11 -13, 51 Gowon, Yakubu, 13 , 50 , 52 -54, 84 -85, 270 , 284 -285 Greenpeace...
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Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Roles and Strategies of Non-Governmental Organizations
Book by Claude E. Welch Jr.; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995
Subjects: Civil Rights--Africa, Human Rights--Africa, Non-Governmental Organizations--Africa
...295 Germany, 17, 278, 279 Geschieri, Peter, 128 Ghana, 62 , 96, 100, 124 , 203 Gittleman, Richard, 148 Gowon, Yakubu, 21 Gueye, Lamine, 29 Guinea, 100, 258 Guinee-Bissau, 128 , 129 Guirab, Theo-Ben, 193 Guisse, Ibrahima...
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journal articles on: Gowon Yakubu  - 20 results

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Nigeria's Transition from Military to Civilian Rule: an Overview
Journal article by B. I. C Ijomah; Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 28, 2000
Subjects: Civilians, Democracy, Governmental reform, Leadership, Militarism, Nigeria
...observations about General Yakubu Gowon are in order. General...himself in mind, General Gowon proposed an executive...stability, while General Yakubu Danjuma and General Bissalla...speculations went on, General Gowon shocked everybody with...
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Government Size, Political Freedom and Economic Growth in Nigeria, 1960-2000
Journal article by James S. Guseh, Emmanuel Oritsejafor; Journal of Third World Studies, Vol. 24, 2007
Subjects: Economic development--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--Nigeria, Nigeria--Economic aspects, Nigeria--Political aspects, Political systems--Analysis
...understanding that Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowon, the Army Chief of staff and the...of State after the war, General Yakubu Gowon, promised on October 1, 1970...military coup that ousted General Yakubu Gowon. Mohammed promised to return Nigeria...
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Nigeria's Nationalization of British Petroleum
Journal article by Ann Genova; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 43, 2010
Subjects: Nationalism, Nationalization, Political leadership, Politics, Scholars, United Kingdom
...regimes: the first under General Yakubu Gowon (1966-1975) and the second under...Development Plan (1970-1974), Gowon put forth an innovative program for...of segmented schedules. True to Gowon s governance style, he sought indirect...
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Approaches to Nation Building in Post-colonial Nigeria
Journal article by Abu Bakarr Bah; Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 32, 2004
Subjects: Democracy, Government, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Nigeria
...shortcomings, the governments of Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Mohammed/Olusegun Obasanjo...approach to nation building. In 1967, Gowon tried to create a more balanced federal...Because of the inclusive nature of the Gowon and Mohammed/Obasanjo governments...
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Yabis: a Phenomenon in the Contemporary Nigerian Music
Journal article by Michael Olatunji; The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online), Vol. 1, 2007
...ruthless from the Supreme Military Council of Generals Yakubu Gowon, Obasanjo, and Buhari/Idiagbon governments. The...conventional human rights policy prevalent during the Yakubu Gowon-led Nigerian Military Government, Fela had a bitter...
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The Legacy of Yohanna Gowon
Magazine article by Musa A. B Gaiya; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 31, April 2007
Subjects: Christianity, Christians, Learning, Missionaries, Religion, Religious conversion, Religious missions
...Anglican Church in Tuwan Gowon saw and fell in love...between 1940 and 1948.12 Gowon and Kuryan were married...dead), Rachel, Mary, Yakubu, Daniel, BaIa (also...army. One of them, Yakubu, rose to become the...This event deeply shook Gowon. He saw the fragility...
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Nigeria: The Power Behind the Throne (Part 2); Ola Sheyin Continues with the Countdown to Nigeria's General Elections in April, by Looking at the Power Equation in the Country and Why the Same People Keep Coming Up Election after Election
Magazine article by Ola Sheyin; New African, March 2007
Subjects: Elections--Political aspects, Nigeria--Political aspects
...tribunal headed by the then Lt-Col Yakubu Gowon, was set up to investigate its planning...and questioning. In retrospect, Gowon, who succeeded Ironsi, might probably...he came to power later in 1966. Gowon would also entrust to Awolowo the...
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African Union in Danger of Being Stillborn
Magazine article by Baffour Ankomah; New African, June 2002
Subjects: Africa--Political aspects, Economic development--Planning, Economic policy--Africa, Monetary policy--Africa
...see box on p22) chaired by Gen Yakubu Gowon, the former Nigerian military...Nigerian military leader, Gen Yakubu Gowon. And what a fantastic group they...Those who did included: Gen Gowon (Nigeria), Babacar NDiaye...
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Nigeria: The Power Behind the Throne; in This, Part One of Our Countdown to Nigeria's General Elections in April, Our Associate Editor, Ola Sheyin, a Nigerian Himself, Looks at the Power Equation in Nigeria and Why the Same People Keep Coming Up Election after Election
Magazine article by Ola Sheyin; New African, February 2007
Subjects: Nigeria--Economic aspects, Nigeria--Political aspects, Nigeria--Social aspects, Obasanjo, Olusegun--Evaluation, Obasanjo, Olusegun--Political activity, Politicians--Evaluation, Politicians--Political activity
...Musa YarAdua, Murtala Muhamed, Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida and Muhamadu...Ojukwus advice. Instead, Lt-Col Yakubu Gowon, a Northerner and the then chief...close, in a peace accord. But Gowon, implementing a move designed...
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Container Matters
Magazine article by Melford Ita; African Business, April 2007
Subjects: Container ports--Economic aspects, Container ports--Political aspects, Economic development--Nigeria, Economic development--Planning, Plateau, Nigeria--Economic aspects, Port construction--Planning, Ports--Economic aspects, Ports--Political aspects
...Chairman of the occasion, former Head of State Dr Yakubu Gowon urged the people to take full advantage of the opportunities...at which time Nigeria under the leadership of General Yakubu Gowon was divided into twelve States. The second State creation...
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newspaper articles on: Gowon Yakubu  - 6 results

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The Superspy VS the General; Confident: General Yakubu Gowon Secret Weapon: Sir Sean Connery as 007
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 9, 2007
Subjects: Commonwealth games--2014 AD
The Superspy VS the General; Confident: General Yakubu Gowon Secret Weapon: Sir Sean Connery as 007. Byline: Graham...James Bond star Sir Sean Connery and African General Yakubu Gowon haveemerged as unlikely rivals in the battle to host...
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GENERAL ELECTION; COMMONWEALTH GAMES D-DAY.. Former Dictator Predicts Nigerian Victory
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), November 9, 2007
Subjects: Commonwealth games--2014 AD, Salmond, Alex
...2014 Commonwealth Games. General Yakubu Gowon bragged: "The answer is no, so...and, remember, Im a general." Gowon, who is fronting the bid for Abuja...cocky Nigerians, led by General Gowon, claimed the contest was already...
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Scots Celebrate Games Triumph ; Jubilant: Glasgow's Fruitmarket Erupts, Right, While Athlete Liz McColgan, Top, First Minister Alex Salmond in Sri Lanka, Centre, Glasgow Youngsters, below Left, and Jack McConnell and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Celebrate
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 10, 2007
Subjects: Commonwealth games--2014 AD
...Abujan bid, led by Nigerias former military ruler General Yakubu Gowon,had been criticised by Commonwealth officials for a...compete for Scotland onScottish soil. The defeated General Gowon said: Weve given our reasons why the Games shouldcome...
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Athletics Chiefs' Safety Fears in Race for Games; Hopeful: Bowler Kay Moran and Gymnast Steven Frew at Glasgow Airport
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 6, 2007
Subjects: Airports, Commonwealth games--2014 AD
...Federation will decide thewinner in Colombo on Friday. Abujas bid team, led by Nigerias former military ruler General Yakubu Gowon,is hoping to bring the prestigious event to Africa for the first time in itshistory. But official advice for British...
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Opposition Leader Sees Abubakar as No Different Than Tyrants before Him
Newspaper article by Gus Constantine; The Washington Times, July 16, 1998
Subjects: Abubakar, Abdulsalam
...military rule in Nigeria? Answer: Since 1969, when I was placed in detention by the military government of Gen. Yakubu Gowon for more than one year and a half. Q: Apparently the international community considers Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar a...
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encyclopedia articles on: Gowon Yakubu  - 2 results

 
 
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Gowon, Yakubu
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GOWON, YAKUBU yakoo boo go won, 1934 , Nigerian head of state. After entering the Nigerian...the secessionist Biafran government of General Ojukwu independent of Gowon, but he led Nigerian reconciliation through his personal influence, becoming...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...was killed) and placed Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon at the head of a new military regime...living in the north were massacred. Gowon attempted to start Nigeria along...region an independent republic. Gowon proclaimed a state of emergency...


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