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...

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...

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...

loyal forces. The General Officer Commanding the Nigerian Army, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, was falsely accused of having been compelled to take control of...

1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the military regime of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and featured prominently during the Nigerian Civil War and thereafter...

1963. On 16 January 1966 a military coup brought Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi to power, terminating the first period of democratic rule. During...

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...

military Head of State General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and Lt Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi (who was hosting a visiting Aguiyi-Ironsi) in Ibadan by disgruntled northern...

the plotters' hit list. The subsequent failure by Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (who was the head of state following the January 1966 coup-with...

imprisoned by the Army general officer commanding Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. Aguiyi-Ironsi was named Military Head of State. In July 1966, a group of...

NFL draft. Paul is the grandson of the former Nigerian president Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and the older brother of NFL offensive tackle Patrick Paul. He has...

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...

is list of Nigerian Region Military Governors (1966–67). General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi took power after a military coup on 16 January 1966, and was deposed...

served 46 days as governor-general immediately after independence. Aguiyi-Ironsi served 194 days in the office, the shortest for a permanent head of...

and imprisoned after two days. A new government was formed, and Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi became Head of State. However, six months later, a counter-coup...

Nigeria." The CPN was banned by Decree 34 of the regime of General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi in 1966. Nigerian Communist Party "Chapter three : Marxism during...

of the country so that his life could be spared. Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi took control as the first Head of the Federal Military Government...

Headquarters from January 1966 to August 1966 during Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi's military regime. He was Nigerian High Commissioner to the United...

Nigeria. The NCP was banned by Decree 34 of the regime of General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi in 1966. Komolafe, Kayode (11 December 2002). "New Parties: After...

who at the age of 31, assumed office after the assassination of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi during the July 1966 counter-coup. The youngest civilian head of...

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, Thomas...

next day Acting President Orizu handed over power to Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. Kayode Oyediran & Adetowo Aderemi 2015. Falola 2004, p. 49. Okafor...

posted to the Nigeria Regiment's 1st Battalion in Enugu where Major Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was the second-in-command under a British officer. He was later...

General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and first military Governor of the former Western Region Lt Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi (who was hosting Aguiyi-Ironsi at his...

Operations in Congo. In the January 1966 coup that brought Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi to power, the mainly northern Ibadan-based 4th battalion lost its...

Wachuku Janet Akinrinade Jibrin Ndagi Baba Joe Acha John Bonzena Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi Joseph Wayas Joy Emodi Julius Abure K. O. Mbadiwe Kande Balarabe...

grasping politicians, it is an unwise policy. I have contacted General Aguiyi-Ironsi, General Officer Commanding the Nigerian armed forces, who I understand...

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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reported to General Officer Commanding Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi at 2nd Battalion headquarters in Ikeja; Aguiyi-Ironsi — who had narrowly escaped several putschist...