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...

Defence. He is the son of former military leader Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, and was the ambassador to Togo before former President Olusegun...

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...

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

state, who led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi military regime and featured prominently during the Nigerian Civil...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

Commanding Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi took power as the first military Head of State. Upon the installation of the military government, Aguiyi-Ironsi appointed...

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...

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...

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...

playing an active role in the coup that overthrew Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. Abubakar was appointed Military Governor of Anambra State in July...

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

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...

military crackdown which resulted in the presidency of Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. Some of the themes from the novel are found in a short story titled...

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

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corruption, suppress violence, and hold new elections. Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi, also an Igbo but not party to the original conspiracy, intervened...

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