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...
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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...
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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...
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being subdued. The General Officer Commanding the Nigerian Army, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, was falsely accused of having been compelled to take control of...
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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...
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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...
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state, who led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi military regime and featured prominently during the Nigerian Civil...
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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...
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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...
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served 46 days as governor-general immediately after independence. Aguiyi-Ironsi served 194 days in the office, the shortest for a permanent head of...
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