General Yakubu "Jack" Dan-Yumma Gowon (born October 19, 1934) was the head of state (Head of the Federal Military Government) of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975. He took power after one military coup d'etat and was overthrown in another. During his rule, the Nigerian government successfully prevented Biafran secession, and he subsequently followed a magnanimous "no victor, … Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Yakubu Gowon. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakubu_Gowon
Lieutenant Colonel (later General) Yakubu Gowon, a Christian from the middle belt, became the head of state after the coup. countrystudies.us/nigeria/70.htm
...Read My Story General Gowon Welcomes Biafra's Surrender My Dear Compatriots: We have arrived at one of the greatest moments of the history in our nation. A great moment of ... www.dawodu.com/gowon2.htm
Nigerian politician, head of state 1966-75. He became army chief of staff following a coup in January 1966, and five months later seized power in a further coup. Unsuccessful in his efforts to prevent the secession of the eastern region of Biafra , Nige encyclopedia.farlex.com/Yakubu+Gowon
Gen Gowon was very instrumental to the formation of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS . He was chairman of OAU 1973-74. He was awarded honorary doctorate degrees by Universities of Benin , Ibadan , Lagos , Ife as well as the Universi magazine.biafranigeriaworld.com/chinua-achebe/2005oct16-c...
Yakubu Gowon was born on October 1934 and would become the head of state of Nigeria from 1966 until 1975. Yakubu Gowon was a graduate of the University of Warwick and was also known as Jack. Gowon took the head of state position after a coup d'etat in 1 www.worstworldleaders.com/Yakubu_Gowon.htm
