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Fifty Years Of Gowon’s Overthrow - Global Upfront Newspapers

By Eric Teniola Tuesday, July 29, 2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975.  Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 1975, when the Commander of the Brigade of Guards made the following announcement.  “Fellow countrymen and women, I, Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba, in consultation with my colleagues, do he…
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