With a barrage of decrees, Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi’s regime last week began clearing away the rubble of black Africa’s bloodiest military coup. “Firm, honest and disciplined ...

Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. “In an early morning broadcast from Enugu, Ojukwu rejected Gowon’s emergence as Head of State, insisting that in the absence of Aguiyi-Ironsi, the most senior Nigerian ...