(1946-08-22) 22 August 1946 (age 77) Zaria, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria)
Spouse
Yakubu Gowon
(m. 1969)
Victoria Hansatu Gowon (born 22 August 1946) is a Nigerian nurse and the third first lady of Nigeria. She is married to General Yakubu Gowon who was Nigerian Head of State from 1966 to 1975.[1][2]
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^"First Ladies of style". Punch Newspapers. 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
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themselves for the royal salute as the Queen greets Portuguese head of state at Victoria". The Independent. 27 April 1993. Archived from the original on 22 February...
its independence from Nigeria in 1967. Nigeria was led by General Yakubu Gowon, and Biafra by Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu. Biafra...
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General Gowon subsequently), and then as Governor of Lagos State from May 1967 to July 1975 during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon. As Governor...
to corruption and incompetence of the central government under General Gowon, hundreds of ships with ordered cement deliveries - half of the world supply...
1964) Robert Baden-Powell (1965, 1982) Alexander Graham Bell (1976) Yakubu Gowon (1969) Jaja of Opobo (1964) John F. Kennedy (1964) Christian J. Kiewiet...
Ebun Pro Veritas International School, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos Faith Academy, Gowon Estate Federal Government College, Ijanikin, Lagos First Island School,...
Cameroonian officials. February 18–19, 1970 Nigeria Lagos Met with General Gowon and senior Nigerian officials. February 19–20, 1970 Ghana Accra Met with...
effective opposition to the ruling government. In 1975, when the General Gowon Regime delayed returning power to a civilian regime, Tai published his "The...
(1981–1989). H. E. Francis, 100, American scholar, academic and writer. Yusuf Gowon, 85, Ugandan military officer, chief of army staff (1978–1979). Paulin J...
Civil War, he was arrested by the federal government of General Yakubu Gowon and put in solitary confinement for two years, for volunteering to be a...
to fight, I'll do it myself." He consequently fired chief of staff Yusuf Gowon. However, Amin was forced to flee the Ugandan capital by helicopter on 11...
a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1979-1982) and his wife, Victoria Arugha Patricia Atake (née Foss). Atake attended St. Saviours School in...
Commissioner (Minister) for Information and Labour under the General Yakubu Gowon Military Government, 1967–74; Federal Commissioner for Special Duties, 1975...
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In an attempt to strengthen morale, Maliyamungu and Major General Yusuf Gowon joined their troops on the front line at Lukaya. For unknown reasons, the...
In 1969, he officiated the wedding of then president of Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos. West Africa. West Africa Publishing...