Aguiyi Ironsi

Ifajuyigbe: Fajuyi in history and as history (1)

By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha It was my late father who first stimulated my interest in…

Ironsi’s death, my role in Brigadier Ogundipe’s escape

By Theophilus Oluwole Akindele I became a regular visitor at the State House in Marina,…

Adekunle Fajuyi emerges from the tomb! Strikes at EKIFEST 2019

By Wale Ojo Lanre IRONSI: Francis, what is happening? Sporadic shootings...what's happening? FAJUYI: J.T.U, I…

Ironsi’s Wife: My Husband Put My Son in the Wardrobe as Soldiers Came for Him

      On 29 July 2019, it was 53 years since Major General Aguiyi…

Verbatim: How Ironsi, Fajuyi Were Killed-Njoku

“It was a march to Calvary. The beating continued. They came to a small running…

How I Arrested Ironsi, His Crocodile Staff Made Me Lose Control of the Soldiers- Theophilus Danjuma

Fifty-three years ago, 29 July 1966 to be precise, Major General Aguiyi Ironsi (Iron Side…

Awolowo’s 53-year old letter from prison: 7 reasons he wanted Ironsi to release him, his colleagues

  Today, 29 July 2919 marks 53 years when Major General Aguiyi Ironsi, Head of…

53 Years After: Falana’s Tribute to Fajuyi

  On Monday, 29 July, 2019, it will be the 53 years that the reprisal…

53 Years of Counter Coup: How Fajuyi and Ironsi Were Killed

    On 29 July, 2019, it will be 53 years since the revenge coup…

Ironsi, Fajuyi: Once upon a July morning

By Dare Babarinsa Brigadier Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi In my father’s household, the Nigerian Civil War was…