Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, on the death of their matriarch, Mrs. Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi. Mrs. Aguiyi-Ironsi was the First Lady of Nigeria between January 16, 1966 and July 29, 1966, when her ...

This week marks 50 years of the death of Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, the senior military officer who seized power in the ensuing chaos that followed the January 15 ...

The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has expressed sadness over the death of “yet another iconic Abia woman” and a former First Lady of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Noble Lady Victoria ...

The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on Monday bemoaned the death of two first Ladies, Chief Mrs Victoria Aguiyi Ironsi and Chief Mrs Adanma Okpara saying Nigeria and Abia State ...

“She was an elegant and humble woman, who undertook the challenge of bringing up her children after the death of her husband, late Gen. Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi. It was her Catholic faith that led ...

Widow of Nigeria’s first military ruler, Lady Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead. A close family friend disclosed that she died at 5.00am on Monday, exactly one day after her friend ...

It’s 6am on 25 July 1966. Soldiers of northern extraction have surrounded Government House, Ibadan, where the Supreme Commander and Head of State, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, spent the night ...

late General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and former Governor of the Western region, late Col. Adekunle Fajuyi at the point of death. Speaking during a press conference to herald the programme billed for ...

Lagos — This year's edition of late Major-General Aguiyi-Ironsi Memorial soccer championship is billed to kick off in October. According to a release signed by Oscar Ihesiulor, the Co-ordinator ...