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Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Judolisco(m): 3:02pm On Oct 20, 2023
Trumpdonald5:


Untrained soldiers that the so called trained soldiers could not defeat for almost 3 years?
and when they finally did u are here crying about genocide

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Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by RapistOnBail: 3:08pm On Oct 20, 2023
MyExpression:
Looking at the North today, you can tell their leaders have failed them.

Where were they, when other parts of the country was advancing in all frontiers...yet, you've had the North in power back to back.

Nigeria did not get better, their own community didn't improve also.
Only family wealth.

Whatever role Gowon played, he's still a part of the problem.

All Living former Heads of State who are watching Nigeria perish, are part of the problem.
The whole pack of them.
I wish I fit tear you Hot slap, or a voice note to tell you how dumb and ignorant you must be....

You Hegoat haven't crossed Benue, Kogi, Kwara, nasarawa, to the north, but Scum like you already know what's going on in the north... Crazy !gbo dog..

Lagos state that I reside no even reach Adamawa state in terms of ease of movement plus decent road network and low standard of living...

You igbos need to get lost from the country walahi...

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Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Kobojunkie: 3:09pm On Oct 20, 2023
SmartyPants:
Gowon
Babangida
Obasanjo
All revered as national heroes. All with a bill to settle with justice.
Reverrred by whom? Morons? undecided
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Imert: 3:17pm On Oct 20, 2023
HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO THE LION,

FATHER OF NIGERIA,
PEACE KEEPER,
COMPATRIOT,

IF U DENIE IT NA BIAPLAAANS U BE.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by SmartyPants(m): 3:19pm On Oct 20, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Reverrred by whom? Morons? undecided

That's the reality. Sections of the society still hold these fellows up as icons. Each of them has their hands soaked in innocent blood.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by sunnnnyuu(m): 3:24pm On Oct 20, 2023
farem:
General Gowon is 89 today!

Nigerian Herald first edition 50 years ago.

Happy birthday Gen Dr Gowon@89 !!!
One of the criminals that helps In keeping the scam call Nigeria to continue up to date, if Biafra was a different country odudua is independent and developed country middle and is also one great country above all North is the most richest country in Africa.
But this fool lead the fools to ensure that we are together as Nigerians to enable the corrupt leaders divide us along religious, regional and ethnic group while they are making cool cash from the national treasury.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by hotseat: 3:27pm On Oct 20, 2023
Hate him or love him, Gen. Yakubu Jack Bauer Gowon is a success story.


He's as gentle as a dove to friends but, a viper to foes.


He's not garrulous and more often than not, maintains a dignified silence in the maddening cacophony of meaningless voices.


To crown it all, Providence has granted him longevity!


What more can a man wish for in life?



Happy, happy, happy birthday Gen. Yakubu





G = Go


O = On


W = With


O = One


N = N- I-G-E-R-I-A!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Gajagojo: 3:40pm On Oct 20, 2023
Great,glorious Gowon
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Freebills12: 3:53pm On Oct 20, 2023
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Mvnster:

When your biafra soldeirs went about killing leaders of other regions except your region, you expected the northerners to path on your back for a job well done? Gowon is a big clown definitely but you should accept responsibility for the result of your actions.

Research on civil war could have helped you from this your rash judgment. Have you heard of Asaba massacre? Where more than five hundred primary school pupils were killed in a twinkle of an eye. Is it part of 'responsibility' for the result of their (our) action? Killing pregnant women and bring out their babies on street of kano, even in the Federal capital. Are all of them part of the result. Danger of a single story!

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Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by 3seriez(m): 3:58pm On Oct 20, 2023
farem:
General Gowon is 89 today!

Nigerian Herald first edition 50 years ago.

Happy birthday Gen Dr Gowon@89 !!!

Lol. My old man has numerous copies of this herald paper. Almost 2 boxes full. I would find time one these days and go through them one by one.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by CaptainFM1: 4:03pm On Oct 20, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Gowon had not just the opportunity but resources in abundance to make it happen. He failed to do so. undecided


Is there a time we don't have resources in abundance?

Now we even have avalanche of gas onshore and offshore.

Everyone of them failed. There's no time the resources are less. It's even very much now when you compare the market price.

And there's one enormous resources you may be overlooking......"The Human Resources". Gowon never had this magnitude of people in his time. So comparatively, you would realized that there's no time the resources were ever different.

Virtually, all of them failed to utilize what's available in their disposal to achieve what they want.

Same resources if not more is available to the current government. Governance is a continuum.

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Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by dahmie2013: 4:05pm On Oct 20, 2023
Happy Birthday Sir. Congratulations...
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Kobojunkie: 4:06pm On Oct 20, 2023
CaptainFM1:
Is there a time we don't have resources in abundance? Now we even have avalanche of gas onshore and offshore. Everyone of them failed. There's no time the resources are less. It's even very much now when you compare the market price. And there's one enormous resources you may be overlooking......"The Human Resources". Gowon never had this magnitude of people in his time. So comparatively, you would realized that there's no time the resources were ever different. Virtually, all of them failed to utilize what's available in their disposal to achieve what they want.Same resources if not more is available to the current government. Governance is a continuum.
If you have nothing reasonable to say on a subject, it is probably best you stop talking! undecided
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by MyExpression(m): 4:08pm On Oct 20, 2023
RapistOnBail:

I wish I fit tear you Hot slap, or a voice note to tell you how dumb and ignorant you must be....

You Hegoat haven't crossed Benue, Kogi, Kwara, nasarawa, to the north, but Scum like you already know what's going on in the north... Crazy !gbo dog..

Lagos state that I reside no even reach Adamawa state in terms of ease of movement plus decent road network and low standard of living...

You igbos need to get lost from the country walahi...

Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa...Nigeria failed all of us.
Government should make life better, not push us into regression.

What's the value of living to 89yrs, to see you child look like Nigeria, meanwhile, when you had the opportunities to better her life, you looted and raped her dry daily year in- year out.

You want me to applaud them?
Get a life dude!
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Larryndelaw: 4:17pm On Oct 20, 2023
Akaegwu:
Go on until Nigerian becomes very useless and uninhabitable.
Make obi the president of Biafra so that you can be free
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by aremubabs: 4:40pm On Oct 20, 2023
Some people are actually very selfish and hilarious at it.



You praise your Ojukwu while cursing Gowon. What should Gowon have done when Ojukwu illegally declared a republic within a state? You expect Gowon to have simply folded his hands and looked away?






So, Ojukwu is a saint and Gowon an evil one? The same Ojukwu who led millions of souls to grave only to escape with his own more precious life to Abidjan? He could not die for Biafra but sent millions of people, especially women and children to their doom.





It was said that at a point Ojukwu had run out of resources but he stubbornly continued to send his fellow men to their graves instead of surrendering. At the end, he cowardly escaped to Abidjan dressed like a woman, and no, it is Gowon you all blame year in year out.





May God heal una because it is obvious many of you will go into your graves holding grudges against a man who has lived a fulfilled life, reaching the pinnacle of his military career, and even seeing old age.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Precious452(f): 4:44pm On Oct 20, 2023
Mvnster:

When your biafra soldeirs went about killing leaders of other regions except your region, you expected the northerners to path on your back for a job well done? Gowon is a big clown definitely but you should accept responsibility for the result of your actions.

The 1966 coup attempt is seen by many as an Igbo plot, although conspirators included non-Igbos, some coup targets were Igbos, and General Ironsi who prevented the coup was himself an Igbo.
Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, the chief plotter of the coup was from Okpanam in Delta state. There was also a Yoruba man in the list of the coup masterminders.
FYI also, the coup was executed by serving "Nigerian soldiers" from different ethnic groups and not Biafran soldiers as your misguided tribalistic self thinks.
Nigeria may or may not remain one in future but the truth about the past must always be told right.
Stop picking on Igbos simply because they boldly challenged the current misrule of the APC through the 2023 election.
Let's be truthful to ourselves, APC has ruined this country and Tinubu has no clear cut plans on how to take us out of this mess. Only the Igbos have boldly called out the evil and incompetence of the APC
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by CaptainFM1: 4:46pm On Oct 20, 2023
Kobojunkie:
If you have nothing reasonable to say on a subject, it is probably best you stop talking! undecided

No, I won't stop talking. Who are you by the way? It's not a must you read whatever I write. Infact, you can go blind if you wish not to read my writeups. If you don't know how to go blind, I can help you gouge your eyes out.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Christistruth00: 4:47pm On Oct 20, 2023
God Almighty made sure he accomplished so much and at such an early age
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Bfly: 4:47pm On Oct 20, 2023
The man who said "Nigeria problem is not money but how to spend the money she has" ; very pathetic statement.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by bigtt76(f): 5:24pm On Oct 20, 2023
Very difficult for Nigerian youths to achieve much in National governance at 39 years again



farem:
General Gowon is 89 today!

Nigerian Herald first edition 50 years ago.

Happy birthday Gen Dr Gowon@89 !!!
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Fulaniguy01: 5:37pm On Oct 20, 2023
Akaegwu:
killer Gowon. Saviour Gowon, Madest Gowon. Wicked Gowon. Good Gowon. Hero Gowon. The choice is yours. HBD.

hail yu
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Mvnster: 5:39pm On Oct 20, 2023
Precious452:


The 1966 coup attempt is seen by many as an Igbo plot, although conspirators included non-Igbos, some coup targets were Igbos, and General Ironsi who prevented the coup was himself an Igbo.
Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, the chief plotter of the coup was from Okpanam in Delta state. There was also a Yoruba man in the list of the coup masterminders.
FYI also, the coup was executed by serving "Nigerian soldiers" from different ethnic groups and not Biafran soldiers as your misguided tribalistic self thinks.
Nigeria may or may not remain one in future but the truth about the past must always be told right.
Stop picking on Igbos simply because they boldly challenged the current misrule of the APC through the 2023 election.
Let's be truthful to ourselves, APC has ruined this country and Tinubu has no clear cut plans on how to take us out of this mess. Only the Igbos have boldly called out the evil and incompetence of the APC
Almost 99% of those involved where igbo, while the victims where 99% non-igbos. Without that coup there would have been no war, gowon would have passed on as a regular soldier. Accept your faults and stop looking for who to blame. Its that simple.

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Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by DaTruths: 5:39pm On Oct 20, 2023
HeadlessMob:


That is why Ojukwu is now rotten in hell for being responsible for the deaths of over 2 million Children and women before running away to Abidjan with his family during the senseless civil war
Asin eeh, Awolowo even drank Rat poison and died before all of them grin

Evil is not good sha.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Mvnster: 5:46pm On Oct 20, 2023
Oc0776:
please Keep Quiet If Nothing Reasonable Is in ur head..ode
If your fathers where reasonable they wont have gone out to slaughter defenceless people in their sleep in the name of coup, the president was igbo, the senate president was igbo, the head of military was igbo, yet you went on killing others sparing yours. Reasonable does not exist where you come from, only greed.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Mvnster: 5:47pm On Oct 20, 2023
grandstar:


It does not justify the genocide. Gowon should have ensured those guilty of those crimes punished.

Why must innocent people die in the North East for Pete sake because the wrongful killing of the Boko Haram leader. If you seek revenge or justice, let it be an eye for an eye at the most.

Anyway, the world lies in the power of the wicked one. That is why such impunity and cruelty exist.
Like i said, gowon is a clown.
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Oc0776(m): 5:56pm On Oct 20, 2023
Mvnster:

If your fathers where reasonable they wont have gone out to slaughter defenceless people in their sleep in the name of coup, the president was igbo, the senate president was igbo, the head of military was igbo, yet you went on killing others sparing yours. Reasonable does not exist where you come from, only greed.
mr.Mvnsterto be sincere with u when you speak about greed....i wonder what sense you northener use To Think.hypocrites ....and your own godforsaken fathers who were okay killing innocent souls who wanted nothing but freedom .... How Were You Ok Killing Children...spliting pregnant Women Open...or Will Your Allah forgive That One Too....pls Mind Your Words If You Have Nothing Reasonable 2 say....i Repeat
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Mvnster: 5:56pm On Oct 20, 2023
Freebills12:
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Research on civil war could have helped you from this your rash judgment. Have you heard of Asaba massacre? Where more than five hundred primary school pupils were killed in a twinkle of an eye. Is it part of 'responsibility' for the result of their (our) action? Killing pregnant women and bring out their babies on street of kano, even in the Federal capital. Are all of them part of the result. Danger of a single story!
Spare us your fake love, you cared about the asaba people but you blew up the bridge leaving them at the mercy of those blood thirsty northern soldiers whom you just eliminated their spiritual and political leaders? Why didnt you stay back to defend them like you defend your own?

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Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Mvnster: 5:59pm On Oct 20, 2023
Oc0776:
mr.Mvnsterto be sincere with u when you speak about greed....i wonder what sense you northener use To Think.hypocrites ....and your own godforsaken fathers who were okay killing innocent souls who wanted nothing but freedom .... How Were You Ok Killing Children...spliting pregnant Women Open...or Will Your Allah forgive That One Too....pls Mind Your Words If You Have Nothing Reasonable 2 say....i Repeat
Im closer to igbo than to the north you speak of, be sincere with yourselves for once, was it right to go about killing leaders of other regions in cold blood? What did aguiyi ironsi do to prevent further tension? That coup was the worst mistake of the igbos. Accept that and move on.

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Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Oc0776(m): 6:04pm On Oct 20, 2023
Mvnster:

Im closer to igbo than to the north you speak of, be sincere with yourselves for once, was it right to go about killing leaders of other regions in cold blood? What did aguiyi ironsi do to prevent further tension? That coup was the worst mistake of the igbos. Accept that and move on.
the Coup Was Carried Out With The Aim Of Removing bad Leaders.....which Of Course Nigeria Was In Bad Leadership Then....all You Northeners was To Reply By Killing innocent people In The Name Of Religous fanatism....that Led To The Civil War...so I See No Rsn
Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Mvnster: 6:08pm On Oct 20, 2023
Oc0776:
the Coup Was Carried Out With The Aim Of Removing bad Leaders.....which Of Course Nigeria Was In Bad Leadership Then....all You Northeners was To Reply By Killing innocent people In The Name Of Religous fanatism....that Led To The Civil War...so I See No Rsn
These bad leaders only existed outside igboland?

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Re: Happy 89th Birthday To General Gowon. See This 50-Year Throwback Newspaper by Akaegwu(m): 6:10pm On Oct 20, 2023
Larryndelaw:
Make obi the president of Biafra so that you can be free
Even angles can't save Nigeria because every Nigeria citizen is wicked and you selfish. You are foo lish thinking I support any party

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