Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi Archives

Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi

January 15, 2026

Ironsi’s Stick: Powerless Object, Powerful Myth

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Power, Perception and Panic: The Story Behind Ironsi’s ‘Mythical’ Stick IN Nigerian history, symbols often take on lives of their own. Few objects demonstrate this better than the crocodile-shaped swagger stick carried by Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi on the day he was arrested and later killed. Over time, the stick evolved from a personal accessory into […]

January 10, 2026

The Night Ironsi Fell & His ADC Lived

News Crackers Features, For The Records, History Captain Andrew Nwankwo, Lieutenant Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi 0

The Night Nigeria Fractured: How Captain Andrew Nwankwo Escaped the July 1966 Counter-Coup A Nation on the Edge BY July 1966, Nigeria’s young military government was standing on a fault line of suspicion, fear and ethnic mistrust. The January coup that brought Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi to power had left deep scars within the armed […]