Yakubu Gowon

E340117

Nigerian politician head of state human military officer

Yakubu Gowon is a former Nigerian military head of state who ruled from 1966 to 1975 and played a central role during the Nigerian Civil War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yakubu Gowon canonical	6
General Yakubu Gowon	1
Yakubu Gowon administration	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3203723 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yakubu Gowon
Context triple: [Yakubu Gowon Stadium, namedAfter, Yakubu Gowon]

A. Yakubu Dogara
Yakubu Dogara is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
B. Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Babangida is a former Nigerian military ruler who seized power in a 1985 coup and governed the country through a mix of economic reforms and authoritarian control until 1993.
C. Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 and has been a prominent, recurrent presidential contender.
D. Murtala Muhammed
Murtala Muhammed was a Nigerian military general and the country’s Head of State from 1975 until his assassination in 1976, remembered for his anti-corruption stance and efforts to reform government.
E. Oluremi Tinubu
Oluremi Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former First Lady of Lagos State who serves as the First Lady of Nigeria and has been a prominent senator and advocate for social and women’s issues.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yakubu Gowon
Target entity description: Yakubu Gowon is a former Nigerian military head of state who ruled from 1966 to 1975 and played a central role during the Nigerian Civil War.

A. Yakubu Dogara
Yakubu Dogara is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
B. Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Babangida is a former Nigerian military ruler who seized power in a 1985 coup and governed the country through a mix of economic reforms and authoritarian control until 1993.
C. Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 and has been a prominent, recurrent presidential contender.
D. Murtala Muhammed
Murtala Muhammed was a Nigerian military general and the country’s Head of State from 1975 until his assassination in 1976, remembered for his anti-corruption stance and efforts to reform government.
E. Oluremi Tinubu
Oluremi Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former First Lady of Lagos State who serves as the First Lady of Nigeria and has been a prominent senator and advocate for social and women’s issues.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nigerian politician ⓘ head of state ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ
afterLeavingOffice	Lived in exile in the United Kingdom for several years ⓘ
awardReceived	Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic ⓘ linked to: Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger
cameToPowerBy	military coup d'état ⓘ
conflict	Nigerian Civil War ⓘ linked to: Biafran secession
countryOfCitizenship	Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1934-10-19 ⓘ
degree	PhD in political science ⓘ
education	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ⓘ linked to: Royal Military College, Sandhurst Staff College, Camberley ⓘ University of Warwick ⓘ
endTime	1975-07-29 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ngas people ⓘ
familyName	Gowon ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Political science ⓘ
founded	Nigeria Prays ⓘ
givenName	Yakubu ⓘ linked to: Yakubu Dogara
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Hausa ⓘ
militaryRank	General ⓘ
movement	Nigerian military government ⓘ linked to: Federal Military Government of Nigeria
name	Yakubu Gowon ⓘ
notableEvent	Declaration of the creation of 12 states in Nigeria in 1967 ⓘ Launch of the Third National Development Plan ⓘ Post-war policy of “No victor, no vanquished” ⓘ Prosecution of the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) ⓘ
notableFor	Leadership during the Nigerian Civil War ⓘ Ruling Nigeria from 1966 to 1975 ⓘ
notableWork	Leadership of the Nigerian federal side during the Nigerian Civil War ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	soldier ⓘ statesman ⓘ
overthrew	Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Pankshin ⓘ Plateau State NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces ⓘ Head of State of Nigeria ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Nigeria ⓘ
serviceBranch	Nigerian Army ⓘ
spouse	Victoria Gowon ⓘ
startTime	1966-08-01 ⓘ
wasOverthrownBy	Murtala Mohammed ⓘ linked to: Murtala Muhammed
yearsOfService	1954–1975 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yakubu Gowon Stadium → namedAfter → Yakubu Gowon ⓘ

Biafran secession → leaderOnFederalSide → Yakubu Gowon ⓘ

Western State, Nigeria → createdUnder → General Yakubu Gowon ⓘ

linked to: Yakubu Gowon

Murtala Muhammed → predecessor → Yakubu Gowon ⓘ

Yakubu Gowon Airport → namedAfter → Yakubu Gowon ⓘ

Jos → notablePersonAssociated → Yakubu Gowon ⓘ

subject linked to: Jos, Nigeria

Yakubu Gowon → name → Yakubu Gowon ⓘ

North-Eastern State → createdUnder → Yakubu Gowon administration ⓘ