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Using Gowon

  • In the example corpus, gowon often appears in combinations such as: yakubu gowon, general gowon, gowon who.

Context around Gowon

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

yakubu 9× general 4× ask 1× obasanjo 1×

Often after:

estate 1× olusegun 1× launched 1× interpreted 1× tinubu 1× retd 1× constitute 1× due 1×

Sentence patterns with Gowon

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

by general gowon and other 1× claims against gowon constitute outright 1× contrast general gowon in 1973 1× gen yakubu gowon had made 1× general gowon who told 1× general yakubu gowon and others 1× general yakubu gowon due to 1× general yakubu gowon has debunked 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a socio political 1× adeyeye e ajayi 1× amid the issues 1× another national personality 1× by contrast general 1× do you know 1×

Common sentence endings:

the civil war 2× a better moment 1× a critical period 1× and forgotten nothing 1× and godswill akpabio 1× by regional governments 1×

Words around Gowon

Just before it in the word index:

gowns 249 gowned 3 gown 617 gowling 4 gowland 3 gowithmi 3

Just after it in the word index:

gowran 3 gowri 4 gowrie 8 gowrisankar 2 gowron 21 gowry 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aapl 61 absolved 61 adaption 61 adjei 61 adom 61 adrien 61

Corpus analysis for Gowon

  • In this selection, "gowon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, yakubu, general, ask, estate, olusegun and launched stand out and add context to how "gowon" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by general gowon and other and claims against gowon constitute outright. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gowon" sits close to words such as aapl, absolved and adaption, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gowon

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He said: “We wish General Gowon well. (7 words)

To borrow from General Yakubu Gowon, we have learnt nothing and forgotten nothing. (13 words)

We also had late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, General Yakubu Gowon and others. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Gowon, who spoke via a recorded video, said: “Although the Nigerian Civil War ended in January 1970, yet it has continued to be a veritable reference point in our nation’s political discourse for the past 50 years. (38 words)

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the service honored notable figures with the Knights of John Wesley award, including Obasanjo, Gowon, Tinubu, and his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, Goodluck Jonathan, George Akume, and Godswill Akpabio. (36 words)

He added that state police existed in Nigeria during the colonial era and throughout the First Republic until it was abrogated by the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon due to abuse by regional governments. (35 words)

Question examples

Do you know that at some point during Gowon’s regime, some top soldiers would approach us with some questions to ask Gowon so that they could know his position on some things? (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Do you know that at some point during Gowon’s regime, some top soldiers would approach us with some questions to ask Gowon so that they could know his position on some things?

Adeyeye E. Ajayi, a personal aide to former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has debunked rumours flying around social media that the former Head of State is dead.

Some of us felt that statement was irresponsible and unpatriotic, considering the fact that Gen. Yakubu Gowon had made an effort to bring the country together after the civil war.

The Police Command in Lagos State says a day-old female baby has been found dumped near a septic tank on Gowon Estate, Ipaja.

To borrow from General Yakubu Gowon, we have learnt nothing and forgotten nothing.

We also had late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, General Yakubu Gowon and others.

Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan before him, have had different addresses in their various home states since they left office.

According to him, Gowon’s exemplary service and leadership have left an indelible mark in the history of Nigeria.

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Another national personality that also took the same decision is the former head of state of Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon, who led Nigeria during a critical period.

He said the gracing of the commissioning of the church by General Gowon and other distinguished Nigerians couldn’t have come at a better moment.

He said: “We wish General Gowon well.

Kalu’s comments hark back to the post-civil war era when former military ruler Yakubu Gowon launched the “three Rs” programme—reconstruction, rehabilitation, and reintegration—to heal the nation following the civil war.

The Ghana – brokered Aburi Accord could no longer be respected when the super permanent secretaries around Gowon interpreted the full import of the Accord to the young Head of State.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the service honored notable figures with the Knights of John Wesley award, including Obasanjo, Gowon, Tinubu, and his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, Goodluck Jonathan, George Akume, and Godswill Akpabio.

Amid the issues of insecurity, Nigeria's former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has expressed fear that that the country may be disintegrated, The Nation reports.

A socio-political activist, Senator Shehu Sani, says the claims against Gowon constitute outright falsehood.

By contrast, General Gowon, in 1973-5, had such an unprecedented deluge of dollars, that Nigeria donated $100 million to the African Development Bank to help poorer African nations.

General Gowon, who told the BBC News Pidgin that he served Nigeria with utmost fear of God adding that his legacies were visible to everyone.

Gowon, who spoke via a recorded video, said: “Although the Nigerian Civil War ended in January 1970, yet it has continued to be a veritable reference point in our nation’s political discourse for the past 50 years.

He added that state police existed in Nigeria during the colonial era and throughout the First Republic until it was abrogated by the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon due to abuse by regional governments.

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Common combinations with gowon

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