Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Former Prime Minister of Nigeria
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa KBE PC was a Nigerian politician who served as the first and only prime minister of Nigeria upon independence. A conservative Anglophile, he favoured maintaining close ties with the British. Wikipedia
Born: December 1912, Bauchi, Nigeria
Spouse: Hajiya Zainab (m. ?–1966), Hajiya Aisha (m. ?–1966), Hajiya Jummai (m. ?–1966), and more
Previous offices: Prime Minister of Nigeria (1963–1966), Prime Minister of Nigeria (1960–1966), and Prime Minister of Nigeria (1957–1963)
Education: IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society (1944) and Barewa College Zaria (1933)
Assassinated: January 15, 1966, Lagos, Nigeria
Party: Northern People's Congress