
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa - Wikipedia
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa KBE PC (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician who served as the first and only prime minister of Nigeria upon independence. [3] A conservative Anglophile, he favoured maintaining close ties with the British.
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | First Federal Prime Minister of …
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (born 1912, Bauchi, Northern Nigeria—died January 1966, near Ifo, Nigeria) was a Nigerian politician, deputy leader of the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC), and the first federal prime minister (1957–66).
History of Tafawa Balewa: Biography, Political Achievements ...
2023年6月4日 · Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was a prominent Nigerian politician who served as the first and only prime minister of Nigeria before and after independence. He was trained a teacher, and became a vocal representative of Northern and Nigerian interests at the time.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa - New World Encyclopedia
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (He is also referred to as Alhaji, having performed the Muslim pilgrimage at Mecca.) (December 1912 - January 15, 1966) was a Nigerian politician, and the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Biography - MyNigeria
Sir Abubakar , KBE PC (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician who was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in December 1912 in modern-day Bauchi State, in the Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966) | BlackPast.org
2009年5月9日 · Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria before and after Nigerian independence from Great Britain in 1960. Born in December of 1912 in Bauchi in Northern Nigeria, Balewa’s father, Mallam Yakubu, was a minor official in the Native Authority, part of the British colonial administration.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa: The Golden Voice of Africa
2019年1月21日 · Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912- January 15, 1966) was Nigeria’s first Prime Minister. He was popularly known as “ The Golden Voice of Africa “. Tafawa Balewa took its name from two corrupted Fulani words: “ Tafari ” (Rock) and “ Baleri ” (Black).
Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa - ZODML
Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was a Nigerian politician, and the only prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Originally a trained teacher, he became a vocal representative of Northern interests as one of the few educated Nigerians of his time.
BALEWA, Sir. Abubakar Tafawa - Biographical Legacy and …
2016年12月1日 · Balewa was not just a politician; he wrote a historical novel,Shaihu Umar, that has been dramatized and filmed. The first winner of the Usmaniyya award instituted by the Sardauna, Ahmadu Bella, to unitethe north, Balewa has been immortalized by the naming of Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa – Kingdoms of Nigeria
2018年8月16日 · Politician, and the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Abubakar Balewa was born late in 1912 in Bauchi. Balewa’s father Yakubu Dan Zala was of Gere ethnicity, and his mother Fatima Inna was half Gere half Fulani.