Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Bauchi |
| Nigeria | |
| Assassinated | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Books | Shaihu Umar |
| Nigeria Speaks: Speeches Made Between 1957 and 1964 | |
| Spouse | Hajiya Zainab |
| Hajiya Aisha | |
| Hajiya Laraba | |
| Hajiya Jummai | |
| Children | Tafawa Balewa |
| Place of burial | Bauchi, Nigeria |
| Education | UCL Institute of Education (IOE) |
| IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society | |
| Barewa College Zaria | |
| Date of birth | January 1,1912 |
| Previous position | Prime Minister of Nigeria (1963–1966) |
| Party | Northern People's Congress |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 761066 |
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Life story
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.
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