The military coup of 1966 resulted in the killing of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and it also put an end to the First Republic. LEKE SALAUDEEN examines his contributions towards good governance. Sir ...

Tafawa-Balewa urged Tinubu to reduce the cost of governance to free up resources for development as a step towards putting things right. Tafawa-Balewa made the statement in an interview with the News ...

Political leaders across the nation have been implored to draw inspiration from the exemplary leadership style and enduring legacies of the late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria’s first and only ...

Tafawa Balewa Square was named after the first and only prime minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. His rule, like the Square, transcended colonialism. Beginning with his appointment in 1957 ...

What is to be done? The answer cannot be compulsory hero-worship. It cannot be the imposition of a sanitised, state-approved pantheon. Young Nigerians are too discerning, too digitally connected, too ...

The new airport built by the Bauchi State Government has been named after the first Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. Gov. Isa Yuguda made this known to ...

The President’s condolence message is communicated through a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam <strong>Garba Shehu ...

A Sayawa sociocultural group, Concerned Zaar Patriots (CZP), has denied claims that Tafawa Balewa town is part of the Sokoto Caliphate. CZP’s reaction came a few days after Prof. Salisu Shehu ...

A middle-aged woman believed to be mentally unstable has died after setting herself ablaze inside the family compound of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, in Bauchi. The ...

Residents of Unguwar Madaki, Unguwar Hardo, Yala, Wuro Jiban and Tamajira communities in Bula ward of Tafawa Balewa local government area of Bauchi State have embarked on the rehabilitation of the ...