- 1 Who is the first head of state in Nigeria?
- 2 Who is the first prime minister?
- 3 Who was the first Prime Minister and President of Nigeria?
- 4 Who divided Nigeria into 12 states?
- 5 Who was the best prime minister?
- 6 Who is the longest serving prime minister?
- 7 Who brought Nigeria?
- 8 Who created the name Nigeria?
- 9 What is the meaning of Tafawa Balewa?
- 10 Who appointed Tafawa Balewa?
Who is the first head of state in Nigeria?
President of Nigeria
|President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria|
|Term length||Four years, renewable once|
|Constituting instrument||Constitution of Nigeria|
|Inaugural holder||Nnamdi Azikiwe|
|Formation||October 1, 1963|
Who is the first prime minister?
The first was Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British Raj. Serving until his death in May 1964, Nehru remains India’s longest-serving prime minister.
Who was the first Prime Minister and President of Nigeria?
|Prime Minister of Nigeria|
|Flag of Nigeria|
|Appointer||Governor-General of Nigeria (1960–1963) President of Nigeria (1963–1966)|
|Formation||1 October 1960|
|First holder||Abubakar Tafawa Balewa|
Who divided Nigeria into 12 states?
General Yakubu Gowon was head of state of Nigeria from August 1966 to July 1975. He reorganized the four regions into twelve states in May 1967.
Who was the best prime minister?
In December 1999 a BBC Radio 4 poll of 20 prominent historians, politicians and commentators for The Westminster Hour produced the verdict that Churchill was the best British prime minister of the 20th century, with Lloyd George in second place and Clement Attlee in third place.
Who is the longest serving prime minister?
Period of service
- Sir Robert Walpole, the longest-serving Prime Minister (1721–1742) (7620 days)
- George Canning, the shortest-serving Prime Minister (April–August 1827) (119 days)
- William Pitt the Younger was the youngest Prime Minister ever appointed (at age 24).
Who brought Nigeria?
On January 1, 1914, Lord Frederick Lugard, the governor of both the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria, signed a document consolidating the two, thereby creating the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.
Who created the name Nigeria?
THE ETHNIC HISTORY OF NIGERIA The name Nigeria was suggested by British journalist Flora Shaw in the 1890s. She referred to the area as Nigeria, after the Niger River, which dominates much of the country’s landscape. The word niger is Latin for black.
What is the meaning of Tafawa Balewa?
Tafawa Balewa is a local government area in the Southern part of Bauchi State in northern Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Tafawa Balewa. “Tafawa Balewa village takes its name from two corrupted Fulani words: “Tafari” (rock) and Baleri (black).”
Who appointed Tafawa Balewa?
The Cabinet of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the government of Nigeria, headed by Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, in the years leading up to and following independence. There were three cabinets. The first was established in 1957 when Balewa was appointed Prime Minister by the British Governor-General.