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The gory usurpation of the civilian regime of Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa's administration had taken place six months earlier in which Balewa and other top government functionaries, especially of northern Nigerian extraction, were murdered.
Obi later headed for the Tafawa Balewa Square, where a campaign rally was held with many of his supporters and party faithful in attendance.
Others are Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) in Bauchi, Obafemi Awolowo University (AOU) in Osun, and Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS).
A play on the life and times of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, is to be staged in January, according to Ola Awakan, the playwright.
He added, “So, you see why it is important that we protect the community of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and its integrity.
Many people might have heard when Prime Minister Balewa announced to a bewildered nation on Thursday, 13 January 1966, that the Federal Government had no interest in “interfering” in the Western Region.
Meanwhile, thousands of supporters of the Governor throng the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, to welcome him on his return to the State after the Supreme Court’s judgement which validated his election.
Tragedy struck Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi State, as a female student of the tertiary institution slumped and died.
But Mr Balewa was murdered during Nigeria's first military coup on January 15, 1966.
But pundits believe that his political clout to win an election is limited to his primary constituency of Bogoro, Dass and Tafawa Balewa LGAs.
I was young when Balewa was killed.
Meanwhile, a youth group, The Tafawa Balewa, Dass, and Bogoro Youth Development Foundation, TDBYDF has declared support over the defection of the former Speaker, saying that he remains their icon of contemporary politics.
The governor gave the explanation when his supporters from the Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Local Government Areas, where Dogara represents, paid him solidarity visit at the Government House, Bauchi, last Tuesday.
The late Prime Minister, Sir Tafawa Balewa, went to study in Katsina.
Well at my age, now 82, I am very familiar with the previous federal government activities in Nigeria starting from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa who was prime minister.
One person has been killed while seven students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi sustained series of injuries in a road crash along Bauchi-Jos road in Miri Village, few kilometres away from Bauchi metropolis on Monday.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Bauchi State chapter has rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to re-collate and adopt the governorship election results from Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area.
The nationalist said he was speaking for other demised prominent nationalists of Nigeria, including; Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Obafemi Awolowo, Dennis Osadebay, Aminu Kanu, Herbert Macaulay, Nwafor Orizu and a host of others.
A movie adaptation of the literary work of Nigeria's first elected Prime Minister, Sir Tafawa Balewa, known as "Shehu Umar", is set to hit the cinema in Berlin, Germany.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Mr Monday Kennedy, told the court that the accused persons, who reside in Tafawa Balewa area Sokoto metropolis, intentionally conspired and rode on a donkey belonging to one Faruk Koko of Mabera area.