By Uche Mbah
The last Surviving wife of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Hajia Jumai Balewa, is dead. She is said to have died in the early hours of Sunday.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria after independence, who doubled as the foreign Minister. He was killed in the January 15 coup 1966. He was knighted by the British Empire.
