Question: who was the first prime minister in nigeria
Answer: # Picture Name ( Born -- Died ) Took office Left office Political Party Prime Minister of the Federation of Nigeria Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ( 1912 -- 1966 ) 1 October 1960 1 October 1963 Northern People 's Congress Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ( 1 ) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ( 1912 -- 1966 ) 1 October 1963 15 January 1966 ( Assassinated ) Northern People 's Congress Post abolished ( 15 January 1966 -- 4 January 1993 ) Ernest Shonekan ( 1936 -- ) 4 January 1993 26 August 1993 Independent Post abolished ( 26 August 1993 -- Present )