Who was Nigeria’s first prime minister after independence?

The first prime minister of Nigeria after the country was granted independence in 1960 was Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.

Balewa had originally been appointed as the first prime minister of Nigeria in 1957, and he continued to hold that position following the 1959 pre-independence elections and the official transition to independence on October 1, 1960. He remained in office until he was murdered during a military coup in January 1966.12