Word: yakubu
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Matter of Chance. The man who rules Nigeria today is two years older than his country. He was born simply Abubakar, the child of Yakubu, a minor official in the regime of the emir of Bauchi. (According to northern custom, he later added to his given name that of his village-Tafawa Balewa.) Though Abubakar was not of the mighty Fulani-his family belonged to the Geri tribe-his father's position won him the rare privilege of schooling in a region almost totally illiterate. After secondary school he was even able to get into Katsina Teachers' Training...