The Black Rock.

The article focuses on historical events involving politics in Nigeria. It also offers a broad biographical account of the country's first Prime Minister, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, who in 1957 prepared his country for its October 1, 1960 independence from Great Britain. According to the author, for Abubakar's crucial role in Nigeria's advance to independence, Britain has heaped him with honors and his native admirers hail him as "The Black Rock of Nigeria."