Nigeria’s first female Senator, Franca Afegbua is dead. She died on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at the age of 79 years.
Franca Afegbua, a former beautician before she embraced politics, represented Bendel North in the Nigerian Senate in 1983.
A native of Okpella in the Etsako area of the present Edo State, Afegbua was elected under the National Party of Nigeria, NPN.
She had her tertiary education in Sofia, Bulgaria.
