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1964 in Nigeria

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Decades:
  
1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

See also:
  
Other events of 1964 Timeline of Nigerian history

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Nigeria and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: Nnamdi Azikiwe

    • Events

  • February - Mid-West Region legislative election takes place with National Council of Nigerian Citizens winning the majority of seats
  • October - Nigeria participates in the 1964 Summer Olympics and wins its first medal
  • December - the Nigerian parliamentary election starts and continues into 1965
  • The National Library of Nigeria whose construction started in 1962 opens
  • Construction of the Kainji Dam begins
  • The Nigerian Defence Academy is established

    • Births

  • February 2 - Goodluck Nanah Opiah, politician and former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Nigeria.
  • Tubal Rabbi Cain, writer

    • Deaths

  • January 20 - Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Roman Catholic priest who worked in Nnewi, Dunukofia, Akpu/Ajalli and Aguleri. and was later beatified by Pope John Paul II (born 1903)

    • References

    1964 in Nigeria Wikipedia
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