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1967 in Nigeria

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

See also:
  
Other events of 1967 Timeline of Nigerian history

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1967 to Nigeria and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: Yakubu Gowon
  • Vice President: Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey

    • Events

  • 6 July - 14 July - Battle of Nsukka, the first military conflict during the Nigerian Civil War.
  • 19 September - Republic of Benin established
  • 20 September - Republic of Benin disestablished
  • 7 October - Asaba massacre took place when federal troops of Nigeria entered Asaba, rounded up as many as 500 Igbo men of Asaba and shot them.
  • 17 October - Start of Operation Tiger Claw

    • Births

  • 27 April - Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, politician
  • 8 September - Yvonne Losos de Muñiz, dressage rider
  • 16 October - Ike Shorunmu, footballer
  • date unknown - Helon Habila, novelist and poet

    • Deaths

  • September - Christopher Okigbo, poet, 37, killed during Nigerian Civil War

    • References

    1967 in Nigeria Wikipedia
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