1967 in Nigeria

← 1966 1965 1964 1967 in Nigeria → 1968 1969 1970
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.

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.^[1]
• 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