1964 in Nigeria

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

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.^[1] and was later beatified by Pope John Paul II (born 1903)

References

↑ Entirely for God: the life of Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, p. 37, Elizabeth Isichei (Cistercian Publications, 1980)

Years in Nigeria (1960-present)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Pre-1960 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1964 in Africa

Sovereign states

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

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