1960 in Nigeria

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|  | 1960

Nigeria |

* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
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* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s
* 1980s

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* Other events of 1960
* Timeline of Nigerian history

Events in the year 1960 in Nigeria.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch:
* until 1 October: position not in existence
* starting 1 October: Queen Elizabeth II
* Governor-General: Sir James Wilson Robertson (until 16 November), Nnamdi Azikiwe (starting 16 November)
* Prime Minister: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
* Senate President:
* 1 January: position established
* 1 January – 1 October: Nnamdi Azikiwe
* starting 1 October: Dennis Osadebay
* House Speaker: Jaja Wachukwu (until 1 October); Ibrahim Jalo Waziri (starting 1 October)
* Chief Justice: Adetokunbo Ademola

## Politics

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* July 1960 - Adesoji Aderemi became 1st African to be appointed governor in the Commonwealth
* October 1, 1960 - Nigerian Independence Day
* October 1, 1960 - Tafawa Balewa became prime minister
* October 1, 1960 - Sir James Robertson (1899 - 1983) became governor-general.
* November 16, 1960 - Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) became governor general

## References

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1960 in Africa

Sovereign states|

*   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Cameroon
*   * Central African Republic
* Chad
*   * Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Dahomey
*   * Egypt
*   *   *   * Ethiopia
* Gabon
*   * Ghana
* Guinea
*   * Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
*   *   * Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
*   * Mali
* Mauritania
*   * Morocco
*   *   * Niger
* Nigeria
*   *   *   * Senegal
*   *   * Somalia
* South Africa
*   * South-West Africa
* Sudan
*   *   * Togo
* Tunisia
*   * Upper Volta
*   *   *   *   *

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Ascension Island
* Algeria
* Basutoland
* Bechuanaland Protectorate
*   * British Cameroons
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * French Somaliland
*   *   *   *   * The Gambia
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Mauritius
*   *   *   * Northern Rhodesia
*   * Réunion
* Ruanda-Urundi
* Saint Helena
* Sierra Leone
*   * Southern Rhodesia
* Spanish Sahara
*   *   * Tristan da Cunha
*   *   *

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