1963 in Nigeria

* 1962
* 1961
* 1960
*   *

|  | 1963

Nigeria |

* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
*   *

|
|
|

Decades:|

* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s
* 1980s

See also:|

* Other events of 1963
* Timeline of Nigerian history

Events in the year 1963 in Nigeria.

## Incumbents

[edit]

* Monarch:
* Until 1 October: Queen Elizabeth II

* Governor-General:
* until 1 October: Nnamdi Azikiwe

* President:
* starting 1 October: Nnamdi Azikiwe

* Prime Minister: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

* Senate President: Dennis Osadebay (until 1 October); Nwafor Orizu (starting 1 October)

* House Speaker: Ibrahim Jalo Waziri

* Chief Justice: Sir Adetokunbo Ademola

## Politics

[edit]

* 1 October 1963 - Nigeria became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

* 1 October 1963 - the former Governor-General Nnamdi Azikiwe became the first President of Nigeria.

* 1 October 1963 - appeals from the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London were abolished, but cases then pending retained their right of appeal to the J.C.P.C. from the Nigerian court system.

## Births

[edit]

* January 21 - Hakeem Olajuwon, basketball player[1]

## Deaths

[edit]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Hakeem Olajuwon player profile at NBA.com

* v
* t
* e

Years in Nigeria (1960–present)

* 1901
* 1902
* 1904
* 1908
* 1909

* 1910
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1918

* 1922
* 1923
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929

* 1930
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1938

* 1940
* 1941
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026
* 2027
* 2028
* 2029

* v
* t
* e

1963 in Africa

Sovereign states|

*   *   *   *   *   * Burundi
*   * 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)
* Kenya
*   * Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
*   * Mali
* Mauritania
*   * Morocco
*   *   * Niger
* Nigeria
*   * Rwanda
*   * Senegal
*   * Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
*   * South-West Africa
* Sudan
* Tanganyika
*   * Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Upper Volta
*   * Zanzibar
*   *   *

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Ascension Island
*   * Basutoland
* Bechuanaland Protectorate
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * French Somaliland
*   *   *   *   * The Gambia
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Mauritius
*   *   *   * Northern Rhodesia
*   * Réunion
*   * Saint Helena
*   *   * Southern Rhodesia
* Spanish Sahara
*   *   * Tristan da Cunha
*   *   *

This year in Africa article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template