1964 in Nigeria
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Nigeria and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Nnamdi Azikiwe
- Prime Minister: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- Senate President: Nwafor Orizu
- House Speaker: Ibrahim Jalo Waziri
- Chief Justice: Adetokunbo Ademola
Events
[edit]- 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
[edit]- February 2 - Goodluck Nanah Opiah, politician and former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Nigeria.
- Tubal Rabbi Cain, writer
Deaths
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Entirely for God: the life of Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, p. 37, Elizabeth Isichei (Cistercian Publications, 1980)
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