1964 in Nigeria

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

Incumbents

 * President: Nnamdi Azikiwe
 * Prime Minister: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
 * Senate President: Nwafor Orizu
 * House Speaker: Ibrahim Jalo Waziri
 * Chief Justice: Adetokunbo Ademola

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. and was later beatified by Pope John Paul II (born 1903)