1964 in Nigeria

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1964; Timeline of Nigerian history;

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

Incumbents

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 [[Kanji Dam] begins
The Nigerian Defence Academy is established

February 2 - Goodluck Nanah Opiah, politician and former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Nigeria.
Tubal Rabbi Cain, writer

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)

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

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