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1961 in Nigeria
Events in the year
1961 in
Nigeria
.
Incumbents
Monarch:
Queen Elizabeth II
Governor-General:
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Prime Minister:
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Politics
February 1961 -
British Cameroons referendum
June 1, 1961 -
southern
Cameroon
became a
Province
within
Northern Nigeria
.
October 1961 -
Northern Cameroon
dissociated
from Nigeria.