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1962 in Nigeria
Events in the year
1962
in
Nigeria
.
Incumbents
Monarch:
Queen Elizabeth II
Governor-General:
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Prime Minister:
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Politics
May 1962
–
Action Group
, a
Western Region
party
led by
Chief
Obafemi Awolowo
,
split
into two, resulting in a
crisis
in
western
Nigeria.