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class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1940s_in_Nigeria" title="Category:1940s in Nigeria">1940s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1950s_in_Nigeria" title="Category:1950s in Nigeria">1950s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:1960s_in_Nigeria" title="Category:1960s in Nigeria">1960s</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1970s_in_Nigeria" title="Category:1970s in Nigeria">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1980s_in_Nigeria" title="Category:1980s in Nigeria">1980s</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1963" title="1963">Other events of 1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Nigerian_history" title="Timeline of Nigerian history">Timeline of Nigerian history</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Events in the year <b>1963 in <a href="/wiki/Years_in_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Years in Nigeria">Nigeria</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen of Nigeria">Monarch</a>: <ul><li>Until 1 October: Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of Nigeria">Governor-General</a>: 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Nigeria">House Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Jalo_Waziri" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibrahim Jalo Waziri">Ibrahim Jalo Waziri</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Nigeria" title="Chief Justice of Nigeria">Chief Justice</a>: Sir <a href="/wiki/Adetokunbo_Ademola" title="Adetokunbo Ademola">Adetokunbo Ademola</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 October 1963 - <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> became a <a href="/wiki/Republic_within_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations">republic within the Commonwealth of Nations</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>1 October 1963 - the former Governor-General <a href="/wiki/Nnamdi_Azikiwe" title="Nnamdi Azikiwe">Nnamdi Azikiwe</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Nigeria" title="President of Nigeria">President of Nigeria</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>1 October 1963 - appeals from the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Nigeria" title="Supreme Court of Nigeria">Supreme Court of Nigeria</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a> in London were abolished, but cases then pending retained their right of appeal to the J.C.P.C. from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigerian_court_system&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nigerian court system (page does not exist)">Nigerian court system</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 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title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> (1960–present)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1901 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1902_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1902 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1904_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1904 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1908_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1908 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1909 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1918</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1941_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1941 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_Nigeria" title="1960 in Nigeria">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_Nigeria" title="1961 in Nigeria">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_Nigeria" title="1962 in Nigeria">1962</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_Nigeria" title="1964 in Nigeria">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_Nigeria" title="1966 in Nigeria">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_Nigeria" title="1967 in Nigeria">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_Nigeria" title="1977 in Nigeria">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_Nigeria" title="1992 in Nigeria">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_Nigeria" title="1993 in Nigeria">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_Nigeria" title="1994 in Nigeria">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_Nigeria" title="1996 in 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(page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Nigeria" title="2005 in Nigeria">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Nigeria" title="2006 in Nigeria">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Nigeria" title="2007 in Nigeria">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Nigeria" title="2008 in Nigeria">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Nigeria" title="2009 in Nigeria">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Nigeria" title="2010 in Nigeria">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Nigeria" title="2011 in Nigeria">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_Nigeria" title="2012 in Nigeria">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_Nigeria" title="2013 in Nigeria">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Nigeria" title="2014 in Nigeria">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Nigeria" title="2015 in Nigeria">2015</a></li> <li><a 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