Nigeria’s First Republic came into being on 1 October 1960. The first prime minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was a northerner...

The Nigerian Civil War, better known as the Biafran War, (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), was a war fought to counter the secession o...

The coup Main article: 1966 Nigerian coup d’état The political unrest during the mid-1960s culminated into Nigeria’s first military c...

Although Nigeria gained independence from  Britain  on October 1st, 1960, the nation remained a  Commonwealth Realm  with  Elizabeth II...

By a British Act of Parliament, Nigeria became an independent country (as a  Commonwealth realm ) within the Commonwealth on October 1, 1...

The preparation of a new federal constitution for an independent Nigeria was carried out at conferences held at  Lancaster House  in Lo...

In 1957 the Western and the Eastern regions became formally self-governing under the parliamentary system. Similar status was acquired by...