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.

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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
The National Library of Nigeria whose construction started in 1962 opens
Construction of the Kainji 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 )

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

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