List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria

Flag of the Governor-General of Nigeria

This article contains a list of Governors and Governors-General of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, and later of the Federation of Nigeria; both as a British overseas possession and an independent monarchy.^[1]^[2]

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Governor-General of Nigeria, 1914–1919[]

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Sovereign
	Sir Frederick Lugard (1858–1945)	1 January 1914	8 August 1919	George V

Governors of Nigeria, 1919–1954[]

Name	Took office	Left office	Sovereign
Sir Hugh Clifford (1866–1941)	8 August 1919	13 November 1925	George V
Sir Graeme Thomson (1877–1933)	13 November 1925	17 June 1931	George V
Sir Donald Cameron (1872–1948)	17 June 1931	1 November 1935	George V
Sir Bernard Bourdillon (1883–1948)	1 November 1935	1 July 1940	George V Edward VIII George VI
Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh (1877–1953)	1 July 1940	1942	George VI
Sir Alan Burns (1887–1980)	1942	18 Dec 1943	George VI
Sir Arthur Richards (1885–1978)	18 Dec 1943	5 February 1948	George VI
Sir John Macpherson (1898–1971)	5 February 1948	1 October 1954	George VI Elizabeth II

Governors-General of Nigeria, 1954–1963[]

Name	Took office	Left office	Sovereign
Sir John Macpherson (1898–1971)	1 October 1954	15 June 1955	Elizabeth II
Sir James Wilson Robertson (1899–1983)	15 June 1955	16 November 1960	Elizabeth II
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996)	16 November 1960	1 October 1963	Elizabeth II