1960: Nigeria Becomes Independent

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:July 12, 2022
Post category:Africa
Reading time:1 min read

On October 1st Nigeria became independent. Nnamdi Azikiwe became the first governor-general. A year later Northern Cameroon voted for union with Nigeria.

Tadese Faforiji

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