HISTORY · 1 October 1960
Nigeria gained independence
Nigeria gained independence on 1 October 1960. The UN Nigeria institutional history also records its admission to the United Nations later that month.
Provenance and review
- Review status
- Manually reviewed summary
- Institution / publisher
- United Nations in Nigeria
- Event date precision
- day
- Source publication date
- Not established
- Retrieved (date only)
- 2026-10-13
- Supporting location
- Opening paragraph; legal cross-reference: Nigeria Independence Act 1960, section 1
- Rights / reuse
- Source link and original summary only; document/image reuse not assessed.
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