During this First Republic, a parliamentary system of government was in operation. The first military intervention in Nigeria occurred in January 1966 when ...

Political instability and conflict failed to provide the favorable atmosphere to reign during the 1960-1966, Nigeria first republic government.

The period between Nigeria's federalization in 1954 and national independence in 1960 was, relatively, an “era of regional ascendancy” (Dudley 1966, 18). Among ...

The Federal Republic of Nigeria was established on October 1, 1963, with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa as prime minister (head of government) and Benjamin Nnamdi ...

The period between this date and January 15, 1966, when the first military coup d'état took place, is generally referred to as the First Republic, although ...

This is a list of Nigerian region governors and premiers in the First Republic (1960 - 1966). Nigeria became independent on 1 October 1960 and became a republic ...

The First Republic was the republican government of Nigeria between 1963 and 1966 governed by the first republican constitution.

Due to the fragile structure on which the foundation of the new state was laid, barely 5 years after independence, the first republic collapsed. Similarly, the ...

This was the period of approximately five years between Nigeria's independence from Britain on October 1, 1960 and a military coup, on January 15, 1966.