First Republic of Nigeria

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The First Republic of Nigeria was the country’s initial post-independence democratic government period (1963–1966), characterized by a parliamentary system and regional politics before being ended by a military coup.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political entity ⓘ
period of Nigerian history ⓘ
republic ⓘ
capital Lagos ⓘ
colonialPredecessor British Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: British West Africa
constitutionalChangeFrom constitutional monarchy under the British Crown ⓘ
constitutionalChangeTo republic with Nigerian president as head of state ⓘ
constitutionalForm federal parliamentary republic ⓘ
constitutionalStatus federal republic ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
currency Nigerian pound ⓘ
dominantPartyInEasternRegion National Council of Nigerian Citizens ⓘ
dominantPartyInNorthernRegion Northern People’s Congress ⓘ
dominantPartyInWesternRegion Action Group ⓘ
endDate 1966-01-15 ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary system ⓘ
hadIssue census controversies ⓘ
electoral violence ⓘ
regional political crises ⓘ
hadRegion Eastern Region ⓘ
Mid-Western Region ⓘ
Northern Region ⓘ
Western Region ⓘ
headOfGovernment Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Nigeria ⓘ
headOfState Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Nigeria ⓘ
historicalEra post-colonial Africa ⓘ
independenceDayObserved 1 October ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Nigeria ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
notableEvent 1964 Nigerian federal elections ⓘ
1965 Western Region elections ⓘ
Western Region political crisis (early 1960s) ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
politicalCharacteristic ethno-regional party system ⓘ
strong regionalism ⓘ
politicalSystem multi-party democracy ⓘ
predecessor Dominion of Nigeria ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
startDate 1963-10-01 ⓘ
successor Military Government of Nigeria (1966–1979) ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
wasAbolishedBy military coup of 15 January 1966 ⓘ
wasEndedBy Nigerian military officers ⓘ
wasFormedBy adoption of the 1963 Republican Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Nigeria → predecessor → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
President of the Senate of Nigeria → officeCreatedIn → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate
President of the Senate of Nigeria → formation → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
Western Region Government of Nigeria → partOf → First Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: First Republic of Nigeria
Western Region Government of Nigeria → operatedInPeriod → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
Northern Region of Nigeria → partOf → First Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: First Republic of Nigeria
Federal Military Government of Nigeria → precededBy → First Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: First Republic of Nigeria
Western Region (Nigeria) → partOf → First Nigerian Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Western Region
linked to: First Republic of Nigeria
Mid-Western Region → createdDuring → First Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: First Republic of Nigeria
Northern People's Congress → activeInPeriod → Nigerian First Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Northern People’s Congress
linked to: First Republic of Nigeria
Action Group → timePeriod → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
National Council of Nigerian Citizens → politicalSystem → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
Northern Region (Nigeria) → existedDuring → First Nigerian Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Northern Region
linked to: First Republic of Nigeria
Eastern Region → partOf → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
Eastern Region → existedDuring → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ