First Republic of Nigeria

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historical political entity period of Nigerian history republic

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
First Republic of Nigeria canonical	4
First Nigerian Republic	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical political entity ⓘ period of Nigerian history ⓘ republic ⓘ
capital	Lagos ⓘ
colonialPredecessor	British West Africa ⓘ surface form: British Nigeria
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	National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: 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	Federal Military Government of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Military Government of Nigeria (1966–1979)
upperHouse	Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
wasAbolishedBy	military coup of 15 January 1966 ⓘ
wasEndedBy	Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Nigerian military officers
wasFormedBy	adoption of the 1963 Republican Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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 → officeCreatedIn → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the Senate of Nigeria

President of the Senate of Nigeria → formation → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ

Western Region Government of Nigeria → partOf → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nigerian Republic

Western Region Government of Nigeria → operatedInPeriod → First Republic of Nigeria ⓘ