title: 1961 in Nigeria
text: # 1961 in Nigeria
  
  Events in the year 1961 in Nigeria.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
  * Governor-General: Nnamdi Azikiwe
  * Prime Minister: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
  * Senate President: Dennis Osadebay
  * House Speaker: Ibrahim Jalo Waziri
  * Chief Justice: Adetokunbo Ademola
  
  ## Politics
  
  * February 1961 - British Cameroons referendum
  * June 1, 1961 - southern Cameroon became a Province within Northern Nigeria.
  * October 1961 - Northern Cameroon dissociated from Nigeria.
  