The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nigerian_Republic" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Nigerian Republic">First Nigerian Republic</a>, led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abubakar_Tafawa_Balewa" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abubakar Tafawa Balewa">Abubakar Tafawa Balewa</a> is overthrown in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Nigerian_coup_d'état" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1966 Nigerian coup d'état">a military coup d'état</a>.