This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Nigeria and its people.
Incumbents
President: Nnamdi Azikiwe
Prime Minister: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Senate President: Nwafor Orizu
House Speaker: Ibrahim Jalo Waziri
Chief Justice: Adetokunbo Ademola
Events
February - Mid-West Region legislative election takes place with National Council of Nigerian Citizens winning the majority of seats October - Nigeria participates in the 1964 Summer Olympics and wins its first medal December - the Nigerian parliamentary election starts and continues into 1965 The National Library of Nigeria whose construction started in 1962 opens Construction of the Kainji Dam begins The Nigerian Defence Academy is established
Births
February 2 - Goodluck Nanah Opiah, politician and former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Nigeria. Tubal Rabbi Cain, writer
Deaths
January 20 - Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Roman Catholic priest who worked in Nnewi, Dunukofia, Akpu/Ajalli and Aguleri. and was later beatified by Pope John Paul II (born 1903)