Incumbents

Monarch:
- until 1 October: position not in existence
- starting 1 October: Queen Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Sir James Wilson Robertson (until 16 November), Nnamdi Azikiwe (starting 16 November)
Prime Minister: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Senate President:
- 1 January: position established
- 1 January – 1 October: Nnamdi Azikiwe
- starting 1 October: Dennis Osadebay
House Speaker: Jaja Wachukwu (until 1 October); Ibrahim Jalo Waziri (starting 1 October)
Chief Justice: Adetokunbo Ademola

Politics

July 1960 - Adesoji Aderemi became 1st African to be appointed governor in the Commonwealth
October 1, 1960 - Nigerian Independence Day
October 1, 1960 - Tafawa Balewa became prime minister
October 1, 1960 - Sir James Robertson (1899 - 1983) became governor-general.
November 16, 1960 - Nnamdi Azikiwe

(1904–1996) became governor general

v t e 1960 in Africa
Sovereign states	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Dahomey Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Nigeria Senegal Somalia South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Togo Tunisia Upper Volta
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Algeria Basutoland Bechuanaland Protectorate British Cameroons French Somaliland The Gambia Mauritius Northern Rhodesia Réunion Ruanda-Urundi Saint Helena Sierra Leone Southern Rhodesia Spanish Sahara Tristan da Cunha