← 1961 1960 1959 1962 in Nigeria → 1963 1964 1965
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1962 Timeline of Nigerian history

Events in the year 1962 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

• May 1962 – Action Group, a Western Region party led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, split into two, resulting in a crisis in western Nigeria.^[1]