Provinces and Regions of Nigeria

Party abbreviations: AG = Action Group (Yoruba dominated); NCNC = National Council of Nigerian Citizens (Igbo dominated); NNDP = Nigerian National Democratic Party (AG successor);
NPC = Northern People's Congress (Hausa/Fulani dominated); UPC = United People's Party;
Mil = Military

Lieutenant governors
 1 Jan 1914 - 1917         Charles Lindsay Temple             (b. 1871 - d. 1929)
1917 - 1921                Herbert Symonds Goldsmith
1921 - 1925                William Frederick Gowers           (b. 1875 - d. 1954)
1925 - 1930                Sir Herbert Richard Palmer         (b. 1877 - d. 1958)
1930 - 1932                Cyril Wilson Alexander             (b. 1879 - d. 1947)
Chief Commissioners
1932 - 1936                George Sinclair Browne
1936 - 1943                Sir Theodore Samuel Adams          (b. 1885 - d. 1961)
1943 - 1947                Sir John Robert Patterson          (b. 1892 - d. 1976)
1947 - 1951                Eric Thompstone
Lieutenant governors
1951 - 1952                Eric Thompson
1952 - 1 Oct 1954          Bryan Sharwood-Smith               (b. 1899 - d. 1983)
                            (from 1953, Sir Bryan Sharwood-Smith)
Governors
 1 Oct 1954 -  2 Dec 1957  Sir Bryan Sharwood-Smith           (s.a.)
 2 Dec 1957 - 1962         Sir Gawain Westray Bell            (b. 1909 - d. 1995)
1962 - 16 Jan 1966         Alhaji Sir Kashim Ibrahim          (b. 1910 - d. 1990)
19 Jan 1966 - 27 May 1967  Hassan Usman Katsina               (b. 1933 - d. 1995)

Premier
 1 Oct 1954 - 15 Jan 1966  Alhaji Ahmadu Bello                (b. 1909 - d. 1966)  NPC
                            (from 1959, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello) 

 1 Jan 1914                Southern Protectorate part of British Nigeria Colony
                             as southern provinces.
1939                       Southern provinces divided into Eastern and Western Regions.
 1 Oct 1960                Eastern and Western regions incorporated into Nigeria.

Lieutenant-governors
 1 Jan 1914 - 1920         Alexander George Boyle
1921 - 1925                Harry Claude Moohouse
1925 - 1929                Upton Fitzherbert Ruxton
1929 - 1930                Cyril Wilson Alexander             (b. 1879 - d. 1947)
1930 - 1935                Walter Buchanan-Smith
Chief Commissioner
1935 - 1939                William Edgar Hunt

Chief Commissioners
1939 - 1946                Gerald Charles Whiteley
1946 - 1951                Theodore Hoskins-Abrahall
Lieutenant governors
1951                       Theodore Hoskins-Abrahall
1951 -  1 Oct 1954         Hugo Marshall
Governors
 1 Oct 1954 - Jul 1960     Sir John Dalzell Rankine           (b. 1907 - d. 1987)
Jul 1960 - Dec 1962        Sir Adesoji Aderemi                (b. 1889 - d. 1980)
Dec 1962 - 16 Jan 1966     Joseph Odeleye Fadahunsi           (b. 1901)
19 Jan 1966 - 29 Jul 1966  Adekunle Fajuyi                    (b. 1926 - d. 1966)
Aug 1966 - 27 May 1967     Robert Adeyinka Adebayo            (b. 1928)

Premiers
 1 Oct 1954 - 15 Dec 1959  Obafemi Awolowo                    (b. 1909 - d. 1987)  AG
15 Dec 1959 - 21 May 1962  Samuel Akintola (1st time)         (b. 1910 - d. 1966)  AG
21 May 1962 - 29 May 1962  Alhaji Dauda Soroye Adegbenro      (b. 1909 - d. 1975)  NNDP
29 May 1962 - Dec 1962     Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi        (b. 1916)
                             (administrator)
 1 Jan 1963 - 15 Jan 1966  Samuel Akintola (2nd time)         (s.a.)               UPC

                        19 May 1964 - 1967

 8 Aug 1963                Midwest Region created from part of Western Region.
 9 Aug 1967                Occupied by Biafra.
19 Sep 1967                Republic of Benin declared.
20 Sep 1967                Retaken by Nigeria.

Administrator
12 Aug 1963 -  8 Feb 1964  Dennis Osadebay                    (b. 1911 - d. 1994)
Governors
 8 Feb 1964 - 16 Jan 1966? Samuel Jereton Mariere             (b. 1907 - d. 1971)
19 Jan 1966 -  9 Aug 1967  David Akpode Ejoor                 (b. 1932)
17 Aug 1967 - 20 Sep 1967  Albert Nwazu Okonkwo
                           (Biafran military administrator;
                            19-20 Sep 1967 governor of "Republic of Benin")

Premier
 8 Feb 1964 - 16 Jan 1966  Dennis Osadebay                    (s.a.)                NCNC

                              1960 - 1967

Chief Commissioners
1939 - 1943                George Shute
1943 - 1948                Frederick Carr
1948 - 1951                James Pyke-Nott
Lieutenant governors
1951 - 1952                James Pyke-Nott
1952 -  1 Oct 1954         Clement Pleass 
                            (from 1953, Sir Clement Pleass)
Governors
 1 Oct 1954 - Nov 1956     Sir Clement Pleass                 (b. 1901 - d. 1988)
1956 - May 1960            Sir Robert Stapledon               (b. 1909 - d. 1975)
15 Dec 1960 - 16 Jan 1966  Sir Francis Akanu Ibiam            (b. 1906 - d. 1995)
19 Jan 1966 - 27 May 1967  Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu        (b. 1933)

Premiers
 1 Oct 1954 - Dec 1959     Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe            (b. 1904 - d. 1996)  NCNC
Jan 1960 - 16 Jan 1966     Michael Okpara                     (b. 1920 - d. 1984)  NCNC

                         1960 - 1967

 7 Jul 1954                Lagos Federal District created.
27 May 1967                Part of Lagos state.

Administrators
 7 Jul 1954 - 1956         ....
Chief Administrative Officer
1956 - 1957?               T.F. Barker                        (b. 1912)
Ministers of Lagos Affairs
1957 - 1960                Muhammadu Ribadu                   (b. 1910 - d. 1966)  NPC
1960 - 1966                Mallam Musa Yar'Adua                                    NPC
1966 - 27 May 1967         Vacant