List of Governors-General of Nigeria

Flag of the Governor-General of Nigeria

This page contains a list of Governors and Governors-General of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, and later of the Federation of Nigeria; both as a British overseas possession and an independent monarchy.

Governor-General of Nigeria, 1914-1919

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Sovereign
	Sir Frederick Lugard	1 January 1914	8 August 1919	George V

Governors of Nigeria, 1919-1954

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Sovereign
	Sir Hugh Clifford (1866-1941)	8 August 1919	13 November 1925	George V
	Sir Graeme Thomson (1877-1933)	13 November 1925	17 June 1931	George V
	Sir Donald Cameron (1872-1948)	17 June 1931	1 November 1935	George V
	Sir Bernard Bourdillon (1883-1948)	1 November 1935	1943	George V Edward VIII George VI
	Sir Arthur Richards (1885-1978)	1943	5 February 1948	George VI
	Sir John Stuart Macpherson (1898-1971)	5 February 1948	1 October 1954	George VI Elizabeth II

Governors-General of Nigeria, 1954-1963

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Sovereign
	Sir John Stuart Macpherson (1898-1971)	1 October 1954	15 June 1955	Elizabeth II
	Sir James Wilson Robertson (1899–1983)	15 June 1955	16 November 1960	Elizabeth II
	Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904-1996)	16 November 1960	1 October 1963	Elizabeth II

See also

• List of heads of state of Nigeria
• Lists of incumbents