Federation of Nigeria Official Gazette

The Federation of Nigeria Official Gazette was an official government publication associated with Nigeria during the final years of British colonial administration and the first years of the country's independence. It served the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria from 1954 until independence in 1960 and then continued as the gazette of the Federation of Nigeria through 1963. As a government gazette, its function was administrative and legal rather than commercial. Such publications provide an authoritative channel for issuing or recording government notices, regulations, appointments, proclamations, legal instruments, and other official information. The available reference material identifies the publication as a successor to The Nigeria Gazette, placing it within the institutional publishing tradition used by the Nigerian administration before and after independence. The gazette was published in Lagos, which was the administrative and political centre of Nigeria during the period covered by the title. Its lifespan spans a significant constitutional transition: the late colonial period, independence in 1960, and the early years of the Federation of Nigeria. The title therefore belongs to the historical record of Nigeria's official publishing system during the transfer from colonial rule to an independent federal state. The publication was not a modern consumer-facing brand or an independently owned newspaper. It was an official serial publication of the Nigerian state and should be understood as a government information instrument. In 1963, after Nigeria became a republic, it was continued under the title Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. The successor title reflects the change in the country's constitutional status and marks the end of the Federation of Nigeria Official Gazette as a distinct publication title.

The Federation of Nigeria Official Gazette emerged in 1954 as a successor to The Nigeria Gazette. It was published for the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, the constitutional and administrative framework through which Britain governed Nigeria before independence. The title was issued in Lagos, the principal administrative centre of the territory. The gazette belonged to the official-publication system rather than to the commercial newspaper sector. Its role was to provide a formal record and means of communication for state actions and legal or administrative information. Government gazettes commonly carry notices whose authority derives from publication by the relevant administration, including regulations, proclamations, appointments, and other official instruments. The available historical description establishes the publication's governmental character but does not provide a complete issue-level catalogue or a detailed account of its editorial and printing staff. Nigeria became independent in 1960, and the gazette continued for the Federation of Nigeria during the first three years of independence. This continuation indicates institutional continuity across the constitutional change from colonial administration to an independent federal government. The publication's geographic base remained Lagos, which served as Nigeria's capital during this period. In 1963, Nigeria became a republic. The Federation of Nigeria Official Gazette was then continued by the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. The change in title corresponded to the country's new constitutional designation and brought the earlier publication's run to an end. Its historical importance therefore lies in its position between two successor phases of official Nigerian publishing: The Nigeria Gazette before 1954 and the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette after 1963. The title should be distinguished from later Nigerian official gazettes and from general newspapers. It was a serial government publication whose primary audience included public authorities, legal and administrative professionals, institutions, and readers requiring an official record of state action. Detailed circulation figures, publication frequency, publishing department, individual editors, and surviving issue data are not established by the supplied reference material.

• 1963

  Succeeded by the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette

  [1]Federation of Nigeria Official Gazetteen.wikipedia.org

  The title was discontinued as a distinct publication and continued under the name Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette after Nigeria became a republic.

• 1960

  Continued after Nigerian independence

  [1]Federation of Nigeria Official Gazetteen.wikipedia.org

  Following Nigeria's independence, the publication continued as the official gazette of the Federation of Nigeria.

• 1954

  Title established as successor to The Nigeria Gazette

  [1]Federation of Nigeria Official Gazetteen.wikipedia.org

  The Federation of Nigeria Official Gazette began publication for the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, replacing The Nigeria Gazette.

An authoritative state publication for promulgating and documenting official Nigerian government information during the late colonial and early post-independence period.

• Government gazette · 1954

  Federation of Nigeria Official Gazette

  The core serial publication issued in Lagos for the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria from 1954 to 1960 and for the Federation of Nigeria from independence until 1963. It functioned as an official channel for government notices and legal or administrative records. The available source does not specify its publication frequency, print run, or complete contents by issue.

1. 1Federation of Nigeria Official Gazetteen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Nigeria official publications at the British Librarybl.uk