Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign Sir John 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
who was the first indegenous governor general of nigeria
Nnamdi Azikiwe