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POL221
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Chief Dauda Shoroye Adegbenro was elected as in the Western Region during the Action Group crisis
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One of the factors regarded as immediate cause of the Nigerian civil war was the mass killing of the in the North
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Another striking feature of the 1963 constitution was the removal of the imperial attachment by making____________to replace the Queen of England as Nigeria’s Head of State
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4. The word ‘Protectorate’ mean__
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The practice whereby all cabinet ministers are liable for actions or inactions of one of them is called collective
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The Indirect Rule was first introduced in Northern Nigeria by__
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In what year was the Indirect Rule introduced in Nigeria___________________
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The popular motion of 1953 seeking ‘self-government in 1956’ from the British was moved by________________
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By the provision of 1954 constitution, Lagos Colony was excised from the Western Region to become a Federal
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The Nigerian Youth Movement started originally, as _Youth Movement
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Since 1861, the colonial masters ruled the territories, which were amalgamated in 1914 as different countries until the central Legislative Council created Sir Arthur Richards in the year______________
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__was the Lady who first suggested the name ‘Nigeria’ for the amalgamated British colonial territory
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The July 29, 1966 counter-coup was led by military officers mainly from the part of Nigeria
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Lord Lugard returned from India to become the Governor of the Northern Protectorates in the year___________
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In order to implement the policy of Indirect Rule in the Eastern part of Nigeria, the colonial government had to create__________in lieu of any recognized central authority in the area
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The 1946 Richard’s constitution was said to have had serious impact on the Nigerian structure because it_________________
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A state of emergency was declared in the Western Region in the year
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Dual Headship is a characteristic feature of the system of government
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Durin the Western House of Assembly fracas, the symbol of authority of the House called _, was broken
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The system of Indirect Rule was said to be partly successful in the Western Nigeria because________________
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One of the resolutions of the 1953 constitutional conference was the excision of from Western Region
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The practice, whereby all cabinet Ministers are liable for the action or inaction of any of the Ministers is called
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The first Nigerian newspaper established to champion the cause of nationalist struggle was_____________
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Prior to the 1963 constitution, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria’s indigenous
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The monarch who ceded the territory of Lagos to the British was_______________
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The 1957 constitutional conference granted self-government to Western and Eastern Nigeria while the North attained the status in the year
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27. The term ‘Anglophone’ refers to_
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The name of the political party formed by Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola in 1964 against Action Group was the
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The educated elite regarded the Nigerian Council of 1914 as a ‘toothless bulldog’ because it was________________
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To protect the minority rights in Nigeria, the Nigerian constitutions have always been_____________since 1954
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The ‘Dual Headship’ which was a feature of the Nigerian constitutions of 1960 and that 1963, meant that_____________led the government
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In 1967, the secession of the Eastern Nigeria was announced by Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu who was the _of the Region
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The Indirect Rule was successful in the North because________________
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The followings except one, were the major objectives of the nationalist movements in Africa______________
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The Nigerian Council created in 1922 was composed of officials and members
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Succinctly put, true federalism could be defined as__
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The second legislative chambers created in the North and West by Richard’s constitution was called House of
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The outcomes of the 1953 constitutional conference was reflected in the Oliver Lyttleton constitution of the year
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Elements of__were first noticed in Nigeria in the 1951 constitution
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The 1922 Legislative Council legislated on for the Southern Protectorates while the Northern Protectorate was ruled____________
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The Nigerian Second Republic collapsed on__
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The territory of__became the British Crown Colony in 1861
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Corruption and nepotism were some of the remote causes of the first military coup in Nigeria led by
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The arbiter between the federal and state governments over constitutional issues in Nigeria is_____________
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The fears expressed by the Northern leaders for objection to Anthony Enahoro’s ‘self-rule immediately’ motion of 1953 was over______________
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The Indirect Rule policy was difficult to implement in the Eastern part of Nigeria because of_______________
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The first demonstration by Nigerian students took place in 1961 against Anglo-Nigerian
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Sir John Macpherson’s 1951 constitution was a complete departure from all others because____________
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The system of government introduced by the 1960 independence constitution was____________
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The Nigerian Youth Movement started as Youth Movement
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