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POL221
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_were the territories surrendered to the British by the traditional authorities through Treaties
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One of the bone of contentions against the 1922 constitution was the use of traditional rulers to the exclusion of the elites
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The _coalition government during the Nigeria’s First Republic was contracted because the 1959 elections results showed no clear winner
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Succinctly put, true federalism could be defined as__
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In Nigeria’s First Republic, the official Opposition Leader was___________
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The statement that ‘Nigeria is not a nation but a mere geographical expression’ is credited to
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The elective principle of 1922 provided for (4) seats for Africans in Lagos and Calabar in the Legislative Council in the following ratio respectively________________
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The most striking feature of the 1922 constitution was that it__
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The 1960 Nigerian constitution made it mandatory for the Prime Minister to secure a majority votes in the parliament before he could declare a state of emergency in any part of the country
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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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Dual Headship is one of the defects of System of government practiced in Nigeria’s First Republic
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The Nigerian Youth Movement started as Youth Movement
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The territory of__became the British Crown Colony in 1861
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Dual Headship is a characteristic feature of the system of government
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The 1959 government was formed by a coalition of the Northern People’s Party (NPC) and_________________
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The arbiter between the federal and state governments over constitutional issues in Nigeria is_____________
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The Nigeria's war time finance commissioner was
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In the First Republic, Nigeria practised __system of government
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The President of a federal Republic can have direct control of any State under under
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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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A state of emergency was declared in the Western Region in the year
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The 1964 and 1965 Federal elections was a battle between two political alliances called, the United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA) and the
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The 1960 constitution provided that the Prime Minister and the government should resign once a was passed
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__was the Lady who first suggested the name ‘Nigeria’ for the amalgamated British colonial territory
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One of the functions of the regional assemblies created by the 1946 Nigeria’s colonial constitution, was to elect members from the regions to the Legislature
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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 Nigerian traditional ruler to become a regional Governor was_____________
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The West African Student Union was created to fight__
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The Indirect Rule was first introduced in Northern Nigeria by__
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Apart from his nationalist struggle, Chief Anthony Enahoro was a popular figure in the House of Representatives in the First Republic because he moved the motion for in 1953
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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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The practice, whereby all cabinet Ministers are liable for the action or inaction of any of the Ministers is called
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African territories that surrendered to the British by the traditional authorities through Treaties were regarded
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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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The British Settlement Act of__ empowered the British government to establish a Crown Colony System of government
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Sir John Macpherson’s 1951 constitution was a complete departure from all others because____________
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The political symbol or emblem used by the NCNC in Nigeria’s First Republic was a
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The Nigerian Council created by Lord Lugard derived its source from_____________
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The British Settlement Act of 1843, enabled the British Government to establish a Crown Colony system in
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One of the bones of contention against the 1922 Nigeria’s colonial constitution was the use of traditional rulers to the exclusion of the elites
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The Protectorates of the Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated by__
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The _and protectorate of Southern Nigeria were amalgamated and renamed in 1906 to become the Colony and protectorate of Southern Nigeria
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The 1966 mililitary coup in Nigeria was regarded as because no political leader from the East was a victim
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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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By 1964, Nigeria was a Federal Republic made up of Northern, Western, Eastern and__ Regions
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The Nigeria’s independence constitution provided for a true federal structure because it settled the contentious issues of regional police and_________in favour of the regions
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The military Governor killed in the 1966 counter coup because he refused to surrender his Commander-in-Chief, Gen. AguiyiIronsi to the coupist was
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The 1957 constitutional conference granted self-government to both the Western and Eastern Nigeria while the Northern Region attained the status only in the year
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Lord Lugard returned from India to become the Governor of the Northern Protectorates in the year___________
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The leader of the first political party ever to be formed in Nigeria in 1923 was_________________
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