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1. The firstpolitical party to be

formed in Nigeria

was………………….

2. Nigeria became a

_State, in recognition of her

role against colonialism and

apartheid regime in the

Southern Africa

3. The Traditional elites were

initiated into politics by the

British when

were created each in both

the Northern and Western

Regions of Nigeria

4. The three fundamental

doctrines of imerialism:

Exploitation; Trusteeship;

and Assimilation, which

were espoused in a book

titled "Toward Colonial

Freedom (1947)" and was

written by ……...

5. What is popularly known as

the ”Mandela option”

suggests

According to Bade
Onimode (1981:96), the
dual economic system
created by colonial masters
were essentially to serve
subsistent needs of the
local paople and

7. The first black African

Secretary General of the

United Nations (UNO) is

8. Operations of the

ECOMOG is limited to

_member states

9. According to Richard

Joseph (2006),

……………………… is a

situtation where an

individual seeks a patron

and leans on him/her in

order to benefit from the

privileges of the upper class

10. The popular saying "seek

first the kingdom of politics,

every ohters shall be added

ujnto it" is credited to a pan￾Africanist called

11. Evangelism and

imperialism were

precursors to

__in Africa

12. In 1925, ……………………

was formed by Ladipo

Solanke to fight colonial

policies in West Africa

13. The second bombardment

of Lagos in 1861, leading to

the annexation that

changed Lagos territory to

become

14. One of the Nigeria's

neighbouring country that is

not a member of ECOWAS

is

15. One of the challenges of

socio-political and

economic integration in

post-colonial African

countries was the

………………… imposed by

the colonial masters

16. In Ghana, the ruling party

under Kwameh Nkruma

was

(CPP)

17. The vestiges of 'sit-tight

syndrom' is more prevailent

in …………………….

politics

18. The attacks by the

……………… against the

evils of colonialism also

aided the decolonization

process in Africa

19. The acronyms (A.P.R.M)

means African

Review Mecanism

20. According to Peter Ekeh, “

to problems demand

context and sometimes

models"

21. One of the features of

African politics is

………………

22. The type of democracy that

was practiced in Pre￾colonial Africa was called

23. The Acronym CIA means

Central

Agency

24. "Democratic Centralism"

was a version of African

Socialism promoted by

former President

Toure of Guinea

25. The year popularly referred

to as the African Year of

Independence was

26. The official Opposition

Leader in Nigeria during the

First Republic was

27. One of the internal factors

that ignited the spirit of

nationalism in Africa was

28. Most African countries were

colonised either by

conquest or by

………………………

29. A country is

_only if there is no any form

of foreign interference in

her domestic affairs

30. Williams

sponsored the Anti-Slave

Trade Bill in the British

parliament

31. Nigerians rejected the

Structural Adjustment

Programme (SAP) because

it was seen as an IMF

instrument to control the

Nigerian

32. Most post-independence

African leaders embraced

one-party system in line

with their belief in concept

of African

33. The first African country to

have elected female

President is

34. Regional integration by

African countries is difficult

because of

35. The Casablanca bloc,

which emerged in 1961 was

known as

Group

36. The meaning of the popular

title "Osagyefo" given to

Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana

means

37. The colonial history of Libya

could be linked to

38. One of these African

countries did not practice

One Party System in the

1960s

39. The former Rhodesia is

now known as

40. Loans, monetary aids or

technical assistance, are

some of

_instruments to control

African economies

41. Fredrick de Klerk was

President up to the year

1989

42. Some measures taken by

African leaders to eradicate

the vestiges of colonialism

from African continent is

known as

Process

43. The first political party in

Nigeria was formed in

44. The Arab Spring that led to

the overthrow some sit-tight

North African leaders

started in

45. In a democracy, the Fourth

Estate of the realm is

46. The first military coup took

place in Nigeria on

47. The 1775 industrial

revolution in the

turned African countries to

mere producers of raw

materials

48. The first agitation against

imposition of taxes during

the colonial period in

Western Nigeria was

49. In 1965, TANU was

legalized as the sole

political party in

50. South Africa and a group of

countries in that region are

called

51. The British first got African

Traditional Rulers involved

in administration through

the policy of

52. Due to arbitrary

partitionning of Africa, the

Yoruba and Hausa were

divided between

………………………. and

British territories

53. The two groups that formed

the OAU belonged to two

different ideological divides:

Conservative and

54. Inordinate ambition by

young military officers has

been identified as one of

the factors for political

in some developing

countries

55. A general feeling of

allegiance, attachments or

loyalty to one's primordial

group to the detriments of

others in African politics is

called …….

56. Under the bi-polar global

system, the 'cold war' was

between the United States

of America and the defunct

Union of

_Socialist Republics

57. Rober Mitchel's theory of

Iron Law of Oligarchy better

explains the dominance of

………… in African politics

58. The concept of Ujaama

(familihood) was

propounded by one of the

following African political

leaders

59. In most African countries,

the process of imperialism

and colonialism started with

slave trade and missionary

60. Ghana achieved

………………….. from

Britain in 1957

61. One of these is not a

feature of a military

government

62. Nigeria was not a Republic

until

63. The meeting to reconcile

Ojukwu and Gowon before

the outbreak of civil war in

Nigeria took place in------

Ghana

64. One of these scholars is not

associated with

Radical/Political Economy

model of analysis

65. In Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah

was popularly called

66. The idea of One Party

System was promoted in

Africa in the immediate

post-independence era for

the following reasons,

except

67. Under Gen. Murtala Ramat

Mohammed's

administration,

became the centre-piece of

Nigeria's foreign policy

68. The chater establishing the

ECOMOG gave it the

mandate only for

69. According to Nkrumah

(1976:9), the name

Rhodesia was coined from

Cecil Rhodes, the founder

of the ……………….

70. Nigeria joined the United

Nations as 99th member on

October 7,

71. The title "Mwalimu" used by

a Tanzanian President

means The Great

72. One of the two major blocs

that led to the formation of

the Organization of African

Unity (now AU), was the

_groups

73. Hellen Sirleaf Johnson of

……………. was the first

African woman to be

elected President

74. The 'Warrant Chief' in the

southeasern part of Nigeria

was a creation of …………

75. The USA

enacted a Comprehensive

Anti Apartheid Act (CAA)

against the then South

African government in the

year 1986

76. The first black African

colony to attain political

independence was

77. The Beijing Declaration on

Gender Equality, popularly

known as the

Action was proclaimed in

China in 1995

78. African definition and

conceptualization of

democracy are based on

Western

_and orientation

79. The idea of “Democratic

Centralism” was

popularized by one of these

first generation African

political leaders

80. Most African countries were

colonised either by

conquest or by

………………………

81. The Nigeria's June 12,

1993 election was annulled

by the military

administration of

82. A political system in which

a country is binded to

another powerful foreign

country with the primary

objective of promoting the

economic interest of the

metropole is called …..

83. In the Nigeria’s First

Republic (1960-1966), the

system of government

practiced was

84. The book written by Walter

Rotney is titled “How

Europe Underdeveloped

_

85. The policies of Association

and Assimilation were used

in Africa by

…………………………..

and …………………………

respectively

86. By 1922, a political party

was formed in the British

Nigeria but no political party

was formed in any French

colonies until ………..

87. The eight point Millennium

Development Goals

(MDGS) was launched by

the

in year 2000

88. The Ashantehene was a

pre-colonial ruler in

89. The military outfit known as

ECOMOG was established

as the military wing of

90. The followings but one, are

the features of African

politics

91. Liberia and

were the only African

countries never colonized

by any European power

92. Stability, rapid economic

development and unity, are

some of the reasons

advanced by some African

leaders to justify

Party system

93. The ………………………

movement provided training

grounds for new African

political leadership in the

post-independece era

94. One of the followings was

not a traditional African

nationalist

95. The first post-apartheid

South African President

was

96. One of the following is a

programme of the African

Union (AU)

97. Nigeria belonged to the

group, which joined with the

radical bloc to form the

OAU in 1963

98. The campaign for the

extension of the tenure of

President Olusegun

Obasanjo of Nigeria was

killed by the

99. The attacks by the

……………… against the

evils of colonialism also

aided the decolonization

process in Africa

100. United Nation was

established in the year

101. The Gambia Independence

Act of

_, was an Act of Parliament

of the United Kingdom

102. The 1995 Beijing

Declaration demanded for

_percent women

representation in

government

103. President

got U.S. Congress approval

for Arican Growth and

Opportunity Act (AGOA)

104. Legitimate Trade is an

offshoot of

105. In Sierra-Leone, the

colonial policy distinguished

between the Aborigines and

the ……………….

106. The followings but one of

the African countries were

independent by the eve of

World War II

107. The major palyer in the

ECOMOG activities is

108. Until October 1, 1960,

Nigeria was one of the

colonial territories of

……………….

109. The 1884 conference

where African countries

were pertitioned took place

in ……………..

110. The meaning of the political

doctrine known as

"Ujaamah", conied by

111. One of the major obstacles

to women political

participation in Northern

Nigeria is

Culture

112. One of these political

parties secured

independence for Gold

Coast, later renamed

Ghana in 1957

113. One of these former military

rulers in Nigeria was

‘nominated’ as sole

presidential candidate by

the five registered political

parties in 1998

114. The African leader known

as "Mwalimu" was

Nyerere

115. The first African country to

experience military coup is

116. One of these institutions is

not directly involved in the

impeachment process

under the Nigerian

constitution

117. Prior to the World War II,

Togoland and Cameroon

were colonies of

…………………..

118. At the early stage of

colonialism, present Ghana

was known as

_coast

119. In 1893 New Zealand

recognized the right of

women to

120. Sir James Wilson

_(15th June, 1955 - 16th

November, 1960) was the

last Nigeria's colonial

Governor-General

121. In consistent with the

dictataes of colonialism,

………………………….

policy was introduced in

many African colonies

122. Scholars regard the post￾independence relationship

between African countries

and their former imperial

powers as

123. In 1979, Nigeria

nationalized the assests of

Petroleum to prevent

Nigerian oil from getting to

the apartheid regime

124. One of these nationalists

was a member of the

Patriotic Front who worked

with Robert Mugabe to

secure independence for

Zimbabwe in 1980

125. The civil war in one of these

African countries was

accompanied by genocide

in 1994

126. The first Nigeria's generally

acclaimed 'free and fair'

election was won by Chief

127. Esprit de corps' is a

palance commonly used by

the

and security agencies

128. According to Mengisteab

(2003), pre-colonial African

societies have a rich

tradition of political

economic and

…………………….

One of these African
countries has not witnessed
a military coup

130. The Ghanaian popular

military revolution in the late

70s was led by John James

_Rawlings

131. The 'West African Pilot' was

founded by…………….. as

an instrument against

colonialism

132. Gamal Abdul-Nasir was the

post-independe

133. The first epoch of African

encounter with the

Europeans was the period

of

_Trade

134. The followings except one,

could be described as

benefits from the colonial

origin of African politics

135. The 'Affirmative Action'

provides that ……………….

of appointive positions

should be reserved for

women

136. President

got U.S. Congress approval

for Arican Growth and

Opportunity Act (AGOA)

137. All the following Nigerian

Governors except one,

were removed from office

through impeachment

138. The West African Pilot was

a popular anti-colonial

newspaper in

139. Until 1946, while the

Northern Nigeria was ruled

directly by the colonial

Governor-General, the

Southern Nigeria was ruled

by the

140. One of the factors that

affected the spread of

western education in the

Northern part of Nigeria

was the restriction on

…………………………..

activities

141. One of the last generation

of African sit-tight Leaders

is ……………….

142. "Mau Mau" uprising was a

rebellion against White

domination and denial of

Blacks the right to land in

……………..

143. The major policy of colonial

rule could be summarized

as …………...

144. Standardized taxation was

introduced in Africa by

colonial masters to replace

…………… hitherto

collected by African

Traditional Rulers

145. One of these African

leaders is not guilty of

tenacity of office