POL221

Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in
as a
prelude to independence

On the eve of the Nigerian civil war,
Nigerian state structure was
changed from three regions to
states
by Col. Yakubu Gowon

Sir Henry Willink was appointed the
head of a Commission of Inquiry to
look into the
_problems in Nigeria

One of the resolutions of the 1953
constitutional conference was the
excision of
from
Western Region

The 1960 independence
constitution provided for a
_as
the Head of government

The fears expressed by the
Northern leaders for objection to
Anthony Enahoro’s ‘self-rule
immediately’ motion of 1953 was
over______________

The leader of the first political party
ever to be formed in Nigeria in
1923 was_________________

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

The monarch who ceded the
territory of Lagos to the British
was_______________

In Nigeria’s First Republic, the
official Opposition Leader
was___________

The 1951 constitution led to the
emergence of the following major
political parties of the Nigerian First
Republic____________

Dual allegiance by the citizens is
one of the drawbacks of a
__system of government

The British Settlement Act of 1843
enabled her to establish a Crown
colony system in

Sir Hugh Clifford abolished the
Nigerian Council on the excuse that
it was a__

Approximately, it would be correct
to say that the process of British
colonial administration in Nigeria
started in the year____________

The 1922 constitution was also a
landmark in Nigeria’s political
development because it led to the
formation of_______________

Geographical contiguity is one of
the conditions for a group of
autonomous states
seeking_________________

In response to minority agitation,
the British colonial government set
up a commission headed
by______________to look into
ways of allaying their fears

On May 27, 1967,
State
was created from the Northern
Region with Lt. Col. David
Bamigboye as the Governor

The Nigeria's war time finance
commissioner was

The Nigerian Council created in
1922 was composed of officials and
_members

The territory of__became the
British Crown Colony in 1861

In 1967, the secession of the
Eastern Nigeria was announced by
Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu who
was the
_of the
Region

The 1951 constitution provided for
Bi-cameral
_only
for Northern and Western Nigeria

The
_and protectorate of Southern
Nigeria were amalgamated and
renamed in 1906 to become the
Colony and protectorate of
Southern Nigeria

The first Nigerian newspaper
established to champion the cause
of nationalist struggle
was_____________

A state of emergency was declared
in the Western Region in the year

‘Nigeria is not a nation but a mere
geographical expression.’ This
statement is credited
to__________

One of the factors regarded as
immediate cause of the Nigerian
civil war was the mass killing of the
in the
North

Sir
_Willinck was appointed to head a
Commission of Inquiry to look into
the minority agitation in Nigeria

The colonial Governor-General that
succeeded Governor Richard
was___________

To protect the minority rights in
Nigeria, the Nigerian constitutions
have always
been_____________since 1954

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

Dual Headship is a characteristic
feature of the
system of government

After merging the Colony of Lagos
with the Southern Protectorates in
1906, the capital of the then British
Colony was moved
from______________ to Lagos

The Action Group Party led by
Chief Obafemi Awolowo was an
offshoot of a Yoruba Socio-Cultural
Group called________________

The first demonstration by Nigerian
students took place in 1961 against
Anglo-Nigerian

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

The Nigerian Youth Movement
started as
Youth
Movement

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______________

The major difference between the
British and French colonial policy
was that while the British adopted
the principle of ‘association’, the
French’s was based____________
on______________

The war time Military Governor of
the Mid-West Region was

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

The 1959 government was formed
by a coalition of the Northern
People’s Party (NPC)
and_________________

The British__was lowered for the
Nigeria’s Green/White/Green Flag
on 1st October, 1960 to mark her
independence

For the first time in the colonial
history Nigeria, leaders from the
northern part of the country were
allowed to attend the central
Legislature in______________

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

The 1946 Richard’s constitution
was said to have had serious
impact on the Nigerian structure
because it_________________

Durin the Western House of
Assembly fracas, the symbol of
authority of the House called
_, was
broken

Dual Headship is one of the defects
of
System of government practiced in
Nigeria’s First Republic