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POL221
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Sir Hugh Clifford abolished the Nigerian Council on the excuse that it was a__
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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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The political slogan ‘one north, one people’, belonged to the
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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 war time Military Governor of the Mid-West Region was
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In what year was the Indirect Rule introduced in Nigeria___________________
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The first Nigerian newspaper established to champion the cause of nationalist struggle was_____________
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According to Okafor (1981), Lagos was not officially pronounced “a British Colony” until__
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The Lagos Youth Movement got the name changed in 1937 to give it a national outlook to_________________
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A state of emergency was declared in the Western Region in the year
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The Nigerian Council created in 1922 was composed of officials and _members
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Yaba College of Technology was known as when it was founded in 1934 as the first institution of higher learning in Nigeria
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The 1922 constitution was also a landmark in Nigeria’s political development because it led to the formation of_______________
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The 1951 constitution led to the emergence of the following major political parties of the Nigerian First Republic____________
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In the First Republic, Nigeria practised __system of government
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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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Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh was the Minister of in the 1959-1966 government
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On 26th May, 1967, the gave Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu the mandate to declare the Eastern Nigeria an independent state by the name Republic of Biafra
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The Nigerian Youth Movement started as Youth Movement
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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 regional assemblies under the 1946 constitution, had the responsibility, among others, to elect members to the Legislature
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__was the Lady who first suggested the name ‘Nigeria’ for the amalgamated British colonial territory
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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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In the two colonial policies while the French regarded Africans as__,Africans in the British colonies were regarded as subjects
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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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Prior to the 1963 constitution, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria’s indigenous
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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 association of independent nations of former British colonies is called
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Dual allegiance by the citizens is one of the drawbacks of a __system of government
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In forming a _union, geographical contiguity by the independent states is one of the prerequisites
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Sir John Macpherson’s 1951 constitution was a complete departure from all others because____________
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The crisis that led to the factionalization of the Nigerian Youth Movement originated between Chief Earnest Ikoli and Oba Samuel Akinsanya, over the position of the
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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 Indirect Rule was first introduced in Northern Nigeria by__
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The West African Student Union was created to fight__
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After merging the Colony of Lagos with the Southern Protectorates in 1906, the capital of the then British Colony was moved from______________ to Lagos
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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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was the leader of the Talakawas’ party, the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU)
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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 ‘Dual Headship’ which was a feature of the Nigerian constitutions of 1960 and that 1963, meant that_____________led the government
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Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in as a prelude to independence
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The system of government introduced by the 1960 independence constitution was____________
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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 1960 independence constitution provided for a _as the Head of government and a President as ceremonial Head of State
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The Protectorates of the Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated by__
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Chief Dauda Shoroye Adegbenro was elected as in the Western Region during the Action Group crisis
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The Nigerian civil war lasted for months
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That Nigeria was a ‘mere geographical expression’ was an opinion of
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Approximately, it would be correct to say that the process of British colonial administration in Nigeria started in the year____________
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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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