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POL221
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In Nigeria’s First Republic, the official Opposition Leader was___________
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On May 27, 1967, State was created from the Northern Region with Lt. Col. David Bamigboye as the Governor
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The Nigerian Youth Movement started originally, as _Youth Movement
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The leader of the first political party ever to be formed in Nigeria in 1923 was_________________
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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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The Indirect Rule was first introduced in Northern Nigeria by__
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On the eve of the Nigerian civil war, Nigerian state structure was changed from three regions to states by Col. Yakubu Gowon
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By the provisions of the 1963 constitution__ceased to be Nigeria’s highest Court
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The Nigerian civil war lasted for months
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The Latin phrase ‘primus inter pares’, associated to Parliamentary system of government means
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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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One of the defects of the Clifford’s constitution was the retention of the isolation policy of the _provinces, which retarded the process of political development of the area
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__was the first indigenous governor-general in Nigeria
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One of the resolutions of the 1953 constitutional conference was the excision of from Western Region
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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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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 1966 mililitary coup in Nigeria was regarded as because no political leader from the East was a victim
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The Nigerian Second Republic collapsed on__
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By 1964, Nigeria was a Federal Republic made up of Northern, Western, Eastern and__ Regions
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The 1951 constitution provided for Bi-cameral _only for Northern and Western Nigeria
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In what year was the Indirect Rule introduced in Nigeria___________________
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The most striking feature of the 1922 constitution was that it__
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Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in as a prelude to independence
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Although the 1922 elective principle was hailed by Africans, it was also criticized because the franchise granted was_______________
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Operation ‘Wetie’ (violent protest) took place in the__of Nigeria to protest the rigging of the 1964/65 elections
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The Nigerian Council created by Lord Lugard derived its source from_____________
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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 President of a federal Republic can have direct control of any State under under
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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 Protectorates of the Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated by__
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‘Nigeria is not a nation but a mere geographical expression.’ This statement is credited to__________
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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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Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh was the Minister of in the 1959-1966 government
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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 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 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 first Nigerian traditional ruler to become a regional Governor was_____________
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38. The term ‘Anglophone’ refers to_
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Chief Dauda Shoroye Adegbenro was elected as in the Western Region during the Action Group crisis
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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 Nigerian Council created in 1922 was composed of officials and members
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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 London constitutional conference of__was organized mainly to discuss Nigeria’s independence
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The 1946 constitution created bicameral Legislature in the following regions_______________
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The war time Military Governor of the Mid-West Region was
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Succinctly put, true federalism could be defined as__
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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 first Nigerian newspaper established to champion the cause of nationalist struggle was_____________
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In response to minority agitation, the British colonial government set up a commission headed by______________to look into ways of allaying their fears
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In a truly federal state, the components units are not__
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