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POL221
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Sir John Macpherson’s 1951 constitution was a complete departure from all others because____________
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The British__was lowered for the Nigeria’s Green/White/Green Flag on 1st October, 1960 to mark her independence
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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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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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The 1946 constitution created bicameral Legislature in the following regions_______________
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6. The term ‘Anglophone’ refers to_
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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 Nigerian Second Republic collapsed on__
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Dual allegiance by the citizens is one of the drawbacks of a __system of government
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By 1964, Nigeria was a Federal Republic made up of Northern, Western, Eastern and__ Regions
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‘Nigeria is not a nation but a mere geographical expression.’ This statement is credited to__________
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__was the Lady who first suggested the name ‘Nigeria’ for the amalgamated British colonial territory
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The first Secretary-General of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons under the leadership of Herbert Macaulay was______________
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Succinctly put, true federalism could be defined as__
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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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Lord Lugard returned from India to become the Governor of the Northern Protectorates in the year___________
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The mistake of 1914 is rearing its ugly head.’ This statement is credited to__
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Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh was the Minister of in the 1959-1966 government
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Geographical contiguity is one of the conditions for a group of autonomous states seeking_________________
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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 1957 constitutional conference granted self-government to Western and Eastern Nigeria while the North attained the status in the year
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In the First Republic, Nigeria practised __system of government
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Geographical contiguity is one of the important conditions to be considered by independent states while forming _Union
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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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The 1954 constitution provided for a Federal Court from the central to replace the West African Court of Appeal
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Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon released Chief Obafemi Awolowo from prison and made him the of the Federal Executive Council
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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 system of government introduced by the 1960 independence constitution 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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The British Settlement Act of__ empowered the British government to establish a Crown Colony System of government
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The Nigeria's war time finance commissioner was
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The educated elite regarded the Nigerian Council of 1914 as a ‘toothless bulldog’ because it was________________
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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 1960 independence constitution provided for a _as the Head of government
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By the provisions of the 1963 constitution__ceased to be Nigeria’s highest Court
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Prior to the 1963 constitution, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria’s indigenous
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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 Nigerian Council created in 1922 was composed of officials and _members
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According to Okafor (1981), Lagos was not officially pronounced “a British Colony” until__
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The political symbol or emblem used by the NCNC in Nigeria’s First Republic was a
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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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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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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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The system of Indirect Rule was said to be partly successful in the Western Nigeria because________________
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The Indirect Rule policy was difficult to implement in the Eastern part of Nigeria because of_______________
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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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One of the factors regarded as immediate cause of the Nigerian civil war was the mass killing of the in the North
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The President of a federal Republic can have direct control of any State under under
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The 1951 Nigeria’s constitution provided for bi-cameral Legislature each for the Western and Regions
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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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