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POL221
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The Nigerian Second Republic collapsed on__
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In Nigeria’s First Republic, the official Opposition Leader was___________
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Which of the following regions attained the status of selfgovernment in 1957_____________
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Dual allegiance by the citizens is one of the drawbacks of a __system of government
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In 1967, the secession of the Eastern Nigeria was announced by Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu who was the _of the Region
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Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh was the Minister of in the 1959-1966 government
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The 1960 independence constitution provided for a _as the Head 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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Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in as a prelude to independence
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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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Elements of__were first noticed in Nigeria in the 1951 constitution
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Sir Henry Willink was appointed the head of a Commission of Inquiry to look into the _problems in Nigeria
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Corruption and nepotism were some of the remote causes of the first military coup in Nigeria led by
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In the First Republic, Nigeria practised __system of government
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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 1960 constitution provided that the Prime Minister and the government should resign once a was passed
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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 Latin phrase ‘primus inter pares’, associated to Parliamentary system of government means
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‘Nigeria is not a nation but a mere geographical expression.’ This statement is credited to__________
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In what year was the Indirect Rule introduced in Nigeria___________________
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The educated elite regarded the Nigerian Council of 1914 as a ‘toothless bulldog’ because it was________________
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The colonial Governor-General that succeeded Governor Richard was___________
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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
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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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The _coalition government during the Nigeria’s First Republic was contracted because the 1959 elections results showed no clear winner
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Sir _Willinck was appointed to head a Commission of Inquiry to look into the minority agitation in Nigeria
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The Northern Element Progressive Elements (NEPU) was led by__
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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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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 the two colonial policies while the French regarded Africans as__,Africans in the British colonies were regarded as subjects
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The West African Student Union was created to fight__
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The most striking feature of the 1922 constitution was that it__
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One of the functions of the regional assemblies created by the 1946 Nigeria’s colonial constitution, was to elect members from the regions to the Legislature
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The British Settlement Act of 1843 enabled her to establish a Crown colony system in
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In Nigeria’s Second Republic, the power of the government was vested the__
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The Nigerian Council created in 1922 was composed of officials and members
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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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__was the first indigenous governor-general in Nigeria
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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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Sir John Macpherson’s 1951 constitution was a complete departure from all others because____________
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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 Nigerian civil war lasted for months
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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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Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was a __President in Nigeria’s First Republic
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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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Succinctly put, true federalism could be defined as__
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The British Settlement Act of 1843, enabled the British Government to establish a Crown Colony system in
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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 _and protectorate of Southern Nigeria were amalgamated and renamed in 1906 to become the Colony and protectorate of Southern Nigeria
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That Nigeria was a ‘mere geographical expression’ was an opinion of
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