POL221

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

In a truly federal state, the
components units are not__

The 1966 mililitary coup in Nigeria
was regarded as
because no political leader from the
East was a victim

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

Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh was the
Minister of
in the
1959-1966 government

The Nigeria's war time finance
commissioner was

The followings except one, were
the major objectives of the
nationalist movements in
Africa______________

By the provisions of the 1963
constitution__ceased to be
Nigeria’s highest Court

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

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

Operation ‘Wetie’ (violent protest)
took place in the__of Nigeria to
protest the rigging of the 1964/65
elections

The practice whereby all cabinet
ministers are liable for actions or
inactions of one of them is called
collective

By the provision of 1954
constitution, Lagos Colony was
excised from the Western Region
to become a Federal

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

The ‘Dual Headship’ which was a
feature of the Nigerian constitutions
of 1960 and that 1963, meant
that_____________led the
government

Lord Lugard returned from India to
become the Governor of the
Northern Protectorates in the
year___________

The Nigerian Council created by
Lord Lugard derived its source
from_____________

18. The term ‘Anglophone’ refers to_

The regional assemblies under the
1946 constitution, had the
responsibility, among others, to
elect members to the
Legislature

The popular motion of 1953
seeking ‘self-government in 1956’
from the British was moved
by________________

By 1964, Nigeria was a Federal
Republic made up of Northern,
Western, Eastern and__ Regions

The system of Indirect Rule was
said to be partly successful in the
Western Nigeria
because________________

The 1946 constitution created bicameral Legislature in the following
regions_______________

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

The second legislative chambers
created in the North and West by
Richard’s constitution was called
House of

The 1951 Nigeria’s constitution
provided for bi-cameral Legislature
each for the Western and
Regions

Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in
as a
prelude to independence

The political slogan ‘one north, one
people’, belonged to the

The educated elite regarded the
Nigerian Council of 1914 as a
‘toothless bulldog’ because it
was________________

In the two colonial policies while the
French regarded Africans
as__,Africans in the British colonies
were regarded as subjects

The practice, whereby all cabinet
Ministers are liable for the action or
inaction of any of the Ministers is
called

In Nigeria’s Second Republic, the
power of the government was
vested the__

__was the Lady who first
suggested the name ‘Nigeria’ for
the amalgamated British colonial
territory

In a federation, autonomy was
granted to the federating units with
the only exception of the right
to__________

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

In what year was the Indirect Rule
introduced in
Nigeria___________________

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

The outcomes of the 1953
constitutional conference was
reflected in the Oliver Lyttleton
constitution of the year

The London constitutional
conference of__was organized
mainly to discuss Nigeria’s
independence

40. The word ‘Protectorate’ mean__

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

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

The President of a federal Republic
can have direct control of any State
under under

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______________

The 1960 independence
constitution provided for a
_as
the Head of government and a
President as ceremonial Head of
State

African territories that surrendered
to the British by the traditional
authorities through Treaties were
regarded

The Indirect Rule was first
introduced in Northern Nigeria by__

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

Prior to the 1963 constitution, Dr.
Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria’s
indigenous

According to Okafor (1981), Lagos
was not officially pronounced “a
British Colony” until__