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POL221
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The Northern Element Progressive Elements (NEPU) was led by__
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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 British Settlement Act of__ empowered the British government to establish a Crown Colony System of government
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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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Although the 1922 elective principle was hailed by Africans, it was also criticized because the franchise granted was_______________
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One of the resolutions of the 1953 constitutional conference was the excision of from Western Region
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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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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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The British Settlement Act of 1843 enabled her to establish a Crown colony system in
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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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Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh was the Minister of in the 1959-1966 government
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The educated elite regarded the Nigerian Council of 1914 as a ‘toothless bulldog’ because it was________________
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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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On May 27, 1967, State was created from the Northern Region with Lt. Col. David Bamigboye as the Governor
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Elements of__were first noticed in Nigeria in the 1951 constitution
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The 1922 Legislative Council legislated on for the Southern Protectorates while the Northern Protectorate was ruled____________
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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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Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon released Chief Obafemi Awolowo from prison and made him the of the Federal Executive Council
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The monarch who ceded the territory of Lagos to the British was_______________
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To protect the minority rights in Nigeria, the Nigerian constitutions have always been_____________since 1954
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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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A state of emergency was declared in the Western Region in the year
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Dual Headship is a characteristic feature of the 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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Durin the Western House of Assembly fracas, the symbol of authority of the House called _, was broken
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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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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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Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was a __President in Nigeria’s First Republic
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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 first Nigerian traditional ruler to become a regional Governor was_____________
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The territory of__became the British Crown Colony in 1861
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__was the Lady who first suggested the name ‘Nigeria’ for the amalgamated British colonial territory
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The military Governor killed in the 1966 counter coup because he refused to surrender his Commander-in-Chief, Gen. AguiyiIronsi to the coupist was
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The Nigerian Council created in 1922 was composed of officials and _members
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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 London constitutional conference of__was organized mainly to discuss Nigeria’s independence
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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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Sir _Willinck was appointed to head a Commission of Inquiry to look into the minority agitation in Nigeria
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The colonial Governor-General that succeeded Governor Richard was___________
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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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In forming a _union, geographical contiguity by the independent states is one of the prerequisites
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The first Nigerian newspaper established to champion the cause of nationalist struggle was_____________
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The Indirect Rule was successful in the North because________________
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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 1954 constitution provided for a Federal Court from the central to replace the West African Court of Appeal
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In a truly federal state, the components units are not__
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Sir John Macpherson’s 1951 constitution was a complete departure from all others because____________
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Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in as a prelude to independence
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There was a stalemate after the general election of__as Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was constitutionally unable to invite any of the political parties to form the government because none of the political parties won the mandatory majority
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‘Nigeria is not a nation but a mere geographical expression.’ This statement is credited to__________
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