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1.

The Nigerian Second Republic
collapsed on__

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2.

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

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3.

The 1951 constitution provided for
Bi-cameral
_only
for Northern and Western Nigeria

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4.

Dual allegiance by the citizens is
one of the drawbacks of a
__system of government

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5.

The first demonstration by Nigerian
students took place in 1961 against
Anglo-Nigerian

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6.

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

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7.

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

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8.

The doctrine that provides for
different people in both the
Executive and the Legislative
organs of government is called

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9.

In Nigeria’s First Republic, the
official Opposition Leader
was___________

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10.

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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11.

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

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12.

In the First Republic, Nigeria
practised __system of government

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13.

In forming a
_union, geographical contiguity by
the independent states is one of the
prerequisites

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14.

The mistake of 1914 is rearing its
ugly head.’ This statement is
credited to__

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15.

The 1922 constitution was also a
landmark in Nigeria’s political
development because it led to the
formation of_______________

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16.

The July 29, 1966 counter-coup
was led by military officers mainly
from the
part of
Nigeria

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17.

The Nigerian Youth Movement
started as
Youth
Movement

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18.

The British Settlement Act of 1843,
enabled the British Government to
establish a Crown Colony system in

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19.

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

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20.

Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon released
Chief Obafemi Awolowo from
prison and made him the
of the
Federal Executive Council

21 / 150

21.

The major difference between the
British and French colonial policy
was that while the British adopted
the principle of ‘association’, the
French’s was based____________
on______________

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22.

The first Nigerian traditional ruler to
become a regional Governor
was_____________

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23.

Corruption and nepotism were
some of the remote causes of the
first military coup in Nigeria led by

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24.

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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25.

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

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26.

One of the defects of the Nigeria’s
colonial constitution of 1922 was
the retention of the isolation policy
of the
Provinces

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27.

Chief Dauda Shoroye Adegbenro
was elected as
in the
Western Region during the Action
Group crisis

28 / 150

28.

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

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29.

The 1964 and 1965 Federal
elections was a battle between two
political alliances called, the United
Progressive Grand Alliance
(UPGA) and the

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30.

Sir John Macpherson’s 1951
constitution was a complete
departure from all others
because____________

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31.

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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32.

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

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33.

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

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34.

That Nigeria was a ‘mere
geographical expression’ was an
opinion of

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35.

was
the leader of the Talakawas’ party,
the Northern Elements Progressive
Union (NEPU)

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36. The term ‘Anglophone’ refers to_

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37.

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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38.

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

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39.

The territory of__became the
British Crown Colony in 1861

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40.

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

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41.

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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42.

The Nigeria's war time finance
commissioner was

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43.

In a truly federal state, the
components units are not__

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44.

The British Settlement Act of 1843
enabled her to establish a Crown
colony system in

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45.

The war time Military Governor of
the Mid-West Region was

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46.

The 1922 Legislative Council
legislated on for the Southern
Protectorates while the Northern
Protectorate was
ruled____________

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47.

The
_coalition government during the
Nigeria’s First Republic was
contracted because the 1959
elections results showed no clear
winner

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48.

The West African Student Union
was created to fight__

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49.

On May 27, 1967,
State
was created from the Northern
Region with Lt. Col. David
Bamigboye as the Governor

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50.

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

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51.

The political symbol or emblem
used by the NCNC in Nigeria’s First
Republic was a

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52.

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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53.

The Indirect Rule was first
introduced in Northern Nigeria by__

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54.

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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55.

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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56.

The Action Group Party led by
Chief Obafemi Awolowo was an
offshoot of a Yoruba Socio-Cultural
Group called________________

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57.

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

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58.

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

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59.

Sir Hugh Clifford abolished the
Nigerian Council on the excuse that
it was a__

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60.

Dual Headship is a characteristic
feature of the
system of government

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61.

The statement that ‘Nigeria is not a
nation but a mere geographical
expression’ is credited to

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62.

To protect the minority rights in
Nigeria, the Nigerian constitutions
have always
been_____________since 1954

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63.

The Protectorates of the Northern
and Southern Nigeria were
amalgamated by__

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64.

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

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65.

The first Secretary-General of the
National Council of Nigeria and the
Cameroons under the leadership of
Herbert Macaulay
was______________

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66.

Succinctly put, true federalism
could be defined as__

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67.

Approximately, it would be correct
to say that the process of British
colonial administration in Nigeria
started in the year____________

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68.

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

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69.

The Latin phrase ‘primus inter
pares’, associated to Parliamentary
system of government means

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70.

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

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71.

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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72.

The Indirect Rule policy was
difficult to implement in the Eastern
part of Nigeria because
of_______________

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73.

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

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74.

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

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75.

Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in
as a
prelude to independence

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76.

The 1960 independence
constitution provided for a
_as
the Head of government

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77.

Although the 1922 elective principle
was hailed by Africans, it was also
criticized because the franchise
granted was_______________

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78.

The Nigerian Council created in
1922 was composed of officials and
_members

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79.

The 1960 constitution provided that
the Prime Minister and the
government should resign once a
was
passed

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80.

Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was a
__President in Nigeria’s First
Republic

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81.

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

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82.

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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83.

The Lagos Youth Movement got the
name changed in 1937 to give it a
national outlook
to_________________

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84.

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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85.

‘Nigeria is not a nation but a mere
geographical expression.’ This
statement is credited
to__________

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86.

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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87.

In what year was the Indirect Rule
introduced in
Nigeria___________________

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88.

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

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89.

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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90.

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

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91.

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

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92.

The Nigerian Council created by
Lord Lugard derived its source
from_____________

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93.

Elements of__were first noticed in
Nigeria in the 1951 constitution

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94.

The 1951 constitution led to the
emergence of the following major
political parties of the Nigerian First
Republic____________

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95.

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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96.

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______________

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97.

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

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98.

Dual Headship is one of the defects
of
System of government practiced in
Nigeria’s First Republic

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99.

The association of independent
nations of former British colonies is
called

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100.

The Nigerian Youth Movement
started originally, as
_Youth
Movement

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101.

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

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102.

The British__was lowered for the
Nigeria’s Green/White/Green Flag
on 1st October, 1960 to mark her
independence

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103. The word ‘Protectorate’ mean__

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104.

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

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105.

The Northern Element Progressive
Elements (NEPU) was led by__

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106.

The 1946 Richard’s constitution
was said to have had serious
impact on the Nigerian structure
because it_________________

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107.

The most striking feature of the
1922 constitution was that it__

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108.

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

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109.

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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110.

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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111.

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

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112.

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

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113.

Chief Obafemi Awolowo and eleven
other AG leaders were sentenced
to various jail terms for
offence

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114.

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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115.

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

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116.

The 1959 government was formed
by a coalition of the Northern
People’s Party (NPC)
and_________________

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117.

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

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118.

The Operation 'we tie' in the
Western Region was a riot to
protest the massive

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119.

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

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120.

The 1954 constitution provided for
a Federal
Court
from the central to replace the West
African Court of Appeal

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121.

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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122.

Geographical contiguity is one of
the important conditions to be
considered by independent states
while forming
_Union

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123.

The system of government
introduced by the 1960
independence constitution
was____________

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124.

__was the first indigenous
governor-general in Nigeria

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125.

The 1946 constitution created bicameral Legislature in the following
regions_______________

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126.

The 1957 constitutional conference
granted self-government to both the
Western and Eastern Nigeria while
the Northern Region attained the
status only in the year

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127.

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

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128.

One of the followings was not a
leading member of the Lagos Youth
Movement____________________

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129.

Which of the following regions
attained the status of selfgovernment in
1957_____________

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130.

The Nigerian civil war lasted for
months

131 / 150

131.

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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132.

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

133 / 150

133.

The monarch who ceded the
territory of Lagos to the British
was_______________

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134.

The British Settlement Act of__
empowered the British government
to establish a Crown Colony
System of government

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135.

The fears expressed by the
Northern leaders for objection to
Anthony Enahoro’s ‘self-rule
immediately’ motion of 1953 was
over______________

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136.

The arbiter between the federal and
state governments over
constitutional issues in Nigeria
is_____________

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137.

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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138.

The colonial Governor-General that
succeeded Governor Richard
was___________

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139.

_were
the territories surrendered to the
British by the traditional authorities
through Treaties

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140.

The acknowledged father of the
Nigerian nationalism was

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141.

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

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142.

The name of the political party
formed by Chief Samuel Ladoke
Akintola in 1964 against Action
Group was the

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143.

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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144.

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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145.

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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146.

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

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147.

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

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148.

The Indirect Rule was successful in
the North
because________________

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149.

The Nigerian Council created in
1922 was composed of officials and
members

150 / 150

150.

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

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