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POL221
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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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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 Nigerian civil war lasted for months
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The first Nigerian newspaper established to champion the cause of nationalist struggle was_____________
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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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__was the first indigenous governor-general in Nigeria
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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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The first demonstration by Nigerian students took place in 1961 against Anglo-Nigerian
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The monarch who ceded the territory of Lagos to the British was_______________
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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 system of government introduced by the 1960 independence constitution was____________
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The political symbol or emblem used by the NCNC in Nigeria’s First Republic was a
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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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In the two colonial policies while the French regarded Africans as__,Africans in the British colonies were regarded as subjects
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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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The 1951 constitution provided for Bi-cameral _only for Northern and Western Nigeria
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The West African Student Union was created to fight__
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In a truly federal state, the components units are not__
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Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in as a prelude to independence
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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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The Nigeria's war time finance commissioner was
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The Nigerian Youth Movement started as Youth Movement
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Geographical contiguity is one of the conditions for a group of autonomous states seeking_________________
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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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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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The colonial Governor-General that succeeded Governor Richard was___________
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The Protectorates of the Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated by__
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Sir John Macpherson’s 1951 constitution was a complete departure from all others because____________
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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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The Action Group Party led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo was an offshoot of a Yoruba Socio-Cultural Group called________________
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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 1951 constitution led to the emergence of the following major political parties of the Nigerian First Republic____________
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According to Okafor (1981), Lagos was not officially pronounced “a British Colony” until__
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The war time Military Governor of the Mid-West Region was
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The 1960 independence constitution provided for a _as the Head of government and a President as ceremonial Head of State
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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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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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In forming a _union, geographical contiguity by the independent states is one of the prerequisites
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39. The word ‘Protectorate’ mean__
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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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Which of the following regions attained the status of selfgovernment in 1957_____________
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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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__was the Lady who first suggested the name ‘Nigeria’ for the amalgamated British colonial territory
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In the First Republic, Nigeria practised __system of government
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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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The British Settlement Act of 1843, enabled the British Government to establish a Crown Colony system in
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The territory of__became the British Crown Colony in 1861
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The Nigerian Council created in 1922 was composed of officials and _members
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Prior to the 1963 constitution, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria’s first indigenous
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Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was a __President in Nigeria’s First Republic
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