POL221

The Nigerian Second Republic
collapsed on__

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the First Republic, Nigeria
practised __system of government

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

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

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

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

The Nigerian Youth Movement
started as
Youth
Movement

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

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

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

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______________

The first Nigerian traditional ruler to
become a regional Governor
was_____________

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. The term ‘Anglophone’ refers to_

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

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

The territory of__became the
British Crown Colony in 1861

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

The elective principle of 1922
provided for (4) seats for Africans in
Lagos and Calabar in the
Legislative Council in the following
ratio
respectively________________

The Nigeria's war time finance
commissioner was

In a truly federal state, the
components units are not__

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

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

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

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

The West African Student Union
was created to fight__

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

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

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

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

The Indirect Rule was first
introduced in Northern Nigeria by__

One of the factors regarded as
immediate cause of the Nigerian
civil war was the mass killing of the
in the
North

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

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

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

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

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

Dual Headship is a characteristic
feature of the
system of government

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

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

The Protectorates of the Northern
and Southern Nigeria were
amalgamated by__

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

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

Succinctly put, true federalism
could be defined as__

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

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

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

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

In 1967, the secession of the
Eastern Nigeria was announced by
Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu who
was the
_of the
Region

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

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

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

Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in
as a
prelude to independence

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the bone of contentions
against the 1922 constitution was
the use of traditional rulers to the
exclusion of the
elites

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

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

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

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

In what year was the Indirect Rule
introduced in
Nigeria___________________

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

In response to minority agitation,
the British colonial government set
up a commission headed
by______________to look into
ways of allaying their fears

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

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

The Nigerian Council created by
Lord Lugard derived its source
from_____________

Elements of__were first noticed in
Nigeria in the 1951 constitution

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

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______________

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______________

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

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

The association of independent
nations of former British colonies is
called

The Nigerian Youth Movement
started originally, as
_Youth
Movement

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

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

103. The word ‘Protectorate’ mean__

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

The Northern Element Progressive
Elements (NEPU) was led by__

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

The most striking feature of the
1922 constitution was that it__

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

After merging the Colony of Lagos
with the Southern Protectorates in
1906, the capital of the then British
Colony was moved
from______________ to Lagos

Yaba College of Technology was
known as
when
it was founded in 1934 as the first
institution of higher learning in
Nigeria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The 1957 constitutional conference
granted self-government to
Western and Eastern Nigeria while
the North attained the status in the
year

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

The system of government
introduced by the 1960
independence constitution
was____________

__was the first indigenous
governor-general in Nigeria

The 1946 constitution created bicameral Legislature in the following
regions_______________

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

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

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

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

The Nigerian civil war lasted for
months

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The colonial Governor-General that
succeeded Governor Richard
was___________

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

The acknowledged father of the
Nigerian nationalism was

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

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

The military Governor killed in the
1966 counter coup because he
refused to surrender his
Commander-in-Chief, Gen. AguiyiIronsi to the coupist was

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

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

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

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

The Indirect Rule was successful in
the North
because________________

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

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