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The Nigerian Second Republic collapsed on__
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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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The 1951 constitution provided for Bi-cameral _only for Northern and Western Nigeria
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Dual allegiance by the citizens is one of the drawbacks of a __system of government
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The first demonstration by Nigerian students took place in 1961 against Anglo-Nigerian
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__was the Lady who first suggested the name ‘Nigeria’ for the amalgamated British colonial territory
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In a federation, autonomy was granted to the federating units with the only exception of the right to__________
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The doctrine that provides for different people in both the Executive and the Legislative organs of government is called
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In Nigeria’s First Republic, the official Opposition Leader was___________
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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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Geographical contiguity is one of the conditions for a group of autonomous states seeking_________________
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In the First Republic, Nigeria practised __system of government
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In forming a _union, geographical contiguity by the independent states is one of the prerequisites
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The mistake of 1914 is rearing its ugly head.’ This statement is credited to__
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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 July 29, 1966 counter-coup was led by military officers mainly from the part of Nigeria
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The Nigerian Youth Movement started as Youth Movement
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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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According to Okafor (1981), Lagos was not officially pronounced “a British Colony” until__
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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 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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The first Nigerian traditional ruler to become a regional Governor 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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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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By 1964, Nigeria was a Federal Republic made up of Northern, Western, Eastern and__ Regions
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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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Chief Dauda Shoroye Adegbenro was elected as in the Western Region during the Action Group crisis
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The first Nigerian newspaper established to champion the cause of nationalist struggle was_____________
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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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Sir John Macpherson’s 1951 constitution was a complete departure from all others because____________
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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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The President of a federal Republic can have direct control of any State under under
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The political slogan ‘one north, one people’, belonged to the
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That Nigeria was a ‘mere geographical expression’ was an opinion of
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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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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 educated elite regarded the Nigerian Council of 1914 as a ‘toothless bulldog’ because it was________________
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The territory of__became the British Crown Colony in 1861
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The popular motion of 1953 seeking ‘self-government in 1956’ from the British was moved by________________
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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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The Nigeria's war time finance commissioner was
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In a truly federal state, the components units are not__
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The British Settlement Act of 1843 enabled her to establish a Crown colony system in
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The war time Military Governor of the Mid-West Region was
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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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The West African Student Union was created to fight__
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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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Prior to the 1963 constitution, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria’s first indigenous
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The political symbol or emblem used by the NCNC in Nigeria’s First Republic was a
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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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The Indirect Rule was first introduced in Northern Nigeria by__
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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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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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The Action Group Party led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo was an offshoot of a Yoruba Socio-Cultural Group called________________
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The practice, whereby all cabinet Ministers are liable for the action or inaction of any of the Ministers is called
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The London constitutional conference of__was organized mainly to discuss Nigeria’s independence
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Sir Hugh Clifford abolished the Nigerian Council on the excuse that it was a__
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Dual Headship is a characteristic feature of the system of government
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The statement that ‘Nigeria is not a nation but a mere geographical expression’ is credited to
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To protect the minority rights in Nigeria, the Nigerian constitutions have always been_____________since 1954
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The Protectorates of the Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated by__
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By the provisions of the 1963 constitution__ceased to be Nigeria’s highest Court
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The first Secretary-General of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons under the leadership of Herbert Macaulay was______________
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Succinctly put, true federalism could be defined as__
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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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The 1951 Nigeria’s constitution provided for bi-cameral Legislature each for the Western and Regions
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The Latin phrase ‘primus inter pares’, associated to Parliamentary system of government means
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One of the resolutions of the 1953 constitutional conference was the excision of from Western Region
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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 Indirect Rule policy was difficult to implement in the Eastern part of Nigeria because of_______________
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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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Durin the Western House of Assembly fracas, the symbol of authority of the House called _, was broken
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Queen Elizabeth II visited Nigeria in as a prelude to independence
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The 1960 independence constitution provided for a _as the Head of government
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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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The Nigerian Council created in 1922 was composed of officials and _members
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The 1960 constitution provided that the Prime Minister and the government should resign once a was passed
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Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was a __President 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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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 Lagos Youth Movement got the name changed in 1937 to give it a national outlook to_________________
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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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‘Nigeria is not a nation but a mere geographical expression.’ This statement is credited to__________
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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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In what year was the Indirect Rule introduced in Nigeria___________________
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The system of Indirect Rule was said to be partly successful in the Western Nigeria because________________
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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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In the two colonial policies while the French regarded Africans as__,Africans in the British colonies were regarded as subjects
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The regional assemblies under the 1946 constitution, had the responsibility, among others, to elect members to the Legislature
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The Nigerian Council created by Lord Lugard derived its source from_____________
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Elements of__were first noticed in Nigeria in the 1951 constitution
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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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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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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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African territories that surrendered to the British by the traditional authorities through Treaties were regarded
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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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The association of independent nations of former British colonies is called
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The Nigerian Youth Movement started originally, as _Youth Movement
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The outcomes of the 1953 constitutional conference was reflected in the Oliver Lyttleton constitution of 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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103. The word ‘Protectorate’ mean__
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The practice whereby all cabinet ministers are liable for actions or inactions of one of them is called collective
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The Northern Element Progressive Elements (NEPU) was led by__
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The 1946 Richard’s constitution was said to have had serious impact on the Nigerian structure because it_________________
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The most striking feature of the 1922 constitution was that it__
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In Nigeria’s Second Republic, the power of the government was vested the__
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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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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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The followings except one, were the major objectives of the nationalist movements in Africa______________
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Prior to the 1963 constitution, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was Nigeria’s indigenous
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Chief Obafemi Awolowo and eleven other AG leaders were sentenced to various jail terms for offence
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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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A state of emergency was declared in the Western Region in the year
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The 1959 government was formed by a coalition of the Northern People’s Party (NPC) and_________________
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By the provision of 1954 constitution, Lagos Colony was excised from the Western Region to become a Federal
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The Operation 'we tie' in the Western Region was a riot to protest the massive
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The leader of the first political party ever to be formed in Nigeria in 1923 was_________________
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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 1957 constitutional conference granted self-government to Western and Eastern Nigeria while the North attained the status in the year
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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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The system of government introduced by the 1960 independence constitution was____________
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__was the first indigenous governor-general in Nigeria
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The 1946 constitution created bicameral Legislature in the following regions_______________
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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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Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh was the Minister of in the 1959-1966 government
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One of the followings was not a leading member of the Lagos Youth Movement____________________
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Which of the following regions attained the status of selfgovernment in 1957_____________
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The Nigerian civil war lasted for months
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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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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
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The monarch who ceded the territory of Lagos to the British was_______________
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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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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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The arbiter between the federal and state governments over constitutional issues in Nigeria is_____________
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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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_were the territories surrendered to the British by the traditional authorities through Treaties
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The acknowledged father of the Nigerian nationalism was
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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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The name of the political party formed by Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola in 1964 against Action Group was the
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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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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 _and protectorate of Southern Nigeria were amalgamated and renamed in 1906 to become the Colony and protectorate of Southern Nigeria
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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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Lord Lugard returned from India to become the Governor of the Northern Protectorates in the year___________
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The Indirect Rule was successful in the North because________________
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The Nigerian Council created in 1922 was composed of officials and members
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The second legislative chambers created in the North and West by Richard’s constitution was called House of
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