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Question 121
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The Kanem–Bornu Empire existed in areas which are now part of the following countries except

AChad
BCentral African Republic
CNigeria
DTogo
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Question 122
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The sokoto jihad began in what year

A1804
B1805
C1807
D
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Question 123
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When did Lagos become a colony?

A5 March,1861
B7 May, 1861
C5 March, 1862
D5 May, 1961
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Question 124
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Nnamdi Azikiwe's West African Pilot was established in what year?

A1936
B1937
C1938
D1939
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Question 125
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Nigeria joined the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in__________

A1971
B1972
C1973
D1974
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Question 126
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Kastina and Akwa-Ibom were created in September, _____.

A1985
B1986
C1987
D1988
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Question 127
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Before the Macpherson's constitution of 1951, the North was governed by

AElders
BEmirs
CThe Constitution
DProclamation of the Governor
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Question 128
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The Coussey Commission Report laid the ground-work for the eventual independence of

AGhana
BGambia
CLiberia
DNigeria
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Question 129
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Who was appointed by the federal government of Nigeria as the administrator of Western Region in 1962?

AChief Ladoke Akintola
BChief Obafemi Awolowo
CDr M.A Majekodunmi
DChief Remi Fani Kayode
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Question 130
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The first almagamation in Nigeria happened in the year ___

A1914
B1886
C1906
D1900
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Question 131
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The first British consul in Nigeria was

ALord Lugard
BJohn Beecroft
CWilliam Parry
DEdward Nicolls
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Question 132
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The equivalent of the Aare- ona kankanfo of the Yoruba pre-colonial system in the Hausa/Fulani pre-colonial system is the

AGaladima
BMadawaki
CWaziri
DSarkin
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Question 133
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Nigeria practised the Westminster system of government between

A1959 and 1983
B1959 and 1966
C1960 and 1966
D1963 and 1966
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Question 134
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In 1840, Sayyid Said transferred his capital from Muscat to?

AArabia
BZanzibar
COmani
DNone of the above
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Question 135
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The Northern region of Nigeria gained self-government in ____.

A1957
B1958
C1959
D1960
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Question 136
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________ moved the motion for Nigeria's independence.

AAnthony Enahoro
BHerbert Macaulay
CObafemi Awolowo
DNnamdi Azikiwe
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Question 137
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The __________ constitution introduced federalism in Nigeria.

ARichard's
BClifford's
CMacpherson's
DLyttleton's
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Question 138
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NYM(Nigerian Youth Movement) evolved from _____.

ALYM
BNNDP
CNCNC
DNPC
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Question 139
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In what year was ECOWAS established?

A1975
B1976
C1960
D1963
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Question 140
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The first coup in Nigeria was led by

AMajor Chukwuma Nzeogu
BGen. Aguiyi Ironsi
CGen Sani Abacha
DGen Murtala Mohammed
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