The secretary general of the OAU holds office for a renewal period of
- A. four years
- B. five years
- C. six years
- D. three years
The number of permanent members of the UN Security council is
- A. six
- B. seven
- C. eight
- D. five
The UN succeeded the
- A. SEATO
- B. League of Nations
- C. Warsaw pact
- D. NATO
Commonwealth nations are represented in other member nations by
- A. high commissioners
- B. attaches
- C. charge d'affairs
- D. Ambassadors
The reason behind Nigerian’s suspension from the Commonwealth in 1995 was
- A. economic
- B. socio-cultural
- C. legal
- D. political
Nigeria is regarded as a frontline state because she
- A. assisted ECOMOG troops in Liberia
- B. sent troops for peacekeeping in Somalia
- C. sent policemen for peacekeeping in Namibia
- D. Assisted the liberation struggle in Southern Africa
The granting of asylum to Charles Taylor by Nigeria was to
- A. defy the western powers
- B. control Liberia
- C. protect Nigeria in Liberia
- D. promote peace in Liberia
The technical Aids Corps was established during the regime of
- A. Ibrahim Babangida
- B. Muhammadu Buhari
- C. Olusegun obasanjo
- D. Sani Abacha
Which of the following is a guiding principle of Nigeria’s foreign policy?
- A. interference in the affairs of African Countries
- B. decolonisation of all African Countries
- C. total opposition to the cold war
- D. posting of only carrier diplomats as envoys
The review of Nigeria foreign policy under the Murtala-Obasanjo regime was done by
- A. Adedeji Commission
- B. Phillips Commission
- C. Udoji Commitee
- D. Aboyade Commitee
The option A4 model was used in the conduct of the
- A. 1993 elections
- B. 1999 elections
- C. 2007 elections
- D. 1988 elections
One of the main duties of the local government service commission is to
- A. create an enabling working environment for council workers
- B. handle requests for the creation of more local governments
- C. supervise and manage the personnel of local governments
- D. conduct election into local council
A problem of public corporations in Nigeria is
- A. emphasis on subsidies
- B. wastage of resources
- C. choice of leadership
- D. public control
One feature of public corporations that was weakened by privatization is
- A. social harmony
- B. governmental control
- C. social control
- D. national immigration
Which of the following was done during the Gowon administration to reduce regional structural imbalance in the federation?
- A. increase in revenue allocation
- B. formation of political parties
- C. apointment of minister
- D. creation of states
One of the major problems of Nigeria federalism is
- A. imbalance in the structure and sizes of units of federation
- B. pre-colonial administrative structure among the units of federation
- C. lack of revenue to cate for the demands of the federation
- D. inadequate manpower to fill vacancies
The NCNC and the NPC facilitated the creation of the
- A. Western Region
- B. Eastern Region
- C. Mid-West Region
- D. Northern region
The power of appointing the chairman of the independent National Electoral commission is vested in the
- A. President
- B. Senate
- C. Judicial council
- D. Council of state
The main function of the federal character commission in Nigeria is
- A. settling disputes among societies
- B. providing free social services to the citizens
- C. ensuring fair representation of all states in the public service
- D. reviewing unfair admistrative decisions
The president of Nigeria was indirectly elected through secret ballot for a period of five years by the senate in
- A. 1963
- B. 1979
- C. 1983
- D. 1960
The Nigeria Independence Constitution was modified by the
- A. 1989 constitution
- B. 1979 constitution
- C. 1963 constitution
- D. 1999 constitution