Nigeria’s withdrawal from the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games in July 1986 was in protest against British
- A. supply of arms of Rhodesia
- B. failure to impose sanctions on South Africa
- C. negative utterances on Nigeria
- D. support for UNITA rebels in Angola
The council constituted by Lord Lugard in 1914 has
- A. 105 members seat
- B. 50 members on seat
- C. 36 members on seat
- D. 25 members on seat
The highest organ of the state during the Babangida Regime was the
- A. Provisional Ruling Council
- B. Supreme Military Council
- C. Armed Forces Ruling Council
- D. Federal Executive Council
Citizenship refers to the
- A. legal status of a member of a state
- B. indigenous member of a state
- C. highest position in a state
- D. social status of a person in a state
Which of the following world powers was the first to come to Nigeria’s aid during the civil war?
- A. Germany
- B. USA
- C. USSR
- D. UK
The act of removing an elected official by the electorate is referred to as
- A. impeachment
- B. consensus
- C. recall
- D. plebiscite
In the Presidential System of Government, the president is elected to office by
- A. the Cabinet
- B. the Parliament or Legislature
- C. Military
- D. the people through direct elections
The rights of a citizen can be withdrawn by the state if the person
- A. opposes the government violently
- B. leave the country permanently
- C. is convicted of a serious crime
- D. is pronounced dead
The following are international organisations except
- A. pressure group
- B. O.A.U
- C. U.N.O.
- D. Commonwealth of nations
A constitution that requires a plebiscite or a referendum to be amended is
- A. written
- B. flexible
- C. rigid
- D. unwritten
One of the principal objectives of the OPEC is to
- A. determine oil prices in the international market
- B. harmonise the oil policies of member countries
- C. discipline erring oil-producing countries
- D. assist non-oil producing developing states
A form of oligarchy in which gifted people are at the helm of affairs is
- A. aristocracy
- B. theocracy
- C. plutocracy
- D. gerontocracy
The Mid-Western Region was created in Nigeria in
- A. 1961
- B. 1962
- C. 1963
- D. 1964
A referendum is a device to ensure that
- A. elections are free and fair
- B. legislators vote to resolve contentious issues
- C. decisions are effected with the consent of citizens
- D. bye-elections are held to fill vacant positions
Which of these constitutions recognised local government as a third tier of government in Nigeria?
- A. 1960 Constitution
- B. 1963 Constitution
- C. 1979 Constitution
- D. 1946 Constitution
Under a presidential system of government, the legislature and the executive are
- A. elected separately to an unfixed term
- B. appointed at the same time to an unfixed term
- C. appointed by the judiciary to a fixed term
- D. elected separately to a fixed term
The two leaders that played the most prominent roles in the formation of the ECOWAS were
- A. Gowon and Eyadema
- B. Kountche and Senghor
- C. Kerekou and Tubman
- D. Acheampong and Jawara
In which of the following systems is the power of the component units more than that of the central government?
- A. Monarchical
- B. Federal Governments
- C. Unitary
- D. Confederal
The Independent National Electoral Commission has the power to prepare and maintain the register of
- A. electoral candidates
- B. voters
- C. political parties
- D. constituencies
Before Nigeria became a republic, the highest body charged with the administration of justice was the
- A. Supreme Court
- B. Court of Appeal
- C. Privy Court
- D. High Court
A good example of a country with a largely unwritten constitution is
- A. the United States of America
- B. The Soviet Union
- C. Nigeria
- D. United Kingdom