The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was the resultant merger of the
- A. Colony of Lagos and the Southern Protectorate
- B. Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Northern Protectorate
- C. Northern Protectorate and the Colony of Western Nigeria
- D. Colony of Western Nigeria and the Protectorate of Southern and Northern Nigeria
One of the following is not credited with the General Obasanjo’s military regime
- A. the Universal Primary Education Program
- B. the Operation Feed the Nation
- C. the Festival of Arts and Culture
- D. the Structural Adjustment Programme
The Swazi composite is the modern …
- A. Swaziland
- B. Southern Zibabwe
- C. Zulu Kingdom
- D. Southeastern Botswana
Baptists, Methodists and the … were among the first to engage in the Liberiian Christian Mission
- A. Presbyterian Church
- B. United Church of Christ
- C. Catholic Christian Mission
- D. Episcopal Church
The Ife Civilization is most remarkable for its
- A. use of terra cotta and bronze heads
- B. multiplicity of idols and gods
- C. its discovery of terra cotta (burnt clay)
- D. use of carved woods and ivory
Regionalism notable with … may be said to have laid the foundational basis for the latter state creation in Nigeria
- A. Authur Richard
- B. John Macpherson
- C. Oliver Lyttleton
- D. Hugh Clifford
Traditionally, the Efik people have accounts of their migration from the territory
- A. Igbo and Nupe
- B. Ibibio and Igbo
- C. Uruan and Ibibio
- D. Biase and Annang
The system of imperial military rule had its deepest roots in …
- A. Ethiopia
- B. Egypt
- C. Sierra Leone
- D. Gambia
All the following except one are the communes of the colony of Senegal where the Policy of Assimilation was applied
- A. Saint Louis
- B. Rufisque
- C. Goree
- D. Kaolack
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was formed
- A. in 1993, to press for the re-validation of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election
- B. in 1994, to solicit funds in preparation for the transition into Civilian rule
- C. in 1994, to press for the re-validation of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election
- D. in 1993, to advocate for the violation of human rights under the Abacha's regime
The … headed under the Chairmanship Muhammadu Buhari was the governing body in Nigeria
- A. Armed Forces Ruling Council
- B. Supreme Military Council
- C. Provisional Ruling Council
- D. Transitional Military Council
Khedive Ismail appointed British officers in Sudan in order to
- A. obtain recognition for his government
- B. introduce heavy taxation
- C. rebuild the Sudanese territories
- D. fight against lucrative slave trade
One of the following is attributable to the Great Trek
- A. the expansion of white communities in South Africa
- B. the agitation for black-white equality in South Africa
- C. the annexation of white communities by the Africans
- D. restriction of movement of the whites in South Africa
… has primarily led to the growth of Islamic reform movements in many sub-Saharan African countries
- A. The crisis of modernisation of the 20th Century
- B. The new discoveries on the inadequacies of Islam
- C. The shift in the belief and religious system of Islam
- D. The rigidity in the use of Arabic language
The Mahdiyya Movement in Sudan overthrew the …
- A. Italo-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s
- B. Italo-Egyptian Regime in the early 1890s
- C. Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1880s
- D. Ottoman-Egyptian Regime in the early 1890s
One critical factor which spurred the abrupt termination of the Nigerian fledging democracy in the First Republic was the
- A. nationwide corruption by the politicians
- B. urge for sectional military representation in government
- C. issue of tribalism and nepotism
- D. use of the soldiers to quell civil unrests and riots
In Sierra Leone, the … was the first established Christian Church for British freed slaves among others
- A. Methodists
- B. Roman Catholics
- C. Church Missionary Society
- D. Anglican Church
All the following except one led to the re-emergence of old trade patterns under Omani rule
- A. availability of capital from India
- B. increased demand for slaves
- C. attack on the Portuguese in the 1640s
- D. willingness of Africans in the interior to take slaves to the coast
A Policy central to the Kanem-Borno Empire was that of
- A. the British hegemony
- B. imperial expansion and firearms trading
- C. nomadic orientation of its people
- D. state-led land reforms
In 17th Century, the Dutch settlers largely relied on … to build up South Africa
- A. natural resources
- B. government proceeds
- C. black South African slaves
- D. basic social infrastructures
The connections between Kano and the province of Nupe was notable in the reign of Kano’s
- A. Sarkin Dauda
- B. Sarkin Ruwa
- C. Sarkin Fada
- D. Sarkin Yandoka