The United Nations was created as a result of the failure of the ________
- A. Commonwealth of Nations
- B. OPEC
- C. League of Nations
- D. All of the above
Ismail Pasha was removed as the Khedive of Egypt at the behest of Great Britain in____________
- A. 1878
- B. 1879
- C. 1880
- D. 1881
The republic of Benin was formerly known as
- A. Nguni
- B. Dahomey
- C. Zulu
- D. Rhodesia
The Kanem–Bornu Empire existed in areas which are now part of the following countries except
- A. Chad
- B. Central African Republic
- C. Nigeria
- D. Togo
When did Lagos become a colony?
- A. 5 March,1861
- B. 7 May, 1861
- C. 5 March, 1862
- D. 5 May, 1961
Nnamdi Azikiwe’s West African Pilot was established in what year?
- A. 1936
- B. 1937
- C. 1938
- D. 1939
Nigeria joined the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in__________
- A. 1971
- B. 1972
- C. 1973
- D. 1974
Kastina and Akwa-Ibom were created in September, _____.
- A. 1985
- B. 1986
- C. 1987
- D. 1988
Before the Macpherson’s constitution of 1951, the North was governed by
- A. Elders
- B. Emirs
- C. The Constitution
- D. Proclamation of the Governor
The Coussey Commission Report laid the ground-work for the eventual independence of
- A. Ghana
- B. Gambia
- C. Liberia
- D. Nigeria
Who was appointed by the federal government of Nigeria as the administrator of Western Region in 1962?
- A. Chief Ladoke Akintola
- B. Chief Obafemi Awolowo
- C. Dr M.A Majekodunmi
- D. Chief Remi Fani Kayode
The first almagamation in Nigeria happened in the year ___
- A. 1914
- B. 1886
- C. 1906
- D. 1900
The first British consul in Nigeria was
- A. Lord Lugard
- B. John Beecroft
- C. William Parry
- D. Edward Nicolls
The equivalent of the Aare- ona kankanfo of the Yoruba pre-colonial system in the Hausa/Fulani pre-colonial system is the
- A. Galadima
- B. Madawaki
- C. Waziri
- D. Sarkin
Nigeria practised the Westminster system of government between
- A. 1959 and 1983
- B. 1959 and 1966
- C. 1960 and 1966
- D. 1963 and 1966
In 1840, Sayyid Said transferred his capital from Muscat to?
- A. Arabia
- B. Zanzibar
- C. Omani
- D. None of the above
The Northern region of Nigeria gained self-government in ____.
- A. 1957
- B. 1958
- C. 1959
- D. 1960
________ moved the motion for Nigeria’s independence.
- A. Anthony Enahoro
- B. Herbert Macaulay
- C. Obafemi Awolowo
- D. Nnamdi Azikiwe
The __________ constitution introduced federalism in Nigeria.
- A. Richard's
- B. Clifford's
- C. Macpherson's
- D. Lyttleton's
NYM(Nigerian Youth Movement) evolved from _____.
- A. LYM
- B. NNDP
- C. NCNC
- D. NPC