The early missionaries abandoned their work in Benin mainly because of
- A. antagonism from the Oba
- B. resistance from the people
- C. lack of resources
- D. ill health and health.
Which of the following was referred to as ‘Province of Freedom’ in the 19th century?
- A. Liberia
- B. Ghana
- C. The Gambia
- D. Sierra Leone.
The major feature of the War against Indiscipline were
- A. queuing culture and environmental sanitation
- B. public flogging and payment of fines
- C. arrest of offenders and imprisonment of convicts
- D. high slogans and beating of drums.
The most significant act of statesmanship associated with
Abdulsalami regime was
- A. promulgate the 1999 Constitution
- B. handing over power to a civilian government
- C. the release of political prisoners
- D. organizing successful general elections.
The major reason for Nigeria’s interest in the Liberian Civil War was to save herself from
- A. bearing the burden of the war’s refugees
- B. losing her investments in Liberia
- C. losing her citizens in Liberia
- D. losing her position as a regional power.
The immediate cause of the Nigerian Civil War was the
- A. coup detat of January 1966
- B. crisis in the Western region
- C. poor social policy of the First Republic
- D. crisis of the 1962 Census
In 1963, the Eastern region of Nigeria went to the supreme court over the
- A. decision of the federal government to conduct a fresh census
- B. exclusion of Easterners resident in the North from the census
- C. the population figures of the national census
- D. exclusion of women in the national census.
Politics in Nigeria’s First republic was characterized by
- A. religion and ethnicity
- B. religion and regionalism
- C. ethnicity and regionalism
- D. regionalism and despotism.
Anti-colonial movements Nigeria before the World War II involved
- A. attempts to violently chase the British out of the country
- B. collaboration with the British authority
- C. peaceful protests through petitions and conferences
- D. the establishment of pressure groups by traditional rulers.
The Native Authority system in Northern Nigerian was established to
- A. assist in the collection of taxes and general administration
- B. regulate the number of European District Officers
- C. streamline electoral laws in the area
- D. support the spread of Christian missionary activities.
The Richards Constitution of 1946 brought about
- A. decolonization
- B. independence
- C. a strong central government
- D. regional politics.
Sabon Gari settlement in most parts of colonial Nigeria harboured mostly
- A. people other than the indigenes
- B. indigenes who were Muslims
- C. strangers who were Muslims only
- D. European traders and missionaries
In colonial Nigeria, export crop production was dominated by
- A. the Europeans
- B. the Labanese
- C. peasant farmers
- D. indigenous middlemen
Transportation network in colonial Nigeria was established to
- A. ease local transportation problem of women
- B. encourage visits among distant relations
- C. support the movement of raw materials and the army
- D. provide employment for the people
Which of the following were former British colonies?
- A. Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Liberia
- B. Cameroon, Togo, Egypt and Ghana
- C. Sierra Leone, Gambia, Nigeria and Ghana
- D. Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and South Africa
The principal target of the Aba Women demonstrators of 1929 were the
- A. Warrant chiefs
- B. European traders
- C. Christian missionaries
- D. Court clerks.
The British policy of indirect rule sought to
- A. encourage the educated elite to participate in local administration
- B. make the indigenous political institutions adapt to British system of Government
- C. use indigenous political institutions to serve British interest
- D. promote co-operation between the educated elite and the indigenous rulers..
The Royal Niger Company was renamed
- A. British West African Company
- B. United African Company
- C. Lever Brothers NigeriaPlc
- D. Leventis Nigeria Plc.
One of the early Nigerian leaders who collaborated with British and later resisted was
- A. King Jaja of Opobo
- B. Nana of Itsekiri
- C. sultan Attahiru
- D. king Dappa Williams.
The Egba welcomed the British missionaries in the 19th century because
- A. they wanted British protection
- B. of their desire to accept Christianity
- C. of their quest for Western education
- D. they wanted to established trade with the British.
The main cause of the decline of the Benin Kingdom in the 19th century was the
- A. absence of a strong and effective army
- B. bitter struggle for the throne by the ruling families
- C. strained relations between Benin and Agbor
- D. British abolition of the trans- Atlantic slave trade.