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All topicsBritish conquest of Nigeria · 18Colonial administration in Nigeria · 18Decolonisation and African unity · 19Early centres of civilisation · 18Eastern and southern Africa · 17External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans · 18Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states · 20Nationalism and independence · 20Nigeria since independence · 18Oyo, Benin and the southern states · 21Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa · 17Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century · 18The colonial economy · 18The Nigeria area: land and early peoples · 17The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate · 18West Africa in the nineteenth century · 17

  1. Question 21· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    A cause of the Aba Women's Riot was

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  2. Question 22· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    Indirect rule failed in the East mainly because

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  3. Question 23· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The Legislative Council created in 1922 had elected members from

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  4. Question 24· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    Indirect rule in Northern Nigeria worked well partly because of

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  5. Question 25· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria took place in

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  6. Question 26· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The Native Authority system was associated with

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  7. Question 27· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The Richards Constitution of 1946 created

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  8. Question 28· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    Under colonial rule, Native Authorities were

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  9. Question 29· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The 1914 amalgamation united

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  10. Question 30· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    Indirect rule worked best in

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  11. Question 31· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The Aba Women's Riot was sparked mainly by fears that the British would

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  12. Question 32· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    Indirect rule failed in Igboland mainly because

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  13. Question 33· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The capital of colonial Nigeria was

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  14. Question 34· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The first Governor-General of Nigeria was

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  15. Question 35· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The Aba Women's Riot took place in

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  16. Question 36· Colonial administration in Nigeria· WAEC

    The first political party in Nigeria was formed as a result of the

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  17. Question 37· Decolonisation and African unity· WAEC

    Ghana became independent in

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  18. Question 38· Decolonisation and African unity· WAEC

    Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa in

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  19. Question 39· Decolonisation and African unity· WAEC

    The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in

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  20. Question 40· Decolonisation and African unity· WAEC

    Jomo Kenyatta became the first leader of independent

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