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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 121· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Kano became a great commercial centre partly because of

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  2. Question 122· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The Hausa Bakwai were

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  3. Question 123· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi defended Borno against

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  4. Question 124· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The seven original Hausa states (Hausa Bakwai) include

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  5. Question 125· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Queen Amina is associated with

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  6. Question 126· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Kanem-Borno was located around

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  7. Question 127· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Muhammad Rumfa of Kano is remembered for

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  8. Question 128· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Mai Idris Alooma is remembered for

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  9. Question 129· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto, became the first Premier of

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  10. Question 130· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    Herbert Macaulay founded the

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  11. Question 131· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    Nigeria gained independence on

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  12. Question 132· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The first Nigerian to be Governor-General was

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  13. Question 133· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    Nigeria's first Prime Minister was

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  14. Question 134· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    At independence in 1960, Nigeria's Prime Minister was

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  15. Question 135· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    Aminu Kano led the

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  16. Question 136· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The Action Group was founded by

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  17. Question 137· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The Lyttelton Constitution of 1954 made Nigeria

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  18. Question 138· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    Northern Nigeria attained self-government in

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  19. Question 139· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The Nigerian Youth Movement was formed in

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  20. Question 140· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU) was led by

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