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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 141· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The Action Group was formed in 1951 under

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  2. Question 142· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The motion for self-government in 1956 was moved by

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  3. Question 143· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The Lyttleton Constitution of 1954 is important in Nigerian history because it

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  4. Question 144· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    Herbert Macaulay is regarded as the

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  5. Question 145· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    At independence in 1960 Nigeria's head of state was

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  6. Question 146· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The NCNC was founded in 1944 with Herbert Macaulay as its first president and

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  7. Question 147· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    Anthony Enahoro's 1953 motion in the House of Representatives called for

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  8. Question 148· Nationalism and independence· WAEC

    The Nigerian Youth Movement grew out of the Lagos Youth Movement, formed in

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  9. Question 149· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja officially in

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  10. Question 150· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The Second Republic began in 1979 with

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  11. Question 151· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    Nineteen states were created in 1976 by the government of

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  12. Question 152· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    Twelve states were created in 1967 by

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  13. Question 153· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    Nigeria changed from driving on the left to driving on the right in

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  14. Question 154· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    Nigeria's federal capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja in

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  15. Question 155· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The July 1966 counter-coup brought to power

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  16. Question 156· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    After the civil war Gowon's policy of reconciliation was summed up as

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  17. Question 157· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated in

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  18. Question 158· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The annulled presidential election of June 12, 1993 was won by

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  19. Question 159· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The 'No Victor, No Vanquished' policy after the civil war aimed at

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  20. Question 160· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999 with

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