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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 161· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The annulled presidential election in Nigeria was held on

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  2. Question 162· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The Head of State of Nigeria during the Civil War was

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  3. Question 163· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The first President of Nigeria when it became a republic was

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  4. Question 164· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The presidential election of 12 June 1993 was annulled by

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  5. Question 165· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The Nigerian Civil War lasted from

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  6. Question 166· Nigeria since independence· WAEC

    The leader of the military government that handed over power in 1979 was

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  7. Question 167· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    The Ogboni society in Oyo

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  8. Question 168· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    The Oba of Benin known as 'the Great', who rebuilt Benin City in the 15th century, was

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  9. Question 169· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    The British punitive expedition against Benin took place in

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  10. Question 170· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    The Aro used the oracle known as Ibini Ukpabi (the Long Juju) to

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  11. Question 171· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    Among the Igbo, the Ozo title was

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  12. Question 172· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    In Old Oyo, the Are Ona Kakanfo was the

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  13. Question 173· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    Igbo pre-colonial political organisation was mainly

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  14. Question 174· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    In Old Oyo, the Bashorun was the head of the

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  15. Question 175· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    The title of the ruler of Benin is

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  16. Question 176· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    Benin expanded greatly under Oba

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  17. Question 177· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    Jaja founded Opobo in 1869 after breaking away from

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  18. Question 178· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    The Uzama in Benin were

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  19. Question 179· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    Ile-Ife is regarded in Yoruba tradition as the

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  20. Question 180· Oyo, Benin and the southern states· WAEC

    In the Oyo empire, the council that could ask the Alaafin to commit suicide was the

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