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WAEC History questions: Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century

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  1. Question 1· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Jaja of Opobo became famous as a

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  2. Question 2· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The Yoruba wars of the 19th century followed the

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  3. Question 3· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Lagos was annexed as a British colony in

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  4. Question 4· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    In the 19th century, Ibadan rose as

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  5. Question 5· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The house system was a form of organisation in the

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  6. Question 6· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    New Oyo was founded by Alaafin

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  7. Question 7· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The British peace treaty of 1886 ending the Yoruba wars was largely arranged through

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  8. Question 8· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The Yoruba civil wars of the nineteenth century followed the collapse of

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  9. Question 9· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Opobo was founded in 1869 by Jaja after he broke away from

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  10. Question 10· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The 'legitimate trade' that replaced the slave trade in the Niger Delta was mainly in

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  11. Question 11· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Ibadan's victory at Osogbo in about 1840 halted

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  12. Question 12· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) war was fought mainly between

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  13. Question 13· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Nana Olomu of Itsekiri was a leading

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  14. Question 14· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The main export of the Niger Delta states in the nineteenth century after the end of the slave trade was

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  15. Question 15· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The British consul for the Bights of Benin and Biafra from 1849 was

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  16. Question 16· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) war was fought between Ibadan and

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  17. Question 17· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Which new Yoruba power rose after the fall of Old Oyo and became a leading military state?

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  18. Question 18· Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Nana Olomu was the governor of the river in

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