When there is a second chamber in a federal state, it

A. makes up for the imbalance in the representation in the lower house

B. ensures that the judicary is independent of the executive

C. reduces the power of the electorate

D. alone makes laws for the country

Countries adopt federal system of government because of

A. uneven development

B. adoption of a state religion

C. the fear of domination of minorities

D. the availability of limited resources

The three main contesting issues about revenue allocation in Nigeria are

A. oil, cocoa, and groundnut

B. oil, minority and majority

C. ethnicity, corruption

D. derivation, population and even development

In Nigeria, the concurrent list of powers belongs to the

A. local authority only

B. executive, the judiciary and the legisture

C. federal and state governments

D. state and local government

Rule by decrees is associated with

A. military government

B. totalitarian governments

C. democratic system

D. delegated legislation

Which of the following Nigerian constitutions brought the Northern Provinces into the Legislative Council?

A. The 1979 Constitution

B. The Richards Constitution

C. The Clifford Constitution

D. The Lyttletion Constitution

Under the Independence Constitutions of Nigeria, the Court of Appeal was the

A. West African Court of Appeal

B. Sharia Court of Nigeria

C. Privy Council in Britain

D. Supreme Millitary Council

The Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) collapsed because of

A. leadership struggle

B. the ban on the press by the government

C. high-handedness by the leadership

D. corruption and nepotism

A major reason why the warrant chiefs were rejected in Eastern Nigeria was that

A. the chiefs were illiterates

B. they were no indigenes

C. they usurped the positions of the nationalists

D. the system was not customary

After the annexation in 1861, Lagos became a

A. trust territory

B. crown colony

C. protectorate

D. consular territory