History and Politics

History And Politics

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  1. Complete the sentence about Nigerian Air Force with the correct year: The second set of cadets underwent training in February ______ with the Royal Canadian Air Force while some cadets were sent to tr…
  2. Complete the sentence about ECOWAS with the correct year: The union was established on 28 May ______, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, with its stated mission to promote economic integration a…
  3. Complete the sentence about ECOWAS with the correct year: A revised version of the treaty was agreed and signed on 24 July ______ in Cotonou, the largest city in Benin.
  4. Complete the sentence about ECOMOG with the correct year: Nigeria and other ECOWAS members agreed to a Protocol on Mutual Defence Assistance, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 29 May ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with the correct year: In October ______, NNPC announced the signing of a…
  6. Complete the sentence about Economy of Nigeria with the correct year: In ______, Nigeria came to an agreement with the Paris Club to buy back the bulk of its owed debts from them, in exchange for a ca…
  7. Complete the sentence about Naira with the correct year: The naira was introduced on 1 January ______, replacing the Nigerian pound at a rate of £1 = ₦2.
  8. Complete the sentence about Naira with the correct year: On 31 January ______, the CBN decided to maintain the key interest rate at 12% to reduce the impact of inflation due to a reduction in fuel sub…
  9. Complete the sentence about Central Bank of Nigeria with the correct year: In ______, an inquiry under the leadership of G.D Paton was established by the colonial administration to investigate banking…
  10. Complete the sentence about Central Bank of Nigeria with the correct year: In May ______, the bank launched the Lagos Bankers Clearing House, which provided licensed banks a framework in which to exch…
  11. Complete the sentence about Nigerian Stock Exchange with the correct year: The Nigerian Stock Exchange was initially founded on September 15, ______ as the Lagos Stock Exchange.
  12. Complete the sentence about Nigerian Stock Exchange with the correct year: Operations began officially on August 25, ______, with 19 securities listed for trading.
  13. Complete the sentence about Nigerian Stock Exchange with the correct year: In December ______ it became known as The Nigerian Stock Exchange, with branches established in some of the major commercial…
  14. Complete the sentence about Nigerian Stock Exchange with the correct year: In ______, NGX launched its next-generation trading platform, X-Gen, intended to enable electronic trading for the retail and…
  15. Complete the sentence about Dangote Group with the correct year: The company was founded in May ______ as a trading enterprise, importing sugar, cement, rice, fisheries, and other consumer goods for d…
  16. Complete the sentence about Dangote Group with the correct year: In ______, Dangote signed a contract with CNOOC Group for the installation of a large underwater offshore pipeline.
  17. Complete the sentence about Aliko Dangote with the correct year: In ______, he was appointed as member of the economic management team by President Goodluck Jonathan.
  18. Complete the sentence about Aliko Dangote with the correct year: In ______, Dangote founded the Dangote Group, a small company that traded commodities; importing sugar, salt, and food products.
  19. Complete the sentence about Aliko Dangote with the correct year: In ______, he founded Dangote Nigeria Limited and Blue Star Services; both imported rice, and bulk materials like steel and aluminum pr…
  20. Complete the sentence about Aliko Dangote with the correct year: Aliko Mohammad Dangote was born on 10 April ______, in Kano, Kano State, British Nigeria.
  21. Complete the sentence about Nollywood with the correct year: Worth mentioning is ______'s Things Fall Apart, an adaptation of Chinua Achebe's novel of the same name, starring Pete Edochie.
  22. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Nigeria with the correct year: Nigeria released about 150 Cameroonian prisoners of war in late ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Nigeria with the correct year: Nigeria's ______ economic austerity campaign produced strains with neighbouring states, including Chad.
  24. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Nigeria with the correct year: Ghana set up a commission in ______ when Nigeria was still a dependent territory.
  25. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Tension rose immediately after the PNDC deposed Limann in ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Nigeria with the correct year: In April ______, a joint commission for cooperation was established between Ghana and Nigeria.
  27. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Nigeria with the correct year: In early January ______, Babangida reciprocated with an official visit to Ghana, which the PNDC hailed as a watershed in…
  28. Complete the sentence about Nigeria in World War II with the correct year: Therefore, as early as ______, Nigerian efforts on the home front were concentrated on raising funds to support the war effor…
  29. Complete the sentence about Nigeria in World War II with the correct year: The 81st Division was formed from West African brigades, then deployed in ______.
  30. Which place completes this sentence about Kingdom of Benin? The Kingdom of Benin's capital was Edo, now known as ______ in Edo State, Nigeria.
  31. Which place completes this sentence about Sokoto Caliphate? By 1808, the ______ Caliphate had gained control over Hausaland and several surrounding states.
  32. Which place completes the sentence? The Gobarau Minaret was built in the 14th century in ______.
  33. Which place completes this sentence about Yoruba people? In his work ______ and the Camaroons Mountains c.1863 the English ethnologist Richard F.
  34. Which place completes this sentence about Murtala Mohammed? Born in ______ to Gyanawa father, Mohammed Riskuwa and Kanuri Jobawa mother Uwani Ramatu from Kano state.
  35. Which place completes this sentence about Olusegun Obasanjo? Born in the village of Ibogun-Olaogun to a farming family of the Owu branch of the Yoruba, Obasanjo was educated largely in ______, Ogun St…
  36. Which place completes this sentence about Muhammadu Buhari? Muhammadu Buhari was born on 17 December 1942, in Daura, now in ______ State, Nigeria.
  37. Which place completes this sentence about Ibrahim Babangida? Babangida joined the Nigerian Army on 10 December 1962, where he attended the Nigerian Military Training College in ______.
  38. Which place completes this sentence about Sani Abacha? A professed Muslim, Sani Abacha was born and brought up in ______ to a Kanuri family originally from present-day Borno State.
  39. Which place completes this sentence about Sani Abacha? In 1966, when he was still a second lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion in ______, he took part in the July 1966 Nigerian counter-coup from the con…
  40. Which place completes this sentence about Ken Saro-Wiwa? Kenule Saro-Wiwa was born in Bori, near ______, Nigeria, on 10 October 1941.
  41. Which place completes this sentence about Ken Saro-Wiwa? At ______, he plunged into academic and cultural interests, winning departmental prizes in 1963 and 1965.
  42. Which place completes this sentence about Moshood Abiola? Abiola was born in ______, Ogun State, to the family of Salawu and Suliat Wuraola Abiola.
  43. Which place completes this sentence about Abdulsalami Abubakar? From January to October 1963, he studied at ______ Technical College.
  44. Which place completes this sentence about Umaru Yar'Adua? Yar'Adua worked at Sambo Farms Ltd. in Funtua, ______ state, as its pioneer General Manager, between 1983 and 1989.
  45. Which place completes this sentence about Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation? Subsequently, on 22 May 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially inaugurated the new board and executive leadersh…
  46. Which place completes this sentence about Aliko Dangote? Aliko Mohammad Dangote was born on 10 April 1957, in ______, Kano State, British Nigeria.

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