History Questions and Answers

Yakubu Gowon is the correct answer. He created 12 states for Nigeria on May, 27 1967. This initiative further placed Nigeria on the pathway to the adoption of a true federal system.

Eliminating the tribal superstitious practice of killing of twin babies is the correct answer. This was the primary concern of Mary Slessor, a Presbyterian missionary from Scotland to alter the thinking of the people as it relates to the taboo of giving birth to twin babies.

Ottoman Turkey is the correct answer. Its dependencies in Egypt, Tripoli, Tunis and Algiers were admittedly almost self-governing, but they did at least contribute some revenue to the sultans in Istanbul.

The Divide and Rule Policy is the correct answer. The imperialist powers made conscious efforts to create and/or turn to its own advantage of the ethnic, cultural, tribal or religious differences within the population of their subjugated colonies. The effects of this still lingers in Nigeria and even among African countries today.

Arisekola Alao is the correct answer. On May 13, 1998 under the Abacha's regime, Comrade Ola Oni, a legendary radical lecturer and activist, Chief Bola Ige, Lam Adesina were notable persons arrested over the May Day riots in Ibadan. They were arraigned before the Chief Magistrate's Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan.