JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 140

According to an outline of Nigerian History by M.C. English (1900) ''The Oba Overami was deposed and transported to Calabar. Those of his priests who ere found guilty of the massacre were tried and executed.

The foremost British trading company company on the West African coast was United African Company.

The scramble for Africa brought about the settlement of British traders at the Delta Area of the Niger. They named the area ''Oil Rivers Protectorate'' George Jaubman Goldie amalgamated the British private trading companies in the area in the year 1879 and gave the name of the new company as United African Company (UAC). This very company was granted a charter in 1886. with this, the name was changed to Royal Niger Company.

France introduced the policy of assimilation in her colonies primarily to change their way of life.

The policy of assimilation was the type of colonial administration which the French government imposed on its West African colonies. This type of administration was meant to replace the culture, language, religion, law, mode of dressing, etc of the people of West Africa with that of the French people.

The Aro age-grade system in Igbo land was a political organization.

The political head of the old Oyo Empire was Alaafin.

The old Oyo Empire was monarchical in nature. The system was based on the principl of inheritance. The government of the empire thrived along four major organs.
The first organ was the King known as the Alaafin. Although the Alaafin was a supreme King, but he was not a dictator. He ruled according to the advice of the council of Oyomesi but was not compulsory for him to accept all advice.