Post Views: 0 NIGERIAN NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NNDP) OBJECTIVES OF THE NNDP The upgrading of Lagos to a municipality with its own absolute self-government Co-ordination of the nomination and election… Read More »DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES
Post Views: 0 Revenue allocation is one of the most contentious issues in Nigerian federalism Minority questions: the fear of domination by three major ethnic groups outright neglect in allocation… Read More »PROBLEMS OF NIGERIAN FEDERALISM
Post Views: 0 The constitution of Nigeria, form the lyttleton constitution of 1954 to the 1989 republican constitution, have been written and rigid constitutions There has been a bicameral legislature… Read More »FEATURES OF NIGERIAN FEDERALISM
Post Views: 1 The constitution retained a presidential system of government as in the 1979 constitution A two-party system was entrenched in the constitution The people could withdraw any legislator… Read More »FEATURES OF 1989 CONSTITUTION
Post Views: 0 FEATURES The constitution retained the federalism previously adopted by the lyttleton constitution of 1954 The governor-general was made the constitutional ceremonial head of state and a representative… Read More »THE INDEPENDENCE CONSTITUTION OF 1960
Post Views: 0 The 1922 constitution was named after the then governor of Nigeria sir Hugh Clifford FEATURE MAIN There was an executive council for the whole country. It was… Read More »CLIFFORD CONSTITUTION OF 1922
Post Views: 0 K.B.C. Onwubiko has not failed to define nationalism as “the patriotic sentiment or activity on the part of groups of Africans held’s together by the bonds of… Read More »NATIONALISM
Post Views: 0 While it is true that Africans had their own ways of educating their children, the fact that people could read and write made a significant difference in… Read More »ADVANTAGES OF COLONIAL RULE
Post Views: 0 Following the establishment of the Nigerian state by 1900 and subsequent Amalgamation by 1914, it would be recalled that classical Lugardian indirect rule is nothing other than… Read More »THE SYSTEM OF INDIRECT RULE IN WESTERN NIGERIA
Post Views: 0 Following the Berlin Conference of 1884 – 85 under the chairmanship of Ottovon Bismarck of Germany. Where the scramble for and the partitioning of West Africa by… Read More »COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION (HISTORICAL BACKGROUND)
Post Views: 0 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND General Murtala Mohammed came to power in 1975 and he promised to return the country to a civil rule after long years of military rule… Read More »THE SECOND REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION OF 1979
Post Views: 0 FEATURES OF THE REPUBLIC AN CONSTTITUTION OF 1963 Nigeria obtained a Republican Constitution of 1963 and some changes were introduced by the constitutions. It enthroned a Republican… Read More »THE FIRST REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION OF 1963
Post Views: 0 MAIN FEATURES AND PROVISIONS OF INDEPENDENCE CONSTITUTION OF 1960 The constitution retained the federal structure initially adopted by the Lyttleton’s Constitution of 1954. Governors-General became Ceremonial Head… Read More »INDEPENDENCE CONSTITUTION OF 1960
Post Views: 0 LONDON COSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE This conference was convened to discuss issues surrounding the 1954 Lyttleton’s constitution. The outcome of the Constitutional Conference of 1957 includes the following; The… Read More »CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Post Views: 0 FEATURES OF LYTTLETON CONSTITUTION The resultant defects of MacPherson’s constitution gave rise to two constitutional conferences in 1953 and 1954, the first in London and the other… Read More »LYTTLETON CONSTITUTION OF 1954
Post Views: 0 THE MCPHERSON CONSTITUTION OF 1951 The weakness of the Richard’s Constitution and the imperial powers due to anti- colonial activities, and the de- mystification of white superiority… Read More »CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Post Views: 0 FEATURES OF CLIFFORD CONSTITUTION Secretary of State for Colonies: This was a Cabinet minister in Britain and the Secretary of State for Colonies. All the colonial Governors… Read More »THE CLIFFORD’S CONSTITUTION OF 1922
Post Views: 0 THE NIGERIA COUNCIL OF 1914 The Council was created in 1914 after the amalgamation by Lord Luggard. It consisted of 24 official and 12 unofficial member of… Read More »CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Post Views: 0 FACTORS THAT LED TO THE RISE AND GROWTH OF NATIONALIST MOVEMENT EXTERNAL FACTORS The Atlantic Charter: The publication at the end of the 2nd World war, declared… Read More »NATIONALISM IN WEST AFRICA II
Post Views: 0 Nationalism may be defined as the efforts made by Africans to oppose or reject colonial rule. It is the love and pride in a country shown by… Read More »NATIONALISM IN WEST AFRICA