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How many ethnic groups does Nigeria have?

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More than 250 ethnic groups, whose differences have been exacerbated by colonial policy “divide and rule”

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This is an Islamist terrorist group based in northeastern Nigeria that since 2009 has launched a violent insurgency

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Boko Haram

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A multicultural or even multination state that has relatively high levels of patriotism from its citizens

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State-nation

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The worlds third-largest wetland and the source of Nigerian oil and economic and ethnic conflict that is home to over 30 million people

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Niger Delta

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Two predominantly Muslim ethnic groups concentrated in northern Nigeria

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Hausa and Fulani

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Predominantly Christian ethnic group concentrated in southeastern Nigeria

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Igbo

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Ethnic group that inhabits the southwest and is divided among Christian, Muslim, and local animist faiths

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Yoruba

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Islamic empire founded in 1908 and centered in northern Nigeria

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Sokoto Caliphate

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Late nineteenth-century race by European countries to expand influence and establish imperial control over the majority of Africa

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Scramble for Africa

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Nigerian nationalist and independent Nigeria’s first head of state

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Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe

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Nigerian parliamentary democratic regime that followed independence

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First Republic (1960-66)

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Igbo-dominated eastern region that tried and failed to secede from Nigeria in 1967

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Republic of Biafra

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military ruler from 1976 to 1979 and two-term elected president from 1999 to 2007

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Olusegun Obasanjo

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short-lived Nigerian democratic regime, from 1979 to 1983, in which the former parliamentary system was replaced by a presidential system

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Second Republic

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former military ruler and current democratically elected president of Nigeria

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Muhammadu Buhari (2015-present)

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military ruler of Nigeria from 1985 to 1993 who sought to establish the failed third republic

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Ibrahim Babangida

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oppressive military dictator from 1993 to 1998 who came to power in a military coup

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Sani Abacha

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democratic regime proposed by general Ibrahim Babangida in 1993; precluded by General Sani Abacha’s military coup in the same year, following annulled elections

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Third republic

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noted Nigerian playwright and environmental activist, executed in 1995 for hi defense of the land and peoples of Niger Delta

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Ken Saro-Wiwa

20
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how is the president of Nigeria elected?

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the president is directly elected by the people and chooses a running mate, who automatically becomes vice president if the president is elected

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Nigeria’s current presidential democratic regime, established in 1999

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Fourth republic

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Nigerian quota system designed to ease ethnic tension by requiring the president to appoint ministers and civil servants from each Nigerian state.

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Federal Character Principle

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what are the names of the upper and lower houses of the Nigerian parliament?

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Upper: Senate
Lower: House of Representatives

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Ethnic association founded by Ken Saro-Wiwa to promote the interests of ethnic Ogoni in the Niger delta

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Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP)

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political party that has dominated Nigerian politics since its formation in 1998; its base was originally the Hausa Muslim ethnic group of northern Nigeria

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People’s Democratic Party (PDP)

25
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A PDP system of presidential rotation; the party would alternate every two terms in nominating candidates from Nigeria’s north and south

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Zoning

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opposition political party formed in 2013 by merger of largest opposition parties and defections from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party

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All Progressive Congress (APC)

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formula for distributing oil revenues between national and local governments in Nigeria

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Derivation Formula

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militant separatist group from the Niger Delta

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Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)

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What is Nigeria’s legislative-executive system?

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Presidential

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what is the name of Nigeria’s legislature and is it bicameral or unicameral?

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  • the National Assembly
  • bicameral
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What are the names of Nigeria’s upper and lower houses?

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Lower: House of representatives
Upper: Senate

32
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Is Nigeria unitary or federal?

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federal

33
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What are the main geographic subunits of Nigeria?

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States

34
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What is the chief judicial body of Nigeria?

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the Supreme Court

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