This type of ruling persisted in Nigeria's history until Obsanjo was elected.
What is military rule?
100
A group of intellectuals, government workers, and businessmen that conducted business in the former northern capital.
What is the Kaduna Mafia?
100
This is the term for the state-owned enterprises in Nigeria.
What are parastatals?
100
A regional group of 15 West African countries founded through the Treaty of Lagos with the purpose of economic integration.
What is the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?
200
This man peacefully ceded power to an elected civilian government in 1979, which became known as the Second Republic. He later emerged as a civilian president in 1999.
Who is Obsanjo?
200
This political party currently holds the presidency, and has since 1999.
What is the People's Democratic Party (PDP)?
200
This electoral body monitored elections in earlier Nigerian Republics.
What is FEDECO?
200
These very small loans are typically given to those who otherwise would not qualify for a loan.
What is micro-credit?
300
This military general seized power in the 1980s. His popular support wavered when he refused to pledge a rapid return to democratic rule and failed to revive a plummeting economy.
Who is Buhari?
300
A relationship between the powerful government officials and the citizens that rely on them.
What is patron-client politics?
300
After the British granted Nigeria independence, this became the type of government adopted in Nigeria.
What is parliamentary rule?
300
An economic reform program from 2003-2007 with the purpose of improving the standard of living.
What is the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS)?
400
The general who seized power after Buhari and quickly announced a program of transition to democratic rule. This military leader initiated structural adjustment/market.
Who is Babangida?
400
A multi-ethnic, elite-centered party dominated by the Second Republic's GNPP which features politicians who had prominent roles in the Abacha-sponsored parties.
What is the All Nigeria's People's Party (ANPP)?
400
This former president of Nigeria focused on solidifying his control of the PDP and on winning the court challenge to his election.
Who is Yar' Adua?
400
This economic development program of the African Union was adopted in 2001 by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government.
What is the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)?
500
This general was installed by Babangida as defense minister and seized power in the 1990s. He prolonged the established tradition of military dominance, combining repression and promise to restore constitutional democracy.
Who is Abacha?
500
Vice President Atiku and his supporters defected from the PDP and merged with the Alliance for Democracy Party to form this.
What is the Action Congress Party (AC)?
500
These types of organizations increased since the 1990s due to growing restiveness over economic hardship and military oppression. Most are urban-based.