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-The president's power is checked by a Senate and a House of Representatives, which are combined in a bicameral body called the National Assembly.
-The Senate is a 109-seat body with three members from each state and one from the capital region of Abuja. Members are elected by popular vote to four-year terms.
-The House contains 360 seats, with the number of seats per state is determined by population.

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-Nigeria is a federal republic.
-The president presides as both head of state and head of the federal government. The leader is elected by popular vote to a maximum of two 4-year terms.
-In the March 28, 2015 presidential election, General Muhammadu Buhari emerged victorious to become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Good effects of the imperialism on Nigeria.

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Good effects of the imperialism on Nigeria.

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The main benefit that the colonies obtain was in education and healthcare, they learned to read write so the literacy rate increased and the advances in medicine that were carried out in the parent country could be introduced in the colonies.

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-Nigeria lost most of their natural resources and they also had changed their language to English.
-They even were forced to be Christians or Catholic because of the British.

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-Rivalries between ethnic groups because as they reorganized the territory in order to have benefit from it they divided tribes or joined them together.
-New social classes which put the British in the upper class and the natives in the lower one were created.

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They elected Abubakar Tafawa Balewa of the NPC as prime minister and Azikiwe of the NCNC as governor-general.
When Nigeria was made a republic in 1963, Azikiwe was made its president.

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The National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) combined with the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) to form a government suitable for its citizens.

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With independence looming in 1959, an election was held to elect a leader; however, no party won a majority.

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It gained independence on October 1st, 1960 through constitutions that were legislated by the British government. The new Constitution established a federal government system with an elected Prime Minister and a ceremonial head of staff.

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They killed hundreds of innocent people in order to control the country for its own benefits, the resources such as oil, minerals, ivory, etc.

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-Nigerians had to mine for minerals which were sent to the mother country.

-Also Nigeria had to pay taxes in order to pay for government.
-British did not care about the people of the colonized country.

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The British took over Nigeria also by building trade posts and selling manufactured goods as well as enslaving the inhabitants and selling them to other Imperialist countries.

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They took all of their valuable resources such as oil and ivory. This was one of the main reasons to colonize Nigeria, for taking its raw materials.

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The British established a protectorate, which means that the territory has its own government but under the control of an outside power.

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In which way did Britain aquired Nigeria?

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In which way did Britain aquired Nigeria?

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Some local rulers agreed to sign treaties of protection with Britain and to accept British residents in Nigeria, others opposed the foreign intervention and rebelled against it. herefore, Britain used military force to put the rebels down.

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Nigeria was a British colony, they control many territories in Africa.

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Britain's influence in the Niger area increased gradually over the 19th century, but Britain did not effectively occupy the area until 1885.