As a non-aligned state, Nigeria attended the second meeting of the non-Aligned Movement that took place in Cairo, Egypt in

Analyze the question: The question asks for the year the second Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit was held in Cairo, Egypt, which Nigeria attended.

Explain the concept: The Non-Aligned Movement was founded to keep newly independent countries from being drawn into the Cold War blocs (East vs. West). Its summits are numbered in order:

• 1st Summit: Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1961 (founders: Tito, Nasser, Nehru, Nkrumah, Sukarno)
• 2nd Summit: Cairo, Egypt, 1964
• 3rd Summit: Lusaka, Zambia, 1970

Solution:

1. The first summit was in Belgrade in 1961.
2. The second summit followed in Cairo, in October 1964.
3. Nigeria had been independent since 1960 and was a Commonwealth member pursuing a non-aligned foreign policy. It took part in the Cairo meeting, which was attended by about 47 member states.

So the year is 1964.

Answer: C. 1964

Tip: Remember the sequence "Belgrade 61, Cairo 64, Lusaka 70". The gap of 3 years between the first two summits helps you recall that Cairo is 1964. Do not confuse it with 1963, the year the OAU (Organisation of African Unity) was founded in Addis Ababa. That is a common distractor in JAMB.