1. How many ethnic groups do we have in Nigeria?

Answer: 250 ethnic groups

2. Who is the current chief of justices of Nigeria?

Answer: Olukayode Ariwoola

3. In Nigeria, democracy day is now celebrated on.

Answer: June 12
4. Which is the most populated country in the world?

Answer: India, with 1.43 billion residents

5. Who was the first Nigerian female psychiatrist?

Answer: Dr. Bertha Johnson

6. Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police is?

Answer: Egbetokun Olukayode

7. Which is the second-largest continent in the world?

Answer: Africa, coming after Asia

8. The hottest region in the world is called?

Answer: The Sahara Desert

9. Who is the current chairman of ECOWAS?

Answer: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria.

10. Which African country first gained independence?

Answer: Liberia in 1847

11. Who is Nigeria’s current speaker of the House of
Representatives?

Answer: Tajudeen Abbas

12. Who was the world’s first writer of the English Dictionary?

Answer: Mr. Samuel Johnson

13. Who is Nigeria’s Minister of Power?

Answer: Adebayo Adelabu

14. Who was the first President of Nigeria?

Answer: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Oct. 1st, 1960 – Jan. 15th, 1966
15. What Blue in the Nigerian Police flag represents?

Answer: Love, loyalty, and unity

16. The first awarded Archbishop in Africa?

Answer: Benson Andrew Idahosa

17. The separation of powers simply means.

Answer: Checks and Balances

18. What is a 70th anniversary called?

Answer: Platinum
19. What does the acronym ICAO stand for?

Answer: International Civil Aviation Organisation

20. Who was Nigeria’s first Inspector General of Police?

Answer: Mr. C. W. Duncan, 1930 – 1935

21. Who is the current Sultan of the Sokoto caliphate?

Answer: Muhammadu Salad Abubakar

22. Who is the current Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria?

Answer: Olayemi Michael Kardoso

23. Who is Nigeria’s Minister of Education?

Answer: Tahir Mamman

24. What does the acronym ECOMOG mean?

Answer: Economic Community Monitoring Group

25. Which is the highest mountain in Africa?

Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

26. When did Nigeria break diplomatic relations with Israel?

Answer: 1972
27. Who created the Nigerian Council?

Answer: Frederick Lugard

28. What country does Nigeria share borders with the West?

Answer: Republic of Benin

29. Who is the current Senate President of Nigeria?

Answer: Godswill Obot Akpabio

30. Which continent is the smallest in the world?

Answer: Australasia
31. What agency is the Economic Commission for Africa part of?
Answer: UNO (United Nations Organisation)
32. Who what set of people does political sovereignty belongs?

Answer: The Government

33. What region was created by the facilitation of the NCNC?

Answer: Mid-West Region

34. For what reason was Nigeria suspended from the
Commonwealth in 1995?

Answer: Political Reasons

35. Who was the first Senate President of Nigeria?

Answer: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe

36. Who was the first governor-general of colonial Nigeria?

Answer: Lord Lugard

37. People who live by selling labour in the Marxist theory are called?

Answer: Proletariats
38. Who formed the first political party in Nigeria?

Answer: Herbert Macaulay

39. What was the first political party in Nigeria?

Answer: Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)

40. When did the Duke and Duchess of Sussex leave the royal family?

Answer: January 2020

41. When was paper currency introduced in Nigeria?
Answer: 1918
42. How many Local Government Areas are in Nigeria?

Answer: 774
43. Which state in Nigeria has the largest number of Local
Government Areas?

Answer: Kano State with 44 LGAs.

44. What does the term MDGs stand for?

Answer: Millennium Development Goals

45. When did the Federal Military Government abolish the four
regions?

Answer: 1966
46. How many countries constitute the Economic Community of West
African States?

Answer: 16
47. Which country was the last to win independence from colonial
rule?

Answer: Angola
48. A country made up of semi-autonomous units is called.

Answer: A confederation
49. What is the ultimate aim of political parties?

Answer: To acquire and exercise power

50. What system of Government is political power inherited?
Answer: Monarchy
51. Which is the largest city in Nigeria?

Answer: Lagos
52. General Yakubu Gowon created how many states in Nigeria in
May 1967?

Answer: 12 states
53. Who was the first Executive President of Nigeria?

Answer: Alhaji Shehu Shagari

54. When was Facebook founded?

Answer: February 4, 2004

55. How many regional divisions does Africa have?

Answer: (Six Regional Divisions)

56. Who is the current managing director of NNPC?

Answer: Mele Klo Kyari

57. Who is the current Chief Justice of Nigeria?

Answer: Olukayode Ariwoola

58. Who was the longest-serving senate President of Nigeria?

Answer: David Mark

59. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

Answer: Rishi Sunak

60. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
Answer: Antonio Guterres

61. Who is the longest-serving Prime Minister of Israel?

Answer: Benjamin Netanyahu

62. Which state in Nigeria has the smallest number of LGAs?

Answer: Abuja, with only seven LGAs.

63. When was the United Nations Organisation formed?

Answer: 25th April 1945

64. The first woman to become a governor in Nigeria is?

Answer: Mrs. Virginia Etiaba, Anambra State

65. What does the acronym NUPENA mean?

Answer: National Union of Petroleum Engineers and Natural Gas

66. Who is the current INEC Chairman?

Answer:
67. The first female Brigadier in Nigeria?

Answer: Ronke Kale

68. Who released Nelson Mandela when he was arrested as an
apartheid prisoner?

Answer: President Fredrick Declerk

69. Who is the current Chairman of UNO?

Answer: Antonio Guterres of Portugal

70. Which state has the highest percentage of contribution to oil
revenue in Nigeria?

Answer: Delta State

71. What is the motto of Nigeria?

Answer: Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress

72. How long does it take the earth to complete one revolution?

Answer: 365 days

73. When was the first refinery in Nigeria built?

Answer: 1965
74. When was the Federal Capital Territory created?

Ans: February 3rd, 1976

75. Who was Nigeria’s First Military Head of State?

Ans: General Yakubu Gowon

76. Who was known as the King of Afrobeat in Nigeria?

Ans: Mr Fela Anikulapo Kuti

77. Where was the United Nations Organisation formed?

Ans: San Francisco, April 1945

78. How was Sir Dele Giwa killed?

Ans: Through letter bomb

79. When was the Central Bank of Nigeria established?

Ans: 1958
80. Which authority heads the Nigerian Judiciary?

Ans: The Chief Justice of Nigeria

81. Who was the first Sultan of Sokoto?

Ans: Shehu Usman Danfodio

82. When was Nigerian Airforce established?

Ans: In 1964
83. Who was the last governor before Nigeria’s independence?

Ans: Sir James Robertson

84. Who was the first managing director of NNPC?

Ans: Chief R.A Marinho

85. When did the first world war take place?

Ans: 1914-1918
86. Which is the second most populated country in the world?

Ans: China, following India, has a population of 1.4billion.

87. When did the Nigerian civil war begin?

Ans: July 6, 1967

88. The award of honour GCFR is meant for?

Ans: Head of State only

89. What is the motto of the Nigerian Police?

Ans: The police are your friend

90. When did the second world war take place?
Ans: 1939-1945
91. What age is the life expectancy of a Nigerian man?

Ans: 52years
92. What does the red eagle on the Nigerian coat of arms depict?

Ans: Strength
93. What is the official language of Nigeria?

Ans: English Language

94. When was Nigeria declared and recognized as a nation?

Ans: October 1, 1960

95. How many continents are there in the world?

Ans: Seven continents

96. What does the colour yellow in the Nigerian police flag signify?

Ans: Discipline and resourcefulness

97. Who is Nigeria’s current minister of finance?

Ans: Wale Edun

98. Who was the first secretary-general of United Nations
Organisations?

Ans: Tryg Velie from Norway

99. When was the current president of Nigeria born?

Ans: 29 March 1952

100. How many senators make up the national assembly of Nigeria?
Ans: 109 senators
101. How many senatorial districts are the 36 states divided into?

Ans: Three senatorial districts

102. How many members does the House of Representatives of
Nigeria have?

Ans: 360 members

103. Who was the first House of representative member?

Ans: Sir Fredric Metcalfe

104. Which is the highest mountain in the world?

Ans: Mount Everest, 29,028 feet tall

105. Who were the first Europeans to come to West Africa?

Ans: Portuguese
106. When did the outbreak of the American civil war take place?

Ans: 1848-1861
107. Who was the first president of the United States of America?

Ans: George Washington

108. Who was the National President of Nigeria?

Ans: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo

109. What does the green in the Nigerian police flag represent?

Ans: Energy and life

110. How many regional divisions are there in Africa?
Ans: Five regional divisions
111. How many countries make up Middle Africa?

Ans: Nine African countries

112. When did Nigeria become a British colony?

Ans: 1914
113. Where is the Kainji Dam in Nigeria located?

Ans: Niger State

114. How many states make up the South-South geo-political zone in
Nigeria?

Ans: Six states

115. When did the current president of Nigeria resume duties?

Ans: May 29th 2023

116. What is the state of origin of the president of Nigeria?

Ans: Lagos State

117. Who was the first female NAFDAC Chairman?

Ans: Prof. Dora Akunyili

118. Who invented the light bulb?

Ans: Thomas Edison

119. What was the first-ever produced Nollywood movie?

Ans: Palaver, produced in 1926

120. Who is the Vice President of Nigeria?
Ans: Kashim Shettima
121. When did former president Umaru Yar’Adua die?

Ans: May 6, 2010

122. What discovery are the Lander brothers known for?

Ans: Discovering the source of River Niger

123. Who discovered the African continent?

Ans: Prince Henry, the explorer from Portugal

124. When was the slave trade first abolished?

Ans: In 1803, Denmark-Norway

125. Who invented the motor car?

Ans: Karl Benz, 1885

126. What is the coldest planet in the Solar system?

Ans: Neptune
127. Which is the highest court of law in Nigeria?

Ans: Supreme Court of Nigeria

128. Who was the first governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria?

Ans: R.A Feton

129. When Nigerian football premier league formed?

Ans: 1972
130. What is the hottest planet in the solar system?

Ans: The Venus

131. Which is the oldest degree-awarding university in Nigeria?

Ans: University of Ibadan

132. Who was the first female Professor in Nigeria?

Ans: Elfrida Adeho

133. Which courts are the lowest in Nigeria?

Ans: Magistrate, District, and customary courts

134. When was GSM introduced in Nigeria?

Ans: 2001
135. Who was the first indigenous speaker of the House of
Representatives?

Ans: Jaja Wachuku, 1959.

136. Who was the first vice president of Nigeria?

Ans: Alex I. Ekwueme

137. How long does it take Mars to complete one revolution?

Ans: 687 days

138. Which of Nigeria’s past presidents is also known as an
ambassador for peace?

Ans: Dr Goodluck Jonathan

139. Who is Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation?

Ans: Rotimi Amaechi

140. When was Nigeria’s currency changed to the Naira and kobo?
Ans: January 1st, 1973
141. When was Google founded?

Ans: 4th September 1998

142. Who discovered the internet?

Ans: Robert E. Kahn and Vint Cerf

143. When did Donald Trump assume duties as President of
America?

Ans: 20th January 2017

144. Who is the inventor of the computer?

Ans: Charles Babbage

145. Who is known as the fastest man in the world?

Ans: Usain Bolt (100m records)

146. What is the most common natural resource in Nigeria?

Ans: Petroleum
147. When were the first modern Olympics held?

Ans: In 1896, Greece

148. How many countries are in Europe?

Ans: 44 countries
149. Who was the first African Bishop?

Ans: Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther

150. Who is the richest man in the world (2023)?
Ans: Elon Musk
151. Who is the current EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission) Chairman?

Ans: Olanipekun Olukoyede

Nigeria Current affairs quiz questions

Question 1: Nigeria’s current president
Answer: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Question 2: Current vice president
Answer: Kashim Shettima
Question 6: Who formed the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Herbert Macaulay
Question 7: What was the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)
Question 8: What does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arms
represent?
Answer: Strength
Question 9: What do the two horses on the Nigerian coat of arms
represent?
Answer: Dignity
Question 10: What was the black shield in the Nigerian coat of arms
stand for?
Answer: Nigerian’s fertile soil
Question 11: What does the white colour in the Nigerian flag stand
for?
Answer: Peace
Question 12: What does the green colour in the Nigerian flag
represent?
Answer: Forests and abundant natural wealth of Nigeria
Question 13: Nigeria is divided into how many geopolitical zones?
Answer: Six (6) geopolitical zones
Question 14: What was the first capital city in Nigeria?
Answer: Calabar
Question 15: Capital of Nigeria
Answer: Abuja
Question: Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president?
Answer: Barau Jibrin
Question 16: What is the name of the Nigerian senior national team
in football (men’s team)?
Answer: Super Eagles
Question 17: When did the Nigerian Golden Eaglets win the World
under-17 FIFA world cup
Answer: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013
Question 18: Who was the first female vice-chancellor in a Nigerian
university?
Answer: Grace Alele Williams
Question 19: Who gave Nigeria her name?
Answer: Flora Shaw
Question 20: Who designed the Nigerian flag?
Answer: Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi
Question 21: Who was the first man to buy a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Bob Jensen
Question 22: Who was the first woman to buy a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
Question 23: Which was the first TV station in Nigeria?
Answer: Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation
(WNTV) in 1959
Question 24: When was Nigeria formed?
Answer: 1914
Question 25: Where was crude oil first discovered in Nigeria?
Answer: Oloibiri Oilfield, located in Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa
State
Question 26: Who was the first Nigerian to become a Noble
Laureate?
Answer: Wole Soyinka
Question 27: Who is the Nigerian current speaker of the House of
Representatives?
Answer: Tajudeen Abbas
Question 28: What is the premier university in Nigeria?
Answer: University of Ibadan
Question 29: Who is the minister of education in Nigeria?
Answer: Tahir Mamman
Question 30: Who is the current chief justice of Nigeria?
Answer: Olukayode Ariwoola
Question 31: When did Nigeria have its independence?
Answer: 1st October 1960
Question 32: When Nigeria did become a republic?
Answer: 1st October 1963
Question 33: When was the first military coup carried out in Nigeria?
Answer: 1966
Question 34: How many Local Governments do we have in Nigeria?
Answer: 774
Question 35: Who is the first Nigerian president?
Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe
Question 36: Who was the Nigerian first executive president?
Answer: Alhaji Shehu Aliyu Shagari
Question 37: Who was the Nigerian first prime minister?
Answer: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Question 38: What is the largest continent in the world?
Answer: ASIA with a population of 3,641,000,000, while Australia &
Oceania is the smallest continent
Question 39: What are the five Oceans in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern
Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Question 40: What is the full meaning of UNICEF?
Answer: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Question 41: Who is the current Senate President in Nigeria?
Answer: Godswill Obot Akpabio
Question 42: Which country’s flag is called the Union Jack?
Answer: Great Britain
Question 43: What is the centenary?
Answer: 100 years
Question 44: What is Nigeria?
Answer: Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal
constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja. Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land
borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon
in the east, and Niger in the north.
Question 45: Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff
Answer: General Christopher Gwabin Musa OFR
Question 46: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff?
Answer: Taoreed Lagbaja
Question 47: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff?
Answer: Emmanuel Ogalla
Question 48: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff?
Answer: Hassan Abubakar
Question 49: Who is the current NAFDAC Director-General?
Answer: Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye
Question 50: Who is the current Inspector General of police?
Answer: IGP Egbetokun Olukayode
Question 51: Current chairman of the African Union
Answer: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Question 52: Who is the Secretary-General of the united nations
Answer: António Guterres
Question 53: Who is the current minister of education?
Answer: Tahir Mamman
Question 54: Mention five rivers in Nigeria that share their names
with a state.
Answer: Rivers – Benue, Niger, Osun, Kaduna, Ogun, Sokoto, Cross
River, Imo
Question 55: What does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arms
represent?
Answer: Strength
Question 56: Mention nine past senate presidents of Nigeria.
Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Evan Enwerem, Chuba Okadigbo, Anyim
Pius Anyim, Adolphus Wabara, Ken Nnamani, David Mark, Bukola
Saraki, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan
Question 57: What do the two horses on the Nigerian coat of arms
represent?
Answer: Dignity
Question 58: What was the black shield in the Nigerian coat of arms
stand for?
Answer: Nigerian’s fertile soil
Question 59: What does the white colour in the Nigerian flag stand
for?
Answer: Peace
Question 60: What does the green colour in the Nigerian flag
represent?
Answer: Forests and abundant natural wealth of Nigeria
Question 61: Who is the current minister of finance?
Answer: Wale Edun
Question 62: Who is the current minister of defence?
Answer: Muhammad Badaru
Question 63: Nigeria is divided into how many geopolitical zones?
Answer: Six (6) geopolitical zones
Question 64: What was the first capital city in Nigeria?
Answer: Calabar
Question 65: Who is the current minister of FCT?
Answer: Nyesom Wike
Question 66: Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president?
Answer: Barau Jibrin
Question 67: When did the Nigerian Golden Eaglets win the World
under-17 FIFA world cup
Answer: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015
Question 68: Which country won the 2018 world cup?
Answer: France
Question 69: Where was crude oil first discovered in Nigeria?
Answer: Oloibiri Oilfield, located in Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa
State
Question: Who was the first Nigerian to become a Noble Laureate?
Answer: Wole Soyinka
Question 70: Who is the minister for petroleum resources in
Nigeria?
Answer: President Muhammudu Buhari
Question 71: When was the Nigerian Naira introduced?
Answer: 1st January 1973
Question 72: What are the five largest Oceans in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern
Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Question 73: What is the full meaning of UNICEF?
Answer: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Question 74: When were the currency notes introduced?
Answer: 100 Naira:1999, 200 Naira in 2000, 500 Naira in 2001 and
1000 Naira on October 12, 2005
Question 75: How many ministers do we have in Nigeria?
Answer: 43
Question 76: With which countries does Nigeria share boundaries?
Answer: Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land borders
with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the
east, and Niger in the north
Question 77: Representative democracy is the best characteristic by
Answer: free elections and proper registers of voters
Question 78: While political partial parties aim at forming a
government, pressure groups aim at
Answer: influencing governmental decisions
Question 79: When the electorate vote for representatives who in
turn, vote on their behalf, we say it is
Answer: an indirect election
Question 80: An election that is conducted to fill a vacant seat in a
legislature is called a
Answer: by-election
Question 81: Which of these countries does NOT operate a federal
constitution
Answer: France
Question 82: The major advantage of the secret ballot is that
Answer: it ensures the anonymity of each voter
Question 83: In a one-party state
Answer: the ruling party is the only legal party
Question 84: A cabinet system of government is practised in
Answer: Britain and Canada
Question 85: A proclamation by the head of state ending a session
of parliament is called
Answer: a dissolution
Question 86: The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria
Answer: promotes the unity of diversity
Question 87: The transfer of authority to the local government
council is known as
Answer: delegation
Question 88: The principle of anonymity of civil servants means that
they
Answer: Are credited or blamed for anything they do
Question 89: The six registered political parties in Nigeria in 1982
were
Answer: UPN, GNPP, NAP, PRP, NPP, NPN,
Question 90: Which of the following is NOT a pressure group in
Nigeria
Answer: Farmers
Question 91: The N.C.N.C sent a delegation to London in 1947 to
protest against the
Answer: Richard’s constitution
Question 92: A popular principle of colonial administration in British
West Africa was
Answer: indirect rule
Question 93: The first governor-general of colonial Nigeria was
Answer: Lord Lugard
Question 94: The first military government in Nigeria was headed by
Answer: General Aguiyi Ironsi
Question 95: The first general election in Nigeria was held in
Answer: 1959
Question 96: The supreme organ of the U.N O is the
Answer: General assembly
Question 97: Traditional rulers were restricted to ceremonial rules
by the local government reforms of
Answer: 1976
Question 98: A parliamentary system who ensures that members
are in the House to vote on major issues
Answer: Whip
Question 99: A system in which no single person serves as the chief
executive is known as
Answer: Parliamentary
Question 100: A social system in which power is derived from
control over land is called
Answer: Feudalism
Question 101: “Rule of Law” refers to a situation in which
Answer: Laws are supreme
Question 102: An important principle of the civil service is
Answer: Anonymity
Question 103: Which of these constitutions recognized local
government as the third tier of government
Answer: The 1979 constitution
Question 104: A condition for judicial independence is the
appointment of judges by the
Answer: Judicial Service Commission
Question 105: The Minorities Commission appointed in Nigeria in
1957 recommend that
Answer: More states should be created in the federation
Question 106: The second military coup in Nigeria took place on
Answer: July 29, 1966
Question 107: One of these was in existence before the outbreak of
the second world war
Answer: The League of Nations
Question 108: An important advantage of creating more
constitutions in a federal state is to
Answer: Enhance the People’s Participation
Question 109: Under the Presidential system
Answer: c. The president may come from any of the parties
Question 110: Public opinion is important because it
Answer: Lets government know what the people want
Question 111: Bicameral legislature exists
Answer: To prevent the concentration of power on the legislative
house
Question 112: Africans were first elected to the legislative council in
British West Africa in
Answer: Ghana
Question 113: One of the functions of the Ministry of external affairs
is the
Answer: Promotion of national interests
Question 114: The leader of the Northern People’s Congress was
Answer: Ahmadu Bello
Question 115: The idea of democracy started with the
Answer: The earliest democracy in the world began with the work of
a man named Cleisthenes, in Athens (Greece), in 510 BC.
Question 116: In the Marxist theory, those who live by selling their
labour are called
Answer: Proletariats
Question 117: Which of the following is NOT an acceptable means of
achieving democracy?
Answer: Riots 22 The branch of government responsible for
implementing laws is the
Question 118: In a democracy, sovereignty is vested in
Answer: The Community
Question 119: Universal Adult Suffrage means all
Answer: Qualified citizens can vote
Question 120: A bill that applies to the whole population and is
intended to promote the general welfare is called
Answer: An Appropriation bill