Thursday 19 September 2019

Current affairs question and answer Nigeria

 

Current affairs quiz questions and answer

Question 1: Nigeria’s current president
Answer: Muhammadu Buhari
Question 2: Current vice president
Answer: Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
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 arm represent?
Answer: Strength
Question 9: What do the two horses on the Nigerian coat of arm represent?
Answer: Dignity
Question 10: What was the black shield in the Nigerian coat of arm stand for?
Answer: Nigerian’s fertile soil
Question 11: What does the white colour in Nigerian flag stand for?
Answer: Peace
Question 12: What does the green colour in 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: Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege
Question 16: What is the name of Nigerian senior national team in football (men team)?
Answer: Super Eagles
Question 17: When did 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 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 House of the Representatives?
Answer: Femi Gbajabiamila
Question 28: What is the premier university in Nigeria?
Answer: University of Ibadan
Question 29: Who is the minister for education in Nigeria?
Answer: Adamu Adamu
Question 30: Who is the current chief justice of Nigeria?
Answer: Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen
Question 31: When did Nigeria have her independent?
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 Government do we have in Nigeria?
Answer: 774
Question 35: Who is the first Nigerian president?
Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe
Question 36: Who was 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 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: Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan
Question 42: Which country’s flag is called the Union Jack?
Answer: Great Britain
Question 43: What is 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 Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin
Question 46: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff?
Answer: Lt-General T.Y. Buratai
Question 47: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff?
Answer: Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas
Question 48: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff?
Answer: Air Marshal Sadique 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 Solomon Arase
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: Adamu Adamu
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 arm represent?
Answer: Strength
Question 56: Mention 9 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 arm represent?
Answer: Dignity
Question 58: What was the black shield in the Nigerian coat of arm stand for?
Answer: Nigerian’s fertile soil
Question 59: What does the white colour in Nigerian flag stand for?
Answer: Peace
Question 60: What does the green colour in Nigerian flag represent?
Answer: Forests and abundant natural wealth of Nigeria
Question 61: Who is the current minister of finance?
Answer: Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed
Question 62: Who is the current minister of defence?
Answer: Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd)
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: Mohammed Musa Bello
Question 66: Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president?
Answer: Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege
Question 67: When did 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?
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 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 is turn vote on their behalf we say it is
Answer: an indirect election
Question 80: An election which 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 practiced 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 unity of diversity
Question 87: The transfer of authority to 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 any thing 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: Richards 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 Agunyi Ironsi
Question 95: The first general election in Nigeria was hold 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 situation in which
Answer: Laws are supreme
Question 102: An important principle of the civil service is
Answer: Anonymity
Question 103: Which of these constitution 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 constitution in a federal state is to
Answer: Enhance the People 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 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
Question 121: Nigeria’s 36 States with their Capitals
Answer:
Note: Current Minister of Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is Muhammed Musa Bello
S. No State Capital
1 Abia State Umuahia
2 Adamawa State Yola
3 Akwa Ibom State Uyo
4 Anambra State Awka
5 Bauchi State Bauchi
6 Bayelsa State Yenagoa
7 Benue State Makurdi
8 Borno State Maiduguri
9 Cross River State Calabar
10 Delta State Asaba
11 Ebonyi State Abakaliki
12 Edo State Benin City
13 Ekiti State Ado – Ekiti
14 Enugu State Enugu
15 Gombe State Gombe
16 Imo State Owerri
17 Jigawa State Dutse
18 Kaduna State Kaduna
19 Kano State Kano
20 Katsina State Katsina
21 Kebbi State Birnin Kebbi
22 Kogi State Lokoja
23 Kwara State Ilorin
24 Lagos State Ikeja
25 Nasarawa State Lafia
26 Niger State Minna
27 Ogun State Abeokuta
28 Ondo State Akure
29 Osun State Oshogbo
30 Oyo State Ibadan
31 Plateau State Jos
32 Rivers State Port Harcourt
33 Sokoto State Sokoto
34 Taraba State Jalingo
35 Yobe State Damaturu
36 Zamfara State Gusau

Question 122: Current Governors of Nigeria’s 36 States
Answer:
S. No State Current Governor
1 Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu
2 Adamawa State Jibrilla Bindow
3 Akwa Ibom State Udom Gabriel Emmanuel
4 Anambra State Willie Obiano
5 Bauchi State Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed
6 Bayelsa State Henry Seriake Dickson
7 Benue State Samuel Ortom
8 Borno State Babagana Umara Zulum mni
9 Cross River State Benedict Ayade
10 Delta State Ifeanyi Okowa
11 Ebonyi State Dave Umahi
12 Edo State Godwin Obaseki
13 Ekiti State Kayode Fayemi
14 Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi
15 Gombe State Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya
16 Imo State Chukwuemeka Ihedioha
17 Jigawa State Badaru Abubakar
18 Kaduna State Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
19 Kano State Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
20 Katsina State Aminu Bello Masari
21 Kebbi State Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
22 Kogi State Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello
23 Kwara State AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq
24 Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu
25 Nasarawa State Abdullahi Sule
26 Niger State Abubakar Sani Bello
27 Ogun State Dapo Abiodun
28 Ondo State Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu
29 Osun State Adegboyega Oyetola
30 Oyo State Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi
31 Plateau State Simon Bako Lalong
32 Rivers State Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
33 Sokoto State Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
34 Taraba State Darius Dickson Ishaku
35 Yobe State Mai Mala Buni
36 Zamfara State Bello Muhammad Matawalle

Question 123: CBN Governor
Answer: Godwin Emefiele
Question 124: When was the Nigeria 2019 General Election held?
Answer: February 23 2019

50 Current affairs in Nigeria

Question: Mention the new service chiefs in Nigeria
Answer: General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin- Chief of Defence Staff;
Question: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff?
Answer: Lt-General T.Y. Buratai
Question: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff?
Answer: Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas
Question: Who is Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff?
Answer: Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar
Question:. Who is the current INEC chairman?
Answer: Mahmud Yakubu
Question: Who is the current NAFDAC Director General?
Answer: Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye
Question: Who is the current Inspector General of police?
Answer: IGP Ibrahim Idris Kpotun
Question: Current chairman of the African Union
Answer: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Question: Who is the secretary General of the united nations
Answer: António Guterres
Question: Who is the current minister of education?
Answer: Adamu Adamu
Question: Mention five rivers in Nigeria that share their names with a state.
Answer: Rivers- Benue, Niger, Osun, Kaduna, Ogun, Sokoto, Cross River, Imo
Question: What was the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Nigerian National Democratic party (NNDP)
Question: Who is the current president of Nigeria?
Answer: Muhammadu Buhari
Question: Who is the current vice president of Nigeria?
Answer: Yemi Osinbajo
Question: What does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arm represent?
Answer: Strength
Question: Mention 8 past senate presidents of Nigeria.
Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Evan Enwerem, Chuba Okadigbo, Anyim Pius Anyim, Adolphus Wabara, Ken Nnamani, David Mark, Bukola Saraki
Question: What do the two horses on the Nigerian coat of arm represent?
Answer: Dignity
Question: What was the black shield in the Nigerian coat of arm stand for?
Answer: Nigerian’s fertile soil
Question: What does the white colour in Nigerian flag stand for?
Answer: Peace
Question: What does the green colour in Nigerian flag represent?
Answer: Forests and abundant natural wealth of Nigeria
Question: Who is the current minister of finance?
Answer: Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed
Question: Who is the current minister of defence?
Answer: Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd)
Question: Nigeria is divided into how many geopolitical zones?
Answer: Six (6) geopolitical zones
Question: What was the first capital city in Nigeria?
Answer: Calabar
Question: Who is the current minister of FCT?
Answer: Muhammadu Musa Bello
Question: Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president?
Answer: Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege
Question: When did Nigerian Golden eaglets win the world under-17 FIFA world cup?
Answer: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015
Question: Who gave Nigeria her name?
Answer: Flora Shaw
Question: Who designed the Nigerian flag?
Answer: Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi
Question: Which country won the last world cup?
Answer: Germany
Question: Who was the first man to buy a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Bob Jensen
Question: Who was the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
Question: What is the first TV station in Nigeria?
Answer: Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) in 1959
Question: Who is the current CBN Governor?
Answer: Godwin Emefiele
Question: 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: Who is the Nigerian current speaker of House of the Representatives?
Answer: Femi Gbajabiamila
Question: Who is the minister for petroleum resources in Nigeria?
Answer: President Muhammudu Buhari
Question: Who is the current chief justice of Nigeria?
Answer: Tanko Muhammad
Question: When was the Nigerian Naira introduced?
Answer: 1st January 1973
Question: When was the first military coup carried out in Nigeria?
Answer: 1966
Question: How many local Government do we have in Nigeria?
Answer: 774
Question: Who is the first Nigerian president?
Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe
Question: Who was Nigerian first executive president?
Answer: Alhaji Shehu Aliyu Shagari
Question: Who was the Nigerian first prime minister?
Answer: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Question: What is the largest continent in the world?
Answer: ASIA with population of 3,641,000,000 while Australia & Oceania is the smallest continent
Question: What are the five Oceans in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Question: What is the full meaning of UNICEF?
Answer: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Question: 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: How many ministers do we have in Nigeria?
Answer: 38
Question: Who is the current Senate President in Nigeria?
Answer: Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan
Question: Which country’s flag is called the Union Jack?
Answer: Great Britain
Question: 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

More Nigeria current affairs

Question: Who formed the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Herbert Macaulay
Question: What was the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: NNDP
3. Who is the current president of Nigeria?
Answer:  Muhammadu Buhari
4. Who is the current vice president of Nigeria?
Answer: Yemi Osinbajo
Question 5. What does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arm
represent?
Answer: Strength
6. Representative democracy is best characteristic by
Answer: free elections and proper registers of voters
7. While political partial parties aim at forming a government pressure groups aim at
Answer: influencing governmental decisions
8. When the electorate vote for representatives who is turn vote on their behalf we say it is
Answer: an indirect election
9. An election which is conducted to fill a vacant seat in a legislature is called a
Answer: by election
10. Which of these countries does NOT operate a federal constitution
Answer: France
11. The major advantage of the secret ballot is that
Answer: it ensures the anonymity of each voter
12. In a one party state
Answer: the ruling party is the only legal party
13. A cabinet system of government is practiced in
Answer: Britain and Canada
14. A proclamation by the head of state ending a session of parliament is called
Answer: a dissolution
15. The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria
Answer: promotes unity of diversity
16. The transfer of authority to local government council is known as
Answer: delegation
17. The principle of anonymity of civil servants means that they
Answer: are credited or blamed for any thing they do
18. The six registered political parties in Nigeria in 1982 were
Answer: UPN, GNPP, NAP, PRP, NPP, NPN,
19. Which of the following is NOT a pressure group in Nigeria
Answer: farmers
20. The N.C.N.C sent a delegation to London in 1947 to protest against the
Answer: Richards constitution
21. A popular principle of colonial administration in British west Africa was
Answer: indirect rule
22. The first governor-general of colonial Nigeria was
Answer: Lord Lurgard
23. The first military government in Nigeria was headed by
Answer: General Aguiyi Ironsi
24. The first general election in Nigeria was hold in
Answer: 1959
25. The supreme organ of the U.N O is the
Answer: General Assembly

More Nigerian Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1. Traditional rulers were restricted to ceremonial rules by the local government reforms of
Answer: 1976
2. A parliamentary system, who ensures that members are in the house to vote on major issues
Answer: Whip
3. A system in which no single person serves as the chief executive is known as
Answer: Parliamentary
4. A social system in which power is derived from control over land is called
Answer: Feudalism
5. “Rule of Law” refers to situation in which
Answer: Laws are supreme
6. An important principle of the civil service is
Answer: Anonymity
7. Which of these constitution recognized local government as the third tier of government
Answer: the 1979 constitution
8. A condition for judicial independence is the appointment of judges by the
Answer: Judicial service Commission
9. The minorities Commission appointed in Nigeria in 1957 recommend that
Answer: More states should be created in the federation
10. The second military coup in Nigeria took place on
Answer: July 29, 1966
11. One of these was in existence before the outbreak of the second world war
Answer: The League of Nations
12. An important advantage of creating more constitution in a federal state is to
Answer: Enhance the People participation
13. Under the Presidential system
Answer: c. The president may come from any of the parties
14. Public opinion is important because it
Answer: Lets government know what the people want
15. Bicameral legislature exists
Answer: To prevent the concentration of power on legislative house
16. Africans were first elected to the legislative council in British West Africa in
Answer: Ghana
17. One of the functions of the Ministry of external affairs is the
Answer: Promotion of national interests
18. The leader of the Northern People’s congress was
Answer: Ahmadu Bello
19. The idea of democracy started with the
20. In the Marxist theory, those who live by selling their labour are called
Answer: Proletariats
21. 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
Answer: Executives
23. In a democracy, sovereignty is vested in
Answer: The community
24. Universal Adult Suffrage means all
Answer: Qualified citizens can vote
25. A bill that applies to the whole population and is intended to promote the general welfare is called
Answer: An Appropriation bill

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