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
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