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Question: CBN Governor
Answer: Godwin Emefiele

Question: Who formed the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Herbert Macauly

Question: What was the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Nigerian National Democratic party (NNDP)



Question: What does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arm represent?
Answer: Strength

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: 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: Capital of Nigeria
Answer: Abuja

Question:. Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president?

Ans: Ike Ekwerummadu

Question: What is the name of Nigerian senior national team in
football (men team)?
Answer: Super Eagles



Question: When did Nigerian Golden eaglets win the world under-17
FIFA world cup
Answer: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013

Question: Who was the first female vice chancellor in Nigerian
university?
Answer: Grace Alele Williams

Question: Who gave Nigeria her name?
Answer: Flora Shaw

Question: Who designed the Nigerian flag?
Answer: Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi

Question: Who was the first man to buy a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Bob Jensen

Question: Who was the first woman to buy a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Funmilayo Ransome Kuti

Question: Which was the first TV station in Nigeria?
Answer: Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation
(WNTV) in 1959

Question: When was Nigeria formed?
Answer: 1914

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 Assembly?
Answer: Yakubu Dogara

Question: What is the premier university in Nigeria?
Answer: University of Ibadan

Question: Who is the minister for education in Nigeria?
Answer: Adamu Adamu

Question: Who is the current chief justice of Nigeria?
Answer: Walter Onnogen.

Question: When did Nigeria have her independent?
Answer: 1st October 1960

Question: When Nigeria did become a republic?
Answer: 1st October 1963

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

More Nigeria Current Affairs 2018 Questions and Answers (1960 Till Date)
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: Who is the current Senate President in Nigeria?
Answer: Senator Bukola Saraki

Question: Which country’s flag is called the Union Jack?
Answer: Great Britain

Question: What is centenary?
Answer: 100 years

Question: 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: Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff
Answer: General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin

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?

Question: Who is the current NAFDAC Director General?
Answer: Paul Orhii

Question: Who is the current Inspector General of police?
Answer: IGP Solomon Arase

Question: Current chairman of the African Union
Answer: Robert Mugabe

Question: Who is the secretary General of the united nations
Answer: Ban Ki-Moon

Question: Who is the current minister of education?
Answer: Anthony Onwuka

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 does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arm represent?
Answer: Strength

Question: Mention 5 past senate presidents of Nigeria.
Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Evan Enwerem, Chuba Okadigbo,
Anyim Pius Anyim, Adolphus Wabara, Ken Nnamani, David Mark

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: Monsur Dan-Ali

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 Bello

Question: Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president?
Answer: Senator Ike Ekweremadu

Question: When did Nigerian Golden eaglets win the world under-17
FIFA world cup
Answer: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015

Question: Which country won the 2018 world cup?
Answer: France

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?

Question: Who is the minister for petroleum resources in Nigeria?
Answer: President Muhammudu Buhari

Question: When was the Nigerian Naira introduced?
Answer: 1st January 1973

Question: What are the five largest 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: 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: Representative democracy is best characteristic by
Answer: free elections and proper registers of voters

Question: While political partial parties aim at forming a government
pressure groups aim at
Answer: influencing governmental decisions

Question: When the electorate vote for representatives who is turn
vote on their behalf we say it is
Answer: an indirect election

Question: An election which is conducted to fill a vacant seat in a
legislature is called a
Answer: by election

Question: Which of these countries does NOT operate a federal
constitution
Answer: France

Question: The major advantage of the secret ballot is that
Answer: it ensures the anonymity of each voter

Question: In a one party state
Answer: the ruling party is the only legal party

Question: A cabinet system of government is practiced in
Answer: Britain and Canada

Question: A proclamation by the head of state ending a session of
parliament is called
Answer: a dissolution

Question: The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria
Answer: promotes unity of diversity

Question: The transfer of authority to local government council is
known as
Answer: delegation

Question: The principle of anonymity of civil servants means that they
Answer: are credited or blamed for any thing they do

Question: The six registered political parties in Nigeria in 1982 were
Answer: UPN, GNPP, NAP, PRP, NPP, NPN,

Question: Which of the following is NOT a pressure group in Nigeria
Answer: farmers

Question: The N.C.N.C sent a delegation to London in 1947 to protest
against the
Answer: Richards constitution

Question: A popular principle of colonial administration in British
west Africa was
Answer: indirect rule

Question: The first governor-general of colonial Nigeria was
Answer: lord Lugard

Question: The first military government in Nigeria was headed by
Answer: General Agunyi Ironsi

Question: The first general election in Nigeria was hold in
Answer: 1959

Question: The supreme organ of the U.N O is the
Answer: general assembly

Question: Traditional rulers were restricted to ceremonial rules by the
local government reforms of
Answer: 1976

Question: A parliamentary system, who ensures that members are in
the house to vote on major issues
Answer: Whip

Question: A system in which no single person serves as the chief
executive is known as
Answer: Parliamentary

Question: A social system in which power is derived from control over
land is called
Answer: Feudalism

Question: “Rule of Law” refers to situation in which
Answer: Laws are supreme

Question: An important principle of the civil service is
Answer: Anonymity

Question: Which of these constitution recognized local government as
the third tier of government
Answer: the 1979 constitution

Question: A condition for judicial independence is the appointment of
judges by the
Answer: Judicial service Commission

Question: The minorities Commission appointed in Nigeria in 1957
recommend that
Answer: More states should be created in the federation

Question: The second military coup in Nigeria took place on
Answer: July 29, 1966

Question: One of these was in existence before the outbreak of the
second world war
Answer: The League of Nations

Question: An important advantage of creating more constitution in a
federal state is to
Answer: Enhance the People participation

Question: Under the Presidential system
Answer: c. The president may come from any of the parties

Question: Public opinion is important because it
Answer: Lets government know what the people want

Question: Bicameral legislature exists
Answer: To prevent the concentration of power on legislative house

Question: Africans were first elected to the legislative council in
British West Africa in
Answer: Ghana

Question: One of the functions of the Ministry of external affairs is the
Answer: Promotion of national interests

Question: The leader of the Northern People’s congress was
Answer: Ahmadu Bello

Question: 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: In the Marxist theory, those who live by selling their labour
are called
Answer: Proletariats

Question: 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: In a democracy, sovereignty is vested in
Answer: The community

Question: Universal Adult Suffrage means all
Answer: Qualified citizens can vote

Question: 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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