2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 Nigeria Current Affairs Quiz Questions & Answers
2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 Nigeria Current Affairs Quiz Questions & Answers
2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 Nigeria Current Affairs Quiz Questions & Answers
Answer: June 12
12. Who was the first writer of English Dictionary in the world?
Answer: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Oct. 1st, 1960 – Jan. 15th, 1966
Answer: Platinum
Answer: 1972
28. What country does Nigeria share borders within the West?
Answer: Australia
31. What agency is the Economic Commission for Africa part of?
32. Who what set of people does political sovereignty belongs to?
34. For what reason was Nigeria suspended from the Commonwealth in 1995?
Answer: Political Reasons
37. People who live by selling labour in the Marxist theory are called?
Answer: Proletariats
40. When did the Duke and Duchess of Sussex leave the royal family?
Answer: 1918
Answer: 774
43. Which state in Nigeria has the largest number of Local Government Areas?
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
Answer: A confederation
Answer: Monarchy
Answer: Lagos
52. How many states were created by General Yakubu Gowon in Nigeria, May 1967?
Answer: 12 states
68. Who released Nelson Mandela when he was arrested as an apartheid prisoner?
70. Which state has the highest percentage of contribution to oil revenue in Nigeria?
72. How long does it take the earth to complete one revolution?
Answer: 1965
Ans: 1958
Ans: In 1964
Ans: 1914-1919
Ans: 1939-1945
Ans: 52years
92. What does the red eagle on the Nigerian coat of arms depict?
Ans: Strength
96. What does the colour yellow in the Nigerian police flag signify?
98. Who was the first secretary general of United Nations Organisations?
101. How many senatorial districts are the 36 states divided into?
102. How many members does the house of representative of Nigeria have?
Ans: Portuguese
106. When did the outbreak of American civil war take place?
Ans: 1848-1861
107. Who was the first president of the United States of America?
109. What does the green in the Nigerian police flag represent?
Ans: 1914
114. How many states make up the South-South geo-political zone in Nigeria?
Ans: 1972
Ans: 2001
135. Who was the first indigenous speaker of the House of Representative?
137. How long does it take the Mars to complete one revolution?
Ans: Petroleum
Ans: 44 countries
151. Who is the current EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) Chairman?
Answer: Muhammadu Buhari
Answer: Herbert Macaulay
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?
Question 11: What does the white colour in Nigerian flag stand for?
Answer: Peace
Answer: Calabar
Answer: Abuja
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
Question 18: Who was the first female vice chancellor in Nigerian university?
Answer: Flora Shaw
Answer: Bob Jensen
Answer: 1914
Answer: Wole Soyinka
Answer: University of Ibadan
Answer: Adamu Adamu
Question 33: When was the first military coup carried out in Nigeria?
Answer: 1966
Answer: ASIA with population of 3,641,000,000 while Australia & Oceania is the smallest
continent
Answer: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Answer: Great Britain
Answer: 100 years
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 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?
Question 59: What does the white colour in Nigerian flag stand for?
Answer: Peace
Answer: Calabar
Question 67: When did Nigerian Golden eaglets win the world under-17 FIFA world cup
Answer: France
Answer: Oloibiri Oilfield, located in Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa State Question:. Who
was the first Nigerian to become a Noble Laureate?
Answer: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Answer: 100 Naira:1999, 200 Naira in 2000, 500 Naira in 2001 and 1000 Naira on October 12,
2005
Answer: 43
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 78: While political partial parties aim at forming a government pressure groups aim at
Question 80: An election which is conducted to fill a vacant seat in a legislature is called a
Answer: by election
Answer: France
Question 85: A proclamation by the head of state ending a session of parliament is called
Answer: a dissolution
Answer: delegation
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
Answer: 1959
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
Answer: Anonymity
Question 103: Which of these constitution recognized local government as the third tier of
government
Question 104: A condition for judicial independence is the appointment of judges by the
Question 107: One of these was in existence before the outbreak of the second world war
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: Ahmadu Bello
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
Answer: The community
Question 120: A bill that applies to the whole population and is intended to promote the general
welfare is called
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
Answer: Godwin Emefiele
Question 124: When was the Nigeria 2019 General Election held?
Answer: February 23 2019
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
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?
Question: What does the white colour in Nigerian flag stand for?
Answer: Peace
Answer: Calabar
Question: When did Nigerian Golden eaglets win the world under-17 FIFA world cup?
Answer: Germany
Question: Who was the first man to buy a car in Nigeria?
Question: When was the first military coup carried out in Nigeria?
Answer: 1966
Answer: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Answer: 100 Naira:1999, 200 Naira in 2000, 500 Naira in 2001 and 1000 Naira on October
12, 2005.
Answer: 38
Answer: NNDP
Answer: Strength
7. While political partial parties aim at forming a government pressure groups aim at
8. When the electorate vote for representatives who is turn vote on their behalf we say it is
Answer: by election
Answer: France
Answer: a dissolution
15. The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria
Answer: delegation
20. The N.C.N.C sent a delegation to London in 1947 to protest against the
Answer: Richards constitution
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
Answer: Anonymity
7. Which of these constitution recognized local government as the third tier of government
11. One of these was in existence before the outbreak of the second world war
16. Africans were first elected to the legislative council in British West Africa in
Answer: Ghana
20. In the Marxist theory, those who live by selling their labour are called
Answer: Proletariats
Answer: Riots
Answer: Executives
25. A bill that applies to the whole population and is intended to promote the general welfare is
called
(A) Nation
(B) Kinship
(C) Clan
(D) Nation
(2) Which of the following made the earliest contact with the Nigerian society?
(A) British
(B) Portuguese
(C) French
(D) German
(5) Between 1960 and 1966 Nigeria was governed under the
(A) Presidential system
(6) One major factor that differentiate the presidential from the parliament system is
(A) where camera men are allowed to cover the proceedings of legislature
(9) A major issues that distinguishes pressure groups from political parties is
(A) membership
(A) An act
(C). A decree
(14) The fundamental assumption on which the idea of the rule of law is based is
(15) Association whose main interest is to influence public policies without attempting to
capture state power are
(17) The set of policies on the basis of which countries interact with one another is called
(A) diplomacy
(18) After the defeat of Germany in world war 1, her former colonies were administered
under the league of nation as
(C)crown colonies
(D) protectorates
Answers:
1D 2B 3C 4D 5B 6A 7A 8D 9B 10C 11A 12A 13D 14C 15D
16D 17B 18B