2023-2024 Nigeria Current Affairs Quiz Questions & Answers

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

Answer: 250 ethnic groups

2. Who is Nigeria’s current chief of justice?

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: China, with 1.4 billion residents

5. Who was the first Nigerian female psychiatrist?

Answer: Dr. Bertha Johnson

6. Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police is?

Answer: Kayode Egbetokun

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

Answer: Africa, coming after Asia

8. What is the hottest region in the world called?

Answer: The Sahara Desert

9. Who is the current chairman of ECOWAS?

Answer: President Muhama don Issoufou of Niger Republic.

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 does the Blue in the Nigerian Police flag represent?

Answer: Love, loyalty, and unity

16. The first awarded Archbishop in Africa?

Answer: Benson Andrew Idahosa

17. The separation of powers 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: Mr. Olayemi Cardoso

23. Who is Nigeria’s Minister of Education?

Answer: Prof. 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: Australia

31. What agency is the Economic Commission for Africa part of?

Answer: UNO (United Nations Organisation)

32. To what set of people does political sovereignty belong?

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 Local Government Areas?

Answer: Kano State has 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 Kyari

57. Who is the current Chief Justice of Nigeria?

Answer: Justice 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: Boris Johnson

60. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?

Answer: António 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: Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

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: Bankie Moore from South Korea

70. Which state contributes the most to oil revenue in Nigeria?

Answer: Delta State

71. What is Nigeria’s motto?

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 the Nigerian Air Force 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: 1914-1919

86. Which is the second most populated country in the world?

Ans: India, following China, has a population of 1,806.6 billion.

87. When did the Nigerian civil war begin?

Ans: July 6, 1967

88. What is the Award of honor GCFR 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: 52 years

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: Zainab Ahmed from Kaduna State.

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: 17 December 1942

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 member of the House of Representatives?

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 19, 2015

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

Ans: Katsina State

117. Who was the first female NAFDAC Chairman?

Ans: Prof. Dora Akunyili

118. Who invented the light bulb?

Ans: Thoma 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?