53 Questions and Answers About Nigeria
Today on Children’s World, we have a bit of Nigerian history for our little angels. They should know and internalise them. Parents and teachers do help them to learn this if they don’t know already.
- Who formed the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Herbert Macauly
- What is the name of the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)
- Who is the current president of Nigeria?
Answer: Muhammadu Buhari
4. Who is the current vice president of Nigeria?
Answer: Yemi Osinbajo
5. What does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arm represent?
Answer: Strength
6. What do the two horses on the Nigerian coat of arm represent?
Answer: Dignity
7. What was the black shield in the Nigerian coat of arm stand for?
Answer: Nigerian’s fertile soil
8. What does the white color in Nigerian flag stand for?
Answer: Peace
9. What does the green colour in Nigerian flag represent?
Answer: Forests and abundant natural wealth of Nigeria
10. Nigeria is divided into how many geopolitical zones?
Answer: Six (6) geopolitical zones
11. What was the first capital city in Nigeria?
Answer: Calabar
12. What is the capital of Nigeria Now?
Answer: Abuja
13. Who is the current Nigerian Senate president?
Answer: Senator Bukola Saraki
14. What is the name of Nigerian senior national team in football?
Answer: Super Eagles
15. When did Nigerian Golden eaglets win the world under-17 FIFA world cup
Answer: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013
16. Who was the first female vice chancellor of Nigerian university?
Answer: Prof. Grace Alele Williams
17. Who gave Nigeria her name:
Answer: Flora Shaw
18. Who designed the Nigerian flag?
Answer: Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi
19. Who was the first man to buy a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Bob Jensen
20. Who was the first woman to buy a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
21. Who was the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
22. What is the first TV station in Nigeria?
Answer: Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) in 1959
23. When was Nigeria formed?
Answer: 1914
24. Where was crude oil first discovered in Nigeria?
Answer: Oloibiri Oilfield, located in Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa State
25. Who was the first Nigerian to become a Noble Laureate?
Answer: Wole Soyinka
26. Who is the Nigerian current speaker of the house of Assembly?
Answer: Yakubu Dogara
27. Which is the premier university in Nigeria?
Answer: University of Ibadan
28. Who is the minister of Education in Nigeria?
Answer: Mallam Adamu Adamu
29. Who is the current chief justice of Nigeria?
Answer: Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen
30. When did Nigeria have her independent?
Answer: 1st October 1960
31. When did Nigeria become a republic?
Answer: 1st October 1963
32. When was the first military coup carried out in Nigeria?
Answer: 1966
33. How many local Government do we have in Nigeria?
Answer: 774
34. Who is the first Nigerian president?
Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe
CHECKOUT: Full list of the elected governors in Nigeria 2015-2019 (Last Election)
35. Who was Nigerian first executive president?
Answer: Alhaji Shehu Aliyu Shagari
36. Who was the Nigerian first prime minister?
Answer: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
37. What is the largest continent in the world?
Answer: ASIA with population of 3,641,000,000 while Australia & Oceania is the smallest continent
38. What are the five Oceans in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean
39. What is the full meaning of UNICEF?
Answer: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
40. Who is the current Senate President in Nigeria?
Answer: Senator Bukola Saraki
41. Which country’s flag is called the Union Jack?
Answer: Great Britain
42. When did Nigeria become a Republic?
Answer: 1963
43. When did Nigeria marked her centenary anniversary?
Answer: 2014
44. Describe Nigeria ?
Answer: Nigeria is a Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is a federal constitutional republic comprising of 36 States and its Federal Capital Territory is 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.
45. Who won the 2015 Nigerian presidential general election?
Answer: General Muhammadu Buhari
46. Who is the current INEC chairman?
Answer: Mahmud Yakubu
47. Who is the current NAFDAC Director General?
Answer: Paul Orhii
48. Who was the pioneer Inspector General of police?
Answer: IGP Louis Edet
49. Who is the current Inspector General of police?
Answer: IGP Ibrahim Idris Kpotum.
50. Current chairman of the African Union
Answer: President Alpha Conde of the Republic of Guinea
51. Who is the Secretary General of the united nations?
Answer: António Guterres
52. Who is the current Minister of State for Education?
Answer: Anthony Onwuka
53. Mention ten rivers in Nigeria that share their names with a state.
Answer: River Osun, Ogun River, Niger River, Benue River, Taraba River, Anambra River, Ebonyi River
Imo River Kogi River, Cross River
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