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LATEST CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2021/2022 POST UTME
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1) Which month and year did COVID-19 Start?
Answer: December 2019
2. Where was COVID-19 was discovered?
Answer: Wuhan, a city in Eastern China
3. What are the signs that someone has Coronavirus
Answer: Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms include a fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
These symptoms may occur 2 to 14 days after being exposed to the virus.
4. What is the official website to check COVID-19 update in Nigeria?
Answer: ncdc.gov.ng
5. When did Coronavirus get to Nigeria?
Answer: 27 February 2020
6. When was the second case of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria?
Answer: On 9 March 2020, a second case of the virus was reported in Ewekoro, Ogun
State, a Nigerian citizen who had contact with the Italian citizen that brought the Virus to
Nigeria.
7. Who was the 1st Person to recover from Coronavirus in Nigeria?
Answer: On 13 March, Nigeria confirmed that the second case no longer had the virus in his
system and thus tested negative.
8. When was the first Coronavirus death recorded in Nigeria?
Answer: 23 March 2020.
9. Who was the first woman to be a pilot?
Answers: Mrs Chinyere Onyemucheya.
10. Who was the first woman to drive a car?
Answers: Mrs Olufunmiloyo Ramsome Kuti
11. Who was the first woman to be a Judge in Nigeria?
Answers: Mrs Rosemary Ukeje.
12. Who was the first Nigerian to speak a foreign language?
Answers: Oba Esigie of Benin.
Note: Oba is the traditional ruler and the custodian of the culture of the Edo people. The
current Oba of Benin is Oba Ewuare II. How many Obas of Benin so far? Since the Oba
dynasty, Benin has now had a total of 40 Obas.
13. Who designed the Nigerian flag?
Answer: Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi
14. Which country won the last world cup?
Answer: France
15. Who was the first man to buy a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Bob Jensen
16. Who was the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria?
Answer: Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
17. What is the first TV station in Nigeria?
Answer: Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) in 1959
18. Who is the current CBN Governor?
Answer: Godwin Emefiele
19. Where was crude oil first discovered in Nigeria?
Answer: Oloibiri Oilfield, located in Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa State
20. Who was the first Nigerian to become a Noble Laureate?
Answer: Wole Soyinka
21. Who is the Nigerian current speaker of house of Assembly?
Answer: Femi Gbajabiamila, was elected Speaker of House of Representatives of Nigeria
on June 11th, 2019 till June 11th, 2023.
22. Who is the minister for petroleum resources in Nigeria?
Answer: President Muhammudu Buhari
23. When was the Nigerian Naira introduced?
Answer: 1st January 1973
24. When was the first military coup carried out in Nigeria?
Answer: 1966
25. How many local Government do we have in Nigeria?
Answer: 774
26. Who is the first Nigerian president?
Answer: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe
27. Who was Nigerian first executive president?
Answer: Alhaji Shehu Aliyu Shagari
28. Who was the Nigerian first prime minister?
Answer: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
29. What is the largest continent in the world?
Answer: ASIA with population of 3,641,000,000 while Australia & Oceania is the smallest
continent
30. What are the five Oceans in the world?
Answer: pacific ocean, Atlantic ocean, indian ocean, southern ocean and Arctic ocean
31. What do the two horses on the Nigerian coat of arm represent?
Answer: Dignity
32. What was the black shield in the Nigerian coat of arm stand for?
Answer: Nigerian’s fertile soil
33. What does the white colour in Nigerian flag stand for?
Answer: Peace
34. What does the green colour in Nigerian flag represent?
Answer: Forests and abundant natural wealth of Nigeria
35. Who is the current minister of finance?
Answer: Zainab Ahmed (substantive)
36. Who is the current minister of defence?
Answer: Bashir Salihi Magashi
Bashir Salihi Magashi is a retired Nigerian Army Major General and current Defence Minister of
Nigeria.
37. Nigeria is divided into how many geopolitical zones?
Answer: Six (6) geopolitical zones
38. What was the first capital city in Nigeria?
Answer: Calabar
39. Who is the current minister of FCT?
Answer: Muhammadu Bello
40. Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president?
Answer: The current Deputy President is Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege of the All Progressives
Congress while the current senate president is Sen. Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan.
41 . When did Nigerian Golden eaglets win the world under-17 FIFA world cup
Answer: 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015
42. Who gave Nigeria her name:
Answer: Flora Shaw
43. Who is the current Inspector General of police?
Answer: Usman Alkali Baba
Alkali Baba Usman (born 1 March 1963), is the current substantive Nigerian
inspector-general of police. He was appointed by the President of Nigeria Muhammadu
Buhari to replace Mohammed Adamu who retired from Nigeria Police Force in February
2021.
44. The current chairman of the African Union
Answer: President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi
The current Chairperson of the African Union is H.E. President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi
of Democratic Republic of Congo.
45. Who is the Secretary-General of the united nations?
Answer: António Guterres
António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1st January
2017.
46. Who is the current minister of education?
Answer: Mallam Adamu Adamu
Adamu Adamu (November 2015 – Present). Before his appointment as minister, he was
the secretary of Muhammadu Buhari’s transition committee. He was reappointed on 21
August 2019 as Minister of Education by President Muhammadu Buhari
47. Mention five rivers in Nigeria that share their names with a state.
Answer: Rivers- Benue, Niger, Osun, Kaduna, Ogun, Sokoto, Cross River, Imo
48. What was the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)
49. Who formed the first political party in Nigeria?
Answer: Herbert Macauly
50. What does the eagle in the Nigerian coat of arms represent?
Answer: Strength
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