100 Nigeria Current Affairs 2025 Important Questions and Answers
Current affairs play a vital role in understanding Nigeria’s political, social, and economic progress. The year 2025 brought several major developments — leadership reshuffles, economic reforms, sports victories, and security updates. Staying informed strengthens awareness and helps students, civil service aspirants, and general readers stay connected with national events.
This collection contains 100 top questions and answers on Nigeria’s current affairs in 2025.
1. Who is the current President of Nigeria?
Answer: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
2. Who is Nigeria’s current Vice President?
Answer: Kashim Shettima
3. What is the capital city of Nigeria?
Answer: Abuja
4. Which year did Nigeria gain independence?
Answer: 1960
5. What date is celebrated as Nigeria’s Democracy Day?
Answer: June 12
6. How many states are there in Nigeria?
Answer: 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory
7. How many local government areas are there in Nigeria?
Answer: 774
8. What is Nigeria’s official language?
Answer: English
9. What does the red eagle on the Nigerian coat of arms represent?
Answer: Strength
10. What do the green and white colors in Nigeria’s flag stand for?
Answer: Green for agriculture, white for peace
11. Who is Nigeria’s current Inspector General of Police (as of October 2025)?
Answer: Kayode Egbetokun
12. Who is Nigeria’s current Chief of Defence Staff (appointed October 2025)?
Answer: Major General F.O. Umuyede
13. Who was appointed Nigeria’s new Chief of Army Staff in October 2025?
Answer: Shaibu I. Abbas
14. Which organization is Nigeria a founding member of in West Africa?
Answer: ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)
15. How many countries are members of ECOWAS?
Answer: 16
16. What is Nigeria’s currency called?
Answer: Naira
17. Who is the current Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)?
Answer: Yemi Cardoso
18. When was Nigeria suspended from the Commonwealth and why?
Answer: 1995, following human rights violations
19. What is the largest state in Nigeria by land area?
Answer: Niger State
20. Which state in Nigeria has the largest number of Local Governments?
Answer: Kano State
21. What does the blue in the Nigerian Police flag represent?
Answer: Love, loyalty, and unity
22. What is the meaning of the acronym “INEC”?
Answer: Independent National Electoral Commission
23. When was INEC established?
Answer: 1998
24. Who is the current Chairman of INEC?
Answer: Mahmood Yakubu
25. Who was Nigeria’s first Prime Minister?
Answer: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
26. Who was Nigeria’s first President?
Answer: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
27. When was the Federal Military Government abolished the four regions?
Answer: 1966
28. How many ethnic groups are there in Nigeria?
Answer: Over 250 ethnic groups
29. What is the largest ethnic group in Nigeria?
Answer: Hausa-Fulani
30. Which religion is most widely practiced in Northern Nigeria?
Answer: Islam
31. Which religion is dominant in the Southern region?
Answer: Christianity
32. What year did Boko Haram insurgency begin?
Answer: 2009
33. What does the acronym “NYSC” stand for?
Answer: National Youth Service Corps
34. What year was NYSC established?
Answer: 1973
35. What is the motto of the NYSC?
Answer: Service and Humility
36.Who designed the Nigerian flag?
Answer: Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi
37. What type of government does Nigeria practice?
Answer: Federal Republic
38. When was the Nigerian Constitution last amended?
Answer: 2018
39. What is the highest court in Nigeria?
Answer: The Supreme Court
40. Who is the current Chief Justice of Nigeria?
Answer: Justice Olukayode Ariwoola
41. When was the Nigerian Army established?
Answer: 1960
42. When did the Nigerian Civil War start and end?
Answer: 1967–1970
43. What is Nigeria’s biggest crude oil export partner?
Answer: India
44. What is the headquarters of ECOWAS located?
Answer: Abuja
45. What is the current inflation rate trend in Nigeria as per October 2025 reports?
Answer: Persistently high, driven by food prices
46. When did the Central Bank of Nigeria reintroduce redesigned Naira notes?
Answer: December 2022
47.Which Nigerian football team won the AFCON Women’s title most times?
Answer: Super Falcons
48. Who is the current coach of the Super Eagles (2025)?
Answer: Finidi George
49. Who won the 2025 AfroBasket Championship for Nigeria?
Answer: D’Tigress (Women’s team)
50. Which Nigerian athlete broke a world record in 2025?
Answer: Tobi Amusan (Hurdles)
51. Where were the 2025 National Sports Festival held?
Answer: Ogun State
52. Which state hosted Nigeria’s Independence celebration in 2025?
Answer: Abuja
53. What is Nigeria’s current minimum wage (2025)?
Answer: ₦70,000
54. Which Nigerian airline resumed international operations in 2025?
Answer: Air Peace
55. Who was announced as Nigeria’s new Navy Chief in October 2025?
Answer: SK Aneke
56. Which Nigerian city faced major flooding in July 2025?
Answer: Lagos
57. Which river is the longest in Nigeria?
Answer: River Niger
58. Which mountain is the highest in Nigeria?
Answer: Chappal Waddi in Taraba State
59. Which Nigerian city is known as the “Coal City”?
Answer: Enugu
60. What is the major export product of Nigeria?
Answer: Crude Oil
61. What sector contributes most to Nigeria’s GDP?
Answer: Oil and Gas
62. Who is the current Minister of Finance (2025)?
Answer: Wale Edun
63. What is Nigeria’s national pledge end with?
Answer: “So help me God.”
64. What is the most spoken indigenous language in Nigeria?
Answer: Yoruba
65. Who discovered River Niger?
Answer: Mungo Park
66. How many geopolitical zones are there in Nigeria?
Answer: 6
67. What is the major religion in Nigeria?
Answer: Islam and Christianity
68. What is the currency symbol of Naira?
Answer: ₦
69. What type of economy does Nigeria have?
Answer: Mixed economy
70. When did Nigeria become a republic?
Answer: 1963
71. Which Nigerian musician won a Grammy Award in 2025?
Answer: Burna Boy
72. Which Nigerian movie won an international film award in 2025?
Answer: “Mojisola: The Rising Sun”
73. Who is the current Senate President of Nigeria?
Answer: Godswill Akpabio
74. Which Nigerian state discovered new lithium deposits in 2025?
Answer: Nasarawa
75. What is the main purpose of the EFCC?
Answer: To fight economic and financial crimes
76. When was EFCC established?
Answer: 2003
77. Who currently chairs the EFCC?
Answer: Ola Olukoyede
78. What does IPOB stand for?
Answer: Indigenous People of Biafra
79. Who leads IPOB?
Answer: Nnamdi Kanu
80. What is the Nigerian national anthem titled?
Answer: Arise, O Compatriots
81. What is the national flower of Nigeria?
Answer: Costus spectabilis
82. What is the largest university in Nigeria?
Answer: University of Ilorin
83. When was the University of Ibadan founded?
Answer: 1948
84. Which Nigerian city is known as “Centre of Excellence”?
Answer: Lagos
85. Which Nigerian city is known for groundnut pyramids?
Answer: Kano
86. What is the longest-serving military ruler in Nigeria’s history?
Answer: General Yakubu Gowon
87. When did General Gowon create 12 states?
Answer: 1967
88. Which political party currently rules Nigeria?
Answer: All Progressives Congress (APC)
89. Which Nigerian state recently launched a free-feeding school program (2025)?
Answer: Kaduna State
90. is the national motto of Nigeria?
Answer: Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress
91. When did Nigeria join the United Nations?
Answer: 1960
92. What is Nigeria’s current population estimate (2025)?
Answer: About 225 million
93. What is the main agricultural product in Nigeria?
Answer: Cassava
94. Who represents Nigeria at the United Nations (2025)?
Answer: Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
95. Which Nigerian city hosted the 2025 African Climate Summit?
Answer: Abuja
96. What is Nigeria’s ICT innovation hub launched in 2025 called?
Answer: InnovateNaija
97. Which Nigerian hospital performed the first robotic surgery in 2025?
Answer: Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)
98. Which Nigerian company became the first unicorn in fintech 2025?
Answer: Flutterwave
99. What is Nigeria’s primary electricity source?
Answer: Hydroelectric power
100. What is Nigeria’s major oil-producing region?
Answer: Niger Delta
