Q 01/05

What is the capital of Nigeria?

A) Abuja

B) Lagos

C) Kano

D) Ibadan

Answer · why

A) Abuja

It replaced Lagos as capital on 12 December 1991.

Q 02/05

What is Nigeria's largest city?

A) Abuja

B) Kano

C) Port Harcourt

D) Lagos

Answer · why

D) Lagos

Its metropolitan area is among the largest in the world.

Q 03/05

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and ranks where in the world?

A) Third

B) Tenth

C) Sixth

D) Fifteenth

Answer · why

C) Sixth

Its population passed 242 million.

Q 04/05

How many states make up the Nigerian federation, alongside the Federal Capital Territory?

A) 12

B) 36

C) 24

D) 50

Answer · why

B) 36

Five cities have more than a million people: Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Benin City and Port Harcourt.

Q 05/05

Which three ethnic groups together make up over 60 percent of Nigerians?

A) Fulani, Kanuri and Tiv

B) Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo

C) Ijaw, Edo and Ibibio

D) Yoruba, Efik and Nupe

Answer · why

B) Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo

The country has more than 250 ethnic groups speaking 500 languages.