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NIGERIAN LEADERS PAST AND PRESENT

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.


Which Nigerian Military head of state was in Power during the civil war?

a)

General Aguiyi Ironsi

b)

General Yakubu Gowon

c)

General Muritala Mohammed

d)

General Sanni Abacha

2.

Who is the current president of Nigeria?

a)

Mohamed Abubakar

b)

Muhammadu Buhari

c)

Babajide Sanwo-Olu

d)

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

3.

Where is the capital of Nigeria?

a)

Abuja

b)

Lagos

c)

Lekki

4.

Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe's image can be found on which of these currencies?

a)

N20

b)

N100

c)

N200

d)

N500

5.

When was Nigeria amalgamated

a)

1914

b)

1916

c)

1912

d)

1960

6.

The first capital of Nigeria after independence

a)

Abuja

b)

Lagos

c)

Calabar

d)

Ibadan

7.

Who was Nigerian's first and only prime minister

a)

Tafewa Balewa

b)

Nnamdi Azikwe

c)

Theresa May

8.

Who was the president before Goodluck Jonathan and what happened to him

a)

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua ; died

b)

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua; ended tenure

c)

Olusegun Obasanjo; ended tenure

9.

Who was the president in 2010

a)

Anthony Eremosele Enahoro

b)

Goodluck Jonathan

c)

Muhammadu Buhari

10.

Who was the first president of Nigeria after independence

a)

Nnamdi Azikwe

b)

Obafemi Awolowo

c)

Tafewa Balewa

d)

Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi

11.

When did Nigeria become a Republic?

a)

1960

b)

1963

c)

1970

d)

1962

12.

He was the first and only Nigerian prime minister

a)

Nnamdi Azikwe

b)

Tafawa Balewa

c)

Sani Abacha

d)

Musa Yar'adua

13.

He was the fifth military head of state

a)

Ibrahim Babangida

b)

Muhammed Buhari

c)

Sani Abacha

d)

Murtala Muhammed

14.

He was the head of the interim government, served for less than 3 months before General Sani Abacha took over

a)

Nnamdi Azikwe

b)

Musa Yar'adua

c)

Olusegun Obasanjo

d)

Ernest Shonekan

15.

He took over power from Abdulsalam Abubakar and ruled as a democratic president for 8 years

a)

Ernest Shonekan

b)

Murtala Muhammed

c)

Olusegun Obasanjo

d)

Goodluck Jonathan

16.

Who launched the movement called “War Against Indiscipline”?

a)

General Ibrahim Babangida

b)

General Muhammadu Buhari

c)

General Aguiyi Ironsi

d)

President Yar’a’dua

17.

Nnamdi Azikiwe ruled from ——————— to —————————

a)

1960- 1963

b)

1963-1966

c)

1969-1975

d)

1957-1966