Here we take a look at landmark events that happened during the formative years of this nation. This quiz on Nigerian history will test your patriotism and expose you if you are a fraud. Score at least 7/10 to prove you know your history.
Take this quiz to justify your ‘Agbalagba’ status and knowledge of the nation’s old days
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1 Democracy day in Nigeria was formerly?
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June 14
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October 1
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June 12
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May 29
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2 First elected democratic president in Nigeria?
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Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe
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Alhaji Shehu Shagari
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Alhaji Tafawa Balewa
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Chief Ernest Shonekan
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3 What exact date did the Biafra War end?
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15 January 1970
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6 March 1964
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14 May 1969
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7 August 1971
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4 Who was in power when Prof Wole Soyinka fled Nigeria?
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Gen Yakubu Gowon
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Gen Ibrahim Babangida
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Gen Aguiyi Ironsi
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Gen Sani Abacha
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5 When was the first coup staged in Nigeria?
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1977
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1967
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1966
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1969
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6 What year did Nigeria officially change from 'right-handed' to 'left-handed' driving?
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1980
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1972
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1990
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1953
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7 When was the Nigerian Youth Service Corps formed (NYSC)?
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1973
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1966
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1986
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1991
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8 Nigeria's first political party?
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Nigerian National Democratic Party
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Action Group
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Democratic Party of Nigeria and Cameroon
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National Independence Party
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9 When was paper currency Introduced?
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1988
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1903
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1918
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1959
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10 First female governor in Nigeria?
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Gladys Okonkwo
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Virginia Ngozi Etiaba
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Victoria Peace Nwankwo
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Francis Gift Oyechukwu
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Nigerian History Quiz (Part 2)
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Unpatriotic fellow. It's your type that doesn't know the lyrics of the national anthem correctly.
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Your passport deserves between 4-6 pages due to your score. Go read up on your country's history.
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Ancient of daysss, as old as your areee. You must have lived before, during and after the colonial era.
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