General Knowledge and Current Affairs
General Knowledge and Current Affairs tests awareness of Nigeria and the wider world: institutions, geography, economy, appointments, regional bodies and major events. Because facts change, revise from verifiable updates rather than old pamphlets.
Core rules
- Anchor each fact to a structure: who heads the body, where its headquarters is, and when it was founded.
- Know Nigeria's neighbours, geopolitical zones, major exports and key national institutions.
- For international bodies, separate continental (African Union), regional (ECOWAS) and global (United Nations) mandates.
- Track office-holders and major national programmes up to the test date, and note the date of any change.
- Link defence questions to Nigeria's peacekeeping record and regional security arrangements.
Worked example
Which organisation coordinates West African states and has its headquarters in Abuja?
ECOWAS fits both clues: it is the West African regional body, founded in 1975 by the Treaty of Lagos, with headquarters in Abuja. The African Union is continental, and ECCAS covers Central Africa. Scope and headquarters eliminate the distractors.
Traps that cost marks
- Confusing ECOWAS with ECCAS, or the AU with the Commonwealth.
- Using stale office-holders from an old booklet; always check the current date.
- Guessing dates instead of eliminating by known sequence.
- Mixing similar acronyms such as UNHCR and UNHRC.
- Treating a widely shared rumour as confirmed current affairs.