Nigeria Police Force Recruitment Examination Past Questions and Answers

Are you planning to apply for the Nigerian Police Force? Then you should know the Requirements For Nigeria Police Recruitment Screening, and most importantly, go through this Nigeria Police recruitment examination Past questions and answers.

Hope you’re aware that during the Nigeria recruitment process, you’ll need to sit for an Examination, and for those who don’t know what to read, or where to read it from, here are the most recurring questions and answers asked during the Nigerian Police force recruitment examination.

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Nigeria Police Force Recruitment Exam Past Questions & Answers.

Below is the Nigeria Police Force Recruitment screening past questions and answers;

1. When was Nigeria Police Force(NPF) established?
Answer: 1930.

2. What are the Nigeria Police Force objectives?

Answer: One of the major objectives of the Nigerian Police Force is to enhance the quality of life in Nigeria, enforce the laws, preserve peace, reduce fear and provide a safe environment for her citizens.

3. What is the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) motto?
Answer: The police is your friend.

4. What is the name of the Current Nigeria Police Force IGP?
Answer: Usman Alkali Baba.

5. Who is the present Chief of Defense Staff in Nigeria?
Answer: Major Gen. Lucky Irabor.

6. What does the abbreviation, NPF means?
Answer: Nigeria Police Force.

7. What is the full meaning of IGP?
Answer: Inspector General of Police

8. Who is the current Senate president of Nigeria?
Answer: Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan.

9. What year was Nigeria Police reorganized into 7 area commands?
Answer: 1986.

10. When did Nigeria get her independence?
Answer: October 1st 1960.

11. Name the government agencies responsible for the supervision of the affairs of Nigeria’s Police Force?

Answer:

a. The Police service Commission (PSC).
b. Ministry of police affairs.
c. The Nigeria police council (NPC).

12. When did Nigeria become a Republic?
Answer: October 1st 1963.

13. What is the staff strength of Nigeria’s police force?
Answer: 371,800 officers.

14. List the 7 area Commands of the Nigeria Police Force?
Answer: Lagos, Kano, Adamawa, Gombe, Ogun Jigawa, Katsina.

15. What year did Nigeria civil war started and the year it officially ended?
Answer: The Nigerian civil war started in 1967, and ended on 15th January 1970.

16. What is the name of Nigeria’s first Executive president?
Answer: Shehu Shagari.

17. What is the name of the Man who designed the Nigeria flag designed?
Answer: Taiwo Akinkumi.

18. Who is the current Speaker of the Nigeria House of Representative?
Answer: Femi Gbajabiamila.

19. What is the Current population of Nigeria?
Answer: 200 million.

20. What is the name of Nigeria’s First Inspector General of Police?
Answer: Louis Edet

21. How many local governments do we have in Nigeria?
Answer: 774. ( Sometimes, you’ll be asked how many Local government chairman we have in Nigeria. 774 is still the correct answer.)

22. In which year was the Nigeria Flag designed?
Answer: 1959.

Multiple Choice Questions for NPF Exams.

Take note that the answers are bolded.

1: Can you select the first Nigeria Police force IGP?

A. Teslim Balogun.
B. Louis Edet.
C. Ademola Adetokunbo.
D. Mike Okiro.

2: In order to qualify for the post of President in Nigeria the person must be _____ and above

A. 35 years.
B. 20 years.
C. 40 years.
D. 55 years.

3) The name Nigeria coined out of _______?

A. Niger Forest.
B. Niger Area.
C. Niger River.
D. Niger Textures.

4: Who was the last colonial Governor General of Nigeria?

A. Tulma Goldie.
B. James Robertson.
C. Huge Clifford.
D. Lord Lugard.

5) The first world war started in which year, and ended in?

A. 1911-1914.
B. 1914-1916.
C. 1916-1918.
D. 1914-1918.

6: Which Africa country was the first to introduce an e-passport?

A. South Africa.
B. Ghana.
C. Liberia.
D. Nigeria.

7: Who was the first secretary General of common wealth?

A. George Washington.
B. Tulma Goldie.
C. Arnold Smith.
D. Joseph Garba.

8: Who was Nigeria’s first military president?

A. Sanni Abacha.
B. Ibrahim Babangida.
C. Aguiyi Ironsi.
D. Yakubu Gowon.

9) Which of the following may be regarded as a regional organization?

A. ECOWAS.
B. OAU.
C. UN.
D. OPEC.

List of current Service Chiefs in Nigeria.

Below is the list of current Service Chiefs in Nigeria and their positions;

1. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea Irabor – Chief of Defence Staff.

2. Lt. -Gen. Faruk Yahaya – Chief of Army Staff

3. Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo – Chief of Naval Staff

4. Air Vice Isiaka Oladayo Amao – Chief of Air Staff

5. Air Vice Marshal Monday Riku Morgan – Chief of Defence Intelligence

6. Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.) – National Security Adviser.

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