Current Affairs & Fact File >>DO YOU KNOW THAT… *Africa, together with South America, India, Antarctica and Arabia was originally part of a larger mass (Gondwanaland), which was broken up by rifting and continental drift. *Real Madrid of Spain is the first club to win the UEFA Champions league in the year 1957. *Around 40 million tonnes of bananas are eaten each year, making it the world’s most popular fruit. *Liberia is the first African country to gain independence, doing so in the year 1847. *The naira note was introduced in the year 1973. *The shortest river in the world is North Fork Roe river, located near the great falls of mountain USA, it is only 17.7m long. *The least populous country in world is Vatican city. *It was the first time for two brothers to play against each other since the existence of the FIFA World cup when Jerome Boateng of Germany played against Kevin-Prince Boateng of Ghana when Germany played against Ghana in the 2010 FIFA World cup hosted by South-Africa. >>NIGERIAN FACT FILES: 1. The 3 branches of government in Nigeria are the Legislature, Executive and the Judiciary. 2. The 3 tiers of government in Nigeria are the Federal, State and Local government. 3. The system of government Nigeria operates are Presidential, Federal and Democratic. 4. The types of constitution Nigeria is practising are Written, Rigid and Federal constitutions. 5. Nigeria practices the multi-party system. 6. Nigeria’s Republican Government is the forth republic which began on May 29, 1999 till date. 7. Nigeria experienced her first solar eclipse on March 29, 2006. >>THE SIX GEO-POLITICAL ZONES IN NIGERIA: The three(3) geo-political zones of the North- 1. NORTH-EAST: Bauchi, Borno, Adamawa, Gombe, Yobe and Taraba states. 2. NORTH-WEST: Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states. 3. NORTH-CENTRAL: Benue, Niger, Kogi, Plateau, Kwara and Nasarawa states. The three(3) geo-political zones in the South- 1. SOUTH-EAST: Anambra, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo states. 2. SOUTH-WEST: Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo states. 3. SOUTH-SOUTH: Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Cross River and Rivers state. >>BODIES IN NIGERIA- ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS AND MEANING: ALGON- Association of Local Government of Nigeria. ASUU- Academic Staff Union of Universities. EFCC- Economic & Financial Crimes Commission. ICPC- Independent Corrupt Practices Commission. INEC- Independent National Electoral Commission. NAFDAC- National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. NAA- Nigeria Airports Authority. NAN- News Agency of Nigeria. NBA- Nigeria Bar Association. NDA- Nigeria Defence Academy. NDDC- Niger Delta Development Commission. NDE- National Directorate of Employment. NDLEA- Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency. NFF- Nigeria Football Federation. NLC- Nigeria Labour Congress. NOA- National Orientation Agency. NUC- National University Commission. NUJ- Nigeria Union of Journalist. NULGE- Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees. NUT- National Union of Teachers. NUPENG- Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas. NURTW- National Union of Road Transport Workers. NYSC- National Youth Service Corps. PCC- Public Complaint Commission. PHCN- Power Holding Company of Nigeria. >>ECOWAS 15 MEMBER STATES (COUNTRIES): 1. Benin Republic 2. Burkina Faso 3. Cape Verde 4. Cote d’ Ivore 5. Guinea 6. Ghana 7. Gambia 8. Guinea Bissau 9. Liberia 10. Mali 11. Nigeria 12. Niger 13. Sierra Leone 14. Senegal 15. Togo >>OPEC TWELVE(12) MEMBER COUNTRIES: 1. Algeria 2. Angola 3. Ecuador 4. Iran 5. Iraq 6. Kuwait 7. Libya 8. Nigeria 9. Qatar 10. Saudi Arabia 11. United Arab Emirates(UAE) 12. Venezuela.
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