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🇳🇬 Nigeria Immigration Service Practice Aptitude Test (100 Questions and Answers)

SECTION A: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (1–40)

1. The Nigeria Immigration Service was established in what year?
A. 1963 ✅
B. 1976
C. 1985
D. 1999

2. Who is the current Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (as of 2025)?
A. Kemi Nandap ✅
B. Muhammad Babandede
C. Abubakar Wase
D. Ahmed Jere

3. The Nigeria Immigration Service operates under which ministry?
A. Ministry of Interior ✅
B. Ministry of Defence
C. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
D. Ministry of Labour

4. The motto of the Nigeria Immigration Service is?
A. Service and Humility ✅
B. Integrity and Loyalty
C. Discipline and Honour
D. Security and Vigilance

5. Which of the following documents is issued by the NIS?
A. Nigerian Passport ✅
B. National ID Card
C. Voter’s Card
D. Driver’s License

6. The Nigerian e-Passport was introduced in what year?
A. 2007 ✅
B. 2005
C. 2010
D. 2012

7. The NIS is responsible for controlling —
A. Entry and exit of persons ✅
B. Importation of goods
C. Military defence
D. Internal policing

8. What is the color of the Nigerian international passport?
A. Green ✅
B. Blue
C. Red
D. Yellow

9. Who appoints the Comptroller General of Immigration?
A. The President ✅
B. The Senate
C. The Minister of Interior
D. The Inspector General of Police

10. NIS operates in how many zones in Nigeria?
A. 8 ✅
B. 6
C. 12
D. 9

11. What is ECOWAS’s full meaning?
A. Economic Community of West African States ✅

12. When was ECOWAS formed?
A. 1975 ✅

13. The ECOWAS treaty was signed in —
A. Lagos ✅

14. Who was Nigeria’s first Head of State?
A. Major General J.T.U. Aguiyi Ironsi ✅

15. Nigeria gained independence in —
A. 1960 ✅

16. The capital of Nigeria was moved from Lagos to Abuja in —
A. 1991 ✅

17. The first Executive President of Nigeria was —
A. Alhaji Shehu Shagari ✅

18. The Nigerian flag was designed by —
A. Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi ✅

19. How many local government areas are in Nigeria?
A. 774 ✅

20. The national anthem of Nigeria was adopted in —
A. 1978 ✅

21. The currency of Nigeria is —
A. Naira ✅

22. The smallest unit of Nigeria’s currency is —
A. Kobo ✅

23. Nigeria practices which type of government?
A. Federal Republic ✅

24. The NIS replaced which former department?
A. Nigerian Police Immigration Department ✅

25. The ECOWAS passport allows travel within —
A. West African countries ✅

26. The headquarters of Nigeria Immigration Service is in —
A. Abuja ✅

27. The NIS logo features which national symbol?
A. The Eagle ✅

28. The Nigerian passport has how many types?
A. 3 ✅ (Standard, Official, Diplomatic)

29. Which agency handles refugee matters in Nigeria?
A. NCFRMI ✅ (National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons)

30. The first civilian president of Nigeria was —
A. Shehu Shagari ✅

31. Which of these is a border town in Nigeria?
A. Seme ✅

32. Nigeria shares border with how many countries?
A. 4 ✅ (Benin, Niger, Chad, Cameroon)

33. The body that issues work permits to foreigners is —
A. Nigeria Immigration Service ✅

34. The abbreviation “CERPAC” means —
A. Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card ✅

35. What is the main function of the Immigration Service?
A. Control of movement of people in and out of Nigeria ✅

36. The Nigeria Immigration Training School is located at —
A. Kano and Ahoada ✅

37. A visa is issued to —
A. Foreigners entering Nigeria ✅

38. A refugee is a person who —
A. Flees their country due to danger ✅

39. The Immigration Act was enacted in —
A. 2015 ✅

40. The acronym NIS stands for —
A. Nigeria Immigration Service ✅