This study is aimed at curbing the persistence problems facing the effective teaching and learning of social studies in Nigerian school. The sorry state at which the subject is currently passing through in the country has been the song in many mouth and stakeholders are yet to address the problem holistically. This paper therefore stepped in to highlight some of these challenges to includes; lack of adequate textbooks, poor teacher’s qualification, absence of logical scheme of work, methodological problem, short period given to the subject, lack of instructional materials, large class size, poor attitude of both teachers and students, to mention but a few. For the teaching and learning of social studies to overcome these challenges, several recommendation were made to aggressively address these problems as a means of promoting effective teaching and learning of the subject.