His father was a senior manager at the Central Bank of Nigeria.,[3] Nkole attended both Government College Umuahia and Ovukwu Secondary school, where he received his junior and senior school certificates in 1989 and 1993 respectively.
He obtained a bachelor's degree in 1999, in geography at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
[clarification needed] Nkole is also an alumnus of RIPA[clarification needed] - London and the International Visitors Leadership program of the Department of States United States of America.
[4] Nkole completed his National Youth Service Corp at the Central Bank of Nigeria in Minna, Niger State.
He then moved to Abuja, where he was employed by the Federal Capital Territory administration as a town planner in development control.