26 visa-free countries for Nigerian citizens
Nigerian citizens can enter 26 of the 210 countries we hold entry rules for without applying for a visa in advance. A further 13 issue a visa on arrival at the border. 62 can be applied for online before you travel. Every country below links to the full rule for a Nigeria passport: the stay it allows, the passport validity required and any arrival registration to complete separately.
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Visa-free
26Admitted on arrival with nothing applied for in advance. Passport validity and any arrival registration still apply.
- Barbados180 days
- Benin90 days
- Burkina FasoVisa-free
- Cameroon90 days
- Cape VerdeVisa-free
- Chad90 days
- Cote d'Ivoire90 days
- Dominica180 days
- Fiji120 days
- Gambia90 days
- Ghana90 days
- GuineaVisa-free
- Guinea-BissauVisa-free
- Haiti90 days
- Kenya60 days
- Kiribati90 days
- LiberiaVisa-free
- MaliFreedom of movement
- Micronesia30 days
- Montserrat180 days
- NigerFreedom of movement
- Rwanda90 days
- Senegal90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa-free
- Togo30 days
- Vanuatu120 days
Visa on arrival
13Issued at the border, usually for a fee. The documents it requires are checked at the counter rather than corrected there.
e-Visa
41Applied for and approved online before you travel, with no embassy appointment.
- Afghanistan30 days
- Albania90 days
- Anguilla90 days
- Antigua & Barbudae-Visa
- Bahrain30 days
- Bhutan90 days
- Botswana30 days
- Colombia30 days
- Cubae-Visa
- DR Congo7 days
- El Salvador90 days
- Equatorial Guineae-Visa
- Ethiopia90 days
- Gabon30 days
- Iran30 days
- Iraq30 days
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Libyae-Visa
- Malawi30 days
- Malaysia30 days
- Mauritania90 days
- Namibia90 days
- Nicaragua30 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Papua New Guinea60 days
- Qatar30 days
- Sao Tome and Principe30 days
- Singapore30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Africae-Visa
- South Sudan30 days
- Suriname90 days
- Syria30 days
- Tajikistan60 days
- Thailand60 days
- Trinidad and Tobagoe-Visa
- Turkmenistane-Visa
- Uganda90 days
- Vietnam90 days
- Zambia90 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
Visa required in advance
127Apply before you travel. Some of these start online and still involve biometrics, an appointment and several weeks, so open the country for the detail.
- AlgeriaVisa required
- AndorraVisa required
- Angola30 days
- ArgentinaVisa required
- ArmeniaVisa required
- ArubaVisa required
- AustraliaVisa (apply online)
- AustriaVisa required
- AzerbaijanVisa required
- Bahamas90 days
- BangladeshVisa required
- BelarusVisa required
- BelgiumVisa required
- BelizeVisa required
- BermudaVisa required
- BoliviaVisa (apply online)
- Bosnia & HerzegovinaVisa required
- BrazilVisa required
- British Virgin IslandsVisa required
- BruneiVisa required
- BulgariaVisa required
- CanadaVisa required
- Cayman IslandsVisa required
- Central African RepublicVisa required
- Chile90 days
- ChinaVisa required
- Costa RicaVisa required
- CroatiaVisa required
- CuracaoVisa required
- CyprusVisa required
- Czech RepublicVisa required
- DenmarkVisa required
- Dominican RepublicVisa required
- EcuadorVisa (apply online)
- EgyptVisa required
- EritreaVisa required
- EstoniaVisa required
- EswatiniVisa required
- FinlandVisa required
- FranceVisa required
- GeorgiaVisa required
- GermanyVisa required
- GreeceVisa required
- GrenadaVisa required
- GuadeloupeVisa required
- GuatemalaVisa required
- GuyanaVisa (apply online)
- HondurasVisa required
- Hong KongVisa (apply online)
- HungaryVisa required
- IcelandVisa required
- IndiaVisa required
- IndonesiaVisa required
- IrelandVisa (apply online)
- IsraelVisa required
- ItalyVisa required
- JamaicaVisa required
- JapanVisa required
- JordanVisa required
- Kazakhstan90 days
- KosovoVisa required
- KuwaitVisa required
- LaosVisa required
- LatviaVisa required
- LesothoVisa required
- LiechtensteinVisa required
- LithuaniaVisa required
- LuxembourgVisa required
- MacauVisa required
- MaltaVisa required
- Marshall IslandsVisa required
- MartiniqueVisa required
- MexicoVisa required
- Moldova90 days
- MonacoVisa required
- MongoliaVisa required
- MontenegroVisa required
- MoroccoVisa required
- MyanmarVisa required
- NauruVisa required
- Nepal90 days
- NetherlandsVisa required
- New Zealand180 days
- North KoreaVisa required
- North MacedoniaVisa required
- NorwayVisa required
- OmanVisa required
- PalestineVisa required
- PanamaVisa required
- Paraguay90 days
- PeruVisa required
- PhilippinesVisa (apply online)
- PolandVisa required
- PortugalVisa required
- Republic of the CongoVisa required
- RomaniaVisa required
- RussiaVisa required
- Saint LuciaVisa required
- Saint MartinVisa required
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa required
- San MarinoVisa required
- Saudi ArabiaVisa required
- Serbia90 days
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Visa required
- SlovakiaVisa required
- SloveniaVisa required
- Solomon IslandsVisa required
- South KoreaVisa (apply online)
- SpainVisa required
- Sri LankaVisa required
- SudanVisa required
- SwedenVisa required
- SwitzerlandVisa required
- TaiwanVisa required
- TanzaniaVisa (apply online)
- TongaVisa required
- TunisiaVisa required
- TurkeyVisa required
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa required
- UAEVisa (apply online)
- UkraineVisa required
- United Kingdom180 days
- UruguayVisa required
- UzbekistanVisa required
- Vatican CityVisa required
- VenezuelaVisa (apply online)
- YemenVisa required
Unconfirmed
1Our provider returned a rule we do not recognise for these, so treat nothing here as settled and check the official source.
Common questions
Travelling on a Nigeria passport, answered from the same rules listed above.
26, out of the 210 countries covered here. That counts destinations admitting a Nigeria passport with nothing applied for in advance. It does not count the 13 that issue a visa at the border or the 41 with an e-visa, which are listed separately below.
Barbados, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire and Dominica and 18 more, grouped in the list above by what each one asks for. Every country links to the exact rule, because the stay a visa-free entry allows ranges widely between them.
13 of the 210 listed, including Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Lebanon, Madagascar, Maldives and Mauritius. A visa on arrival is issued at the border, and the fee and documents it requires are checked at the counter rather than corrected there.
41 of the 210 listed, including Afghanistan, Albania, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana and Colombia. An e-visa is applied for and approved online before you travel, with no embassy appointment.
Yes, for Saint Kitts and Nevis and Seychelles. A travel authorisation is not a visa — it is an online pre-screening of travellers who already need no visa — but it must be approved before you board, and an airline will refuse check-in without it.
Yes. Every Schengen country in this list requires a visa for a Nigeria passport. One short-stay Schengen visa covers all 29 members, so you apply once — to the country you will spend the most time in — rather than per destination.
Other passports
The same question on a different nationality. Rules differ sharply between passports, so check the one you will actually travel on.
- Lithuania
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- United States
- France
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Italy
- Brazil
- India
- China
- Turkey
- South Africa
- Philippines
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Indonesia
- Egypt
- Vietnam
Check any passport against any destination