Embassies and consulates in Nigeria

Outside Abuja, missions are found in Lagos (30), Calabar (2), Kano (1), Port Harcourt (1) and Ikeja (1); most of them are consulates general, consulates and honorary consulates.

Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 18 can enter visa-free and 180 need an e-Visa for Nigeria.

Schengen consulates in Nigeria received 113,359 short-stay visa applications in 2025, the 22nd highest number of any country, and issued 57,061 visas. 47.9% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). The refusal rate rose by 2.0 points from 45.9% in 2024. The number of applications was almost unchanged (111,201 in 2024).

Most applications went to France (58,583), Italy (13,563), Spain (9,489) and Germany (7,712).

Among the states with at least 500 applications, the lowest refusal rate was Switzerland’s (27.2%) and the highest Bulgaria’s (66.1%). The sharpest rise since 2024 was at the consulates of Bulgaria (+15.8 points), the largest fall at those of Germany (−7.2 points).

Bulgaria and Romania began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so their 2024 figures cover part of the year. The numbers include every nationality applying in Nigeria.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 65,527 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Nigeria, the 21st highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Visitor visas (B1/B2) made up 82%, student visas 7% and work and treaty visas 4%. That is 25% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (87,361).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Nigeria received 5,674, 84% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 57.0% for citizens of Nigeria in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 46.5%).

In the other direction, Nigeria runs 111 missions in 95 countries. Its largest networks are in Argentina (3), Cameroon (3), China (3), the United States (3) and the United Arab Emirates (2).

Where the embassies are

Most embassies, 72 of 76, are in the capital, Abuja. Canada has the most missions in Nigeria, 3, followed by China (3), the United Kingdom (3), Lebanon (3) and the United Arab Emirates (2).

Travel advice for Nigeria

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Nigeria: the US State Department rates Nigeria at Level 3, reconsider travel (updated 11 June 2026), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advises against all travel to parts of Nigeria (updated 28 October 2026) and the German Foreign Office has a partial travel warning (Teilreisewarnung) for parts of Nigeria (updated 21 October 2026).