Visa Requirements for Nigeria Passport Holders (2026)

A Nigeria passport gives visa-free access to 43 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free destinations (26)

Barbados (180d), Benin (90d), Burkina Faso, Cameroon (90d), Cape Verde, Chad (90d), Dominica (180d), Fiji (120d), Gambia (90d), Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti (90d), Ivory Coast (90d), Kiribati (90d), Liberia, Mali, Micronesia (30d), Niger, Rwanda (30d), Saint Kitts and Nevis (90d), Senegal (90d), Seychelles (90d), Sierra Leone, Togo, Vanuatu (120d)

Visa on arrival (16)

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Iran, Lebanon, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Palau, Samoa, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

eTA required (1)

Kenya

e-Visa required (44)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Colombia, DR Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required in advance (111)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican, Venezuela, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

DR Congo · Iran · Sri Lanka · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Myanmar

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.