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🇳🇬 AvoidIs Nigeria Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Nigeria
Travel verdict: See the scores below. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Extreme crime including kidnapping for ransom
- Boko Haram insurgency in northern regions
- Armed violence in the Niger Delta oil region
Reconsider all travel; if essential, hire local security and stay in secure compounds
Vaccinations for yellow fever, meningitis, and hepatitis required; malaria risk high
Avoid displaying wealth; use electronic payments where possible
Emergency: 199
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