Nigeria travel

We know that Nigeria is a giant, Africa's most populous country, but you may not know much more than that. Political and health conditions have long kept it off mainstream travel routes. And yet Lagos can be visited under the right conditions, with discernment and care. Travelling to Nigeria today means discovering a megacity like no other – not the capital, that is Abuja – with twelve million people in the city, twenty-one million including the wider area, colossal development projects, cultural life in overdrive and Nollywood standing proudly alongside Bollywood and Hollywood. Traffic is relentless, inequality stark, but the city pulses with movement and possibility. Between lagoon and Gulf of Benin, Lagos is a powerful engine for all of West Africa. Read more