Nigerian passport holders can apply for electronic visas to travel to 54 countries and territories, according to a 2026 global passport assessment.
The destinations include the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Singapore, Qatar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Rwanda and Thailand.
An electronic visa, or eVisa, allows travellers to apply for a visa online and receive approval electronically, eliminating the need for the traditional paper-based application process.
The assessment, conducted by travel platform eVisas.io, also found that Nigerian passport holders can enter 26 destinations without a visa, while five countries offer visas on arrival.
“For the remaining 125 countries, a traditional visa application is required before departure,” the platform said.
The 54 countries and territories offering eVisas to Nigerians are:
- United Arab Emirates
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Anguilla
- Albania
- Angola
- Bahrain
- Burundi
- Bahamas
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Ecuador
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Iraq
- Iran
- Kyrgyzstan
- Cambodia
- Kazakhstan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Moldova
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Maldives
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Namibia
- Nicaragua
- Papua New Guinea
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Qatar
- Singapore
- Sierra Leone
- Suriname
- South Sudan
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Thailand
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vietnam
- Samoa
- South Africa
- Zambia


