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Nigeria: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

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From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published:
9 December 2016
Last updated:
14 April 2026
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  1. Published an updated country policy and information note on separatist groups in the South-East.

  2. Added the country information note on medical treatment and healthcare, Nigeria, December 2025.

  3. Removed the guidance on Islamist extremist groups in North East Nigeria, July 2021. Currently there are no plans to maintain or update this guidance.

  4. Added Country policy and information note: sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics, Nigeria, June 2025.

  5. Added accessible versions of the notes on actors of protection and Islamist extremist groups in North East Nigeria.

  6. Updated information on actors of protection.

  7. Information on internal relocation updated.

  8. Updated note on FGM.

  9. Updated information on trafficking of women.

  10. Added information on separatist groups in the South-East.

  11. Updated information on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression published.

  12. Updated country information note 'Medical treatment and healthcare'. Added HTML accessible version.

  13. Updated country policy and information note: actors of protection, October 2021.

  14. Updated country policy and information note: internal relocation for September 2021.

  15. Removal of country background note: Nigeria, January 2020.

  16. Replaced 'Boko Haram, Nigeria, January 2019' with 'Islamist extremist groups in North East Nigeria, July 2021'

  17. Removed 'Biafran separatists' country policy and information note to review and update the country information content.

  18. Replaced 'Biafran separatists' country policy and information note with 'Biafran secessionist groups'.

  19. Added Country policy and information note Nigeria: Biafran separatists document.

  20. Added Country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues, Nigeria, January 2020.

  21. Replaced Country background note: May 2019 with Country background note: January 2020.

  22. Removed country information and guidance on women fearing gender-based harm or violence.

  23. Information on prison conditions removed as it is now out of date.

  24. Updated country policy and information note on female genital mutilation (FGM).

  25. Updated country policy and information note on trafficking of women.

  26. Replaced the country policy and information note: trafficking of women, Nigeria, July 2019.

  27. Updated CPIN on trafficking of women.

  28. Country background note published.

  29. Updated information on sexuality and gender identity published.

  30. Updated background note and added internal relocation note

  31. New document added on Boko Haram.

  32. New country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues, Nigeria, August 2018.

  33. New country policy information notes on female genital mutilation (FGM).

  34. First published.

Documents

Country policy and information note: separatist groups in the South-East, Nigeria, April 2026 (accessible)

HTML

Country policy and information note: separatist groups in the South-East, Nigeria, April 2026

PDF, 1.25 MB, 103 pages

Country information note: medical treatment and healthcare, Nigeria, December 2025 (accessible)

HTML

Country information note: medical treatment and healthcare, Nigeria, December 2025

PDF, 1.05 MB, 74 pages

Country policy and information note: sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics, Nigeria, June 2025 (accessible)

HTML

Country policy and information note: sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics, Nigeria, June 2025

PDF, 1.27 MB, 95 pages

Country policy and information note: actors of protection, Nigeria, August 2024 (accessible)

HTML

Country policy and information note: actors of protection, Nigeria, August 2024

PDF, 582 KB, 59 pages

Country policy and information note: internal relocation, July 2024 (accessible)

HTML

Country policy and information note: internal relocation, July 2024

PDF, 3.2 MB, 130 pages

Country policy and information note: female genital mutilation (FGM), Nigeria, July 2022 (accessible)

HTML

Country policy and information note: female genital mutilation (FGM), Nigeria, July 2022

PDF, 812 KB, 60 pages

Country policy and information note: trafficking of women, Nigeria, April 2022 (accessible version)

HTML

Country policy and information note: trafficking of women, Nigeria, April 2022

PDF, 788 KB, 72 pages

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