Introduction

The purpose of this report is to provide relevant information for the assessment of applications for international protection, including refugee status and subsidiary protection. This report is to be read in conjunction with the EUAA COI Report – Nigeria Security Situation, November 2025. Both COI reports are for use in updating of EUAA’s Country Guidance on Nigeria (2026).

The report provides up-to-date information on key political and human rights developments in Nigeria, including the treatment of selected profiles of the population by state and non-state actors, as well as key aspects of the country’s socio-economic situation. It builds on previous EUAA Country of Origin Information (COI) reports on Nigeria, in particular the EUAA, Country of Origin Information Report – Nigeria: Country Focus, July 2024, and the EUAA Country of Origin Information Report – Nigeria: Trafficking in Human Beings, April 2021.