Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 19 July 2024
+show all updates 19 July 2024 Information on internal relocation updated.
12 August 2022 Updated note on FGM.
3 May 2022 Updated information on trafficking of women.
13 April 2022 Added information on separatist groups in the South-East.
11 February 2022 Updated information on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression published.
26 January 2022 Updated country information note 'Medical treatment and healthcare'. Added HTML accessible version.
9 November 2021 Updated country policy and information note: actors of protection, October 2021.
13 September 2021 Updated country policy and information note: internal relocation for September 2021.
1 September 2021 Removal of country background note: Nigeria, January 2020.
19 July 2021 Replaced 'Boko Haram, Nigeria, January 2019' with 'Islamist extremist groups in North East Nigeria, July 2021'
21 April 2021 Removed 'Biafran separatists' country policy and information note to review and update the country information content.
31 March 2021 Replaced 'Biafran separatists' country policy and information note with 'Biafran secessionist groups'.
9 April 2020 Added Country policy and information note Nigeria: Biafran separatists document.
13 January 2020 Added Country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues, Nigeria, January 2020.
8 January 2020 Replaced Country background note: May 2019 with Country background note: January 2020.
9 September 2019 Removed country information and guidance on women fearing gender-based harm or violence.
5 September 2019 Information on prison conditions removed as it is now out of date.
14 August 2019 Updated country policy and information note on female genital mutilation (FGM).
29 July 2019 Updated country policy and information note on trafficking of women.
5 July 2019 Replaced the country policy and information note: trafficking of women, Nigeria, July 2019.
25 June 2019 Updated CPIN on trafficking of women.
16 May 2019 Country background note published.
12 April 2019 Updated information on sexuality and gender identity published.
10 April 2019 Updated background note and added internal relocation note
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