Country Info
- Abuja
- Capital
- Naira (NGN)
- Currency
- 126,635,626
- Population
- NG
- Country Code
Nigeria Slideshow
Nigeria
Travel Blogs from Nigeria
Home for a flying visit...
Arrived back in Aberdeen a tad earlier than expected - totally amazing for BA (it was only 5 minutes, but it all counts!) and Mum and Dad were waiting patiently for me at the arrivals gate. I only had hand luggage so we were able to head straight out ...
Was It All That Bad?
... the value of all Western aid to all of Africa in the last forty year. Re-read it - there are no typos. Nigeria faces a very testing few months, with Presidential and Congressional elections due to be held in April. Will the recent trend of ...
Day 80 83 - Nigeria, Abuja - Broke Archos & Brai
6am rise made all the harder by it still being dark due to the clocks going forward one hour when we crossed the Nigeria border. Long drive day as have some 450km to cover in the hope of getting to Abuja tonight. Mum's been sitting ...
Nigeria
... and spent another hour trying to find my Dad (not that difficult as I reckon we're virtually the only whites in Nigeria!). Stepped out into the dark at 8pm and was hit by the humidity and immediately started sweating. Got immediately mobbed by thousands ...
Visa hunting and cinema...
... of the trip so far (being allowed to use the squash court changing facilities - I felt quite refreshed for my first night in Nigeria's capital. As it turned out we just missed the first Oasis truck, who had left only that morning after having picked up ...
My Fellow Nigerians, Calm Down
... ; Maybe, paradoxically, it's the much better roads on which much newer and faster cars ride. Maybe it's just the frantic nature of Nigeria itself. Most likely it's a combination of all of the above. Before I leave the subject of Nigerians, one did ...
Welcome to Nigeria
So what springs to mind when you think of Nigeria? Fast and furious? Frenetic and Fraudulent? A general intensity which turns your neck prickly, heightens your senses and makes you a touch wary? At first glance then, this ...
One year in Nigeria
After working 6 months in France, there I went to the offshore world... It would be difficult to write on that, as it is the most "out of normal reality (!!!)" experience I have had so far. Lasted for a year. I am used to talk about it and answer ...
Successfully completed first leg of journey
After a very long day, my colleagues and I have completed our intial rounds of interviews for a new accountant in our Nigeria office. We have identified three strong candidates to move forward in the next round of consideration. I thank God ...
Touchdown
Well, now we're finally home. We packed in a fw last minute sightseeing trips in Mexico in Veracruz and Mexico City before we left. We'll tell you all when we see you! Bye! J & ...
Dodgiest experience?
In answer to a forum thread on travelpodium, I had several dodgy runs in Algeria and Nigeria. The dodgiest: I was in Nigeria for business, in the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Had to buy myself pants and socks, so I got on the car with one ...
Left Abuja for Niamey
I left Abuja for Niamey today, but it was not without its mishaps. I had decided to take it easy in the morning because this was the day of my crazy flight schedule from Abuja to Lagos to Paris and back down to Niamey. So I casually got up, ...
Itinerary
Bags are all packed (and weighed, 15kg each which is fine as the Easyjet/FlyBe limit is 20kg each) leaving some room for "expansion" on the return trip home :) Our holiday itinerary is hopefully along the lines of this: Fri 16 May. Travel down to ...
Beuly Priory
We drove up to Beuly next to see a medieval priory. It's quite impressive. And also rather funny that there are signs all over the town for the visitors center, but they didn't seem to think the priory behind it was important enough to ...
National mosque (Abuja, Nigeria)
The Abuja National Mosque, also known as the Nigerian National Mosque, is the national mosque of Nigeria, a country with a substantial Muslim population (see Islam in Nigeria). The mosque was built in 1984 and is open to the non-Muslim public outwith ...
It begins slowly
... the team. They are bemused by our presence here and that we are offering free emergency/traumatic treatment, (since nothing is free in Nigeria). The workload, is as yet not by any means strenuous, having had only 5 patients thus far (1 malaria, 1 fracture ...
Mucking about on boats
A real treat for the start of the day - a local fisherman (Neil the boat, of all names!) took us out on his boat. He took us on a boat to where his fishing vessel was moored in the middle of the loch and pulled up some storage crates with queen scallops ...
I arrived in Abuja
... from Ibadan to Abuja within the last month. This is the latest change after a year of major change for our office in Nigeria. We thank God that it hasn't affected too severely the ministry, but it has created a lot of chaos and challenge ...
Leather and Animals
Heading across the tip of Cameroon, stopping at the capital of leather selling. Including waza national park at the hot ...
Maccelsfield Canal
I can not believe it is a week since my last entry. We have decreased the amount of distance travelled each day and are enjoying the slower pace. Ray did have to go down to London for a meeting which was 8 hours of driving in a day along the ...