No visa needed

Do citizens of Burkina Faso need a visa for Nigeria?

Citizens of Burkina Faso don’t need a visa for Nigeria. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Burkina Faso: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free; Ouagadougou — Abuja: ≈ 1,050 km, about 2 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Can I travel to Nigeria without a visa on a Burkina Faso passport?

Yes, citizens of Burkina Faso don’t need a visa for Nigeria. A valid passport is enough.

Nigeria visa rules at a glance

With a Burkina Faso passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Burkina Faso passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Burkina Faso passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Nigeria passport: 26.
Citizens of Burkina Faso and Nigeria can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, Togo, Ghana, Benin, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Chad, Cape Verde, and Rwanda.
Citizens of Nigeria, in turn, don’t need a visa for Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso visa for citizens of Nigeria

Travelling to Nigeria: good to know

Ouagadougou — Abuja: about 1,050 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Ouagadougou 12:00 — Abuja 13:00.
Local currency: Nigerian Naira.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NGN 1,329.
Nigeria is the 7th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Burkina Faso.