No visa needed

Do citizens of Cameroon need a visa for Nigeria?

Citizens of Cameroon don’t need a visa for Nigeria and can stay up to 90 days. 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 Cameroon: the passport opens 21 countries visa-free; Yaoundé — Abuja: ≈ 730 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Nigeria without a visa on a Cameroon passport?

Yes, citizens of Cameroon don’t need a visa for Nigeria for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Nigeria visa rules at a glance

With a Cameroon passport you can visit 21 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 104 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cameroon passport ranks 166th of 199.
Cameroon passport: visa-free access to 21 countries; Nigeria passport: 26.
Citizens of Cameroon and Nigeria can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Chad, Benin, Rwanda, Mali, Kenya, Gambia, Seychelles, Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, Micronesia, Vanuatu, and Kiribati.
A language both countries share: English.
Cameroon and Nigeria share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Nigeria, in turn, don’t need a visa for Cameroon. Cameroon visa for citizens of Nigeria

Travelling to Nigeria: good to know

Yaoundé — Abuja: about 730 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Nigerian Naira.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NGN 1,329.
Nigeria is the 4th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cameroon.