No visa needed

Do citizens of Ivory Coast need a visa for Nigeria?

Citizens of Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast: the passport opens 29 countries visa-free; Yamoussoukro — Abuja: ≈ 1,430 km, about 2.5 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 Ivory Coast passport?

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

Nigeria visa rules at a glance

With a Ivory Coast passport you can visit 29 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 97 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Ivory Coast passport ranks 147th of 199.
Ivory Coast passport: visa-free access to 29 countries; Nigeria passport: 26.
Citizens of Ivory Coast and Nigeria can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Cape Verde, Chad, and Rwanda.
Citizens of Nigeria, in turn, don’t need a visa for Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast visa for citizens of Nigeria

Travelling to Nigeria: good to know

Yamoussoukro — Abuja: about 1,430 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Yamoussoukro 12:00 — Abuja 13:00.
Local currency: Nigerian Naira.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NGN 1,329.
Nigeria is the 11th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Ivory Coast.