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Gay Nigeria

LGBTQ+ Travel Guide & City Directory

🏛️ Abuja 💱 NGN 🕐 Africa/Lagos 🏳️‍🌈 High Risk for LGBTQ+

✗ Same-sex relations legal ✗ Same-Sex Marriage ✗ Pride Events

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Legal Status

Based on national laws as of 2025

3/100

High Risk

✗ Same-sex relations legal

✗ Equal age of consent

✗ Partnership / union

✗ Same-Sex Marriage

✗ Adoption rights

✗ Anti-Discrimination Laws

✗ Legal gender change

✗ ⚠️ Criminalized

Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act (2014) criminalises same-sex relationships with up to 14 years imprisonment. In northern states under Sharia law, penalties can include death.

LGBTQ+ Cities in Nigeria

3 Cities

Lagos

Lagos

15,300,000 residents

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Kano

Kano

3,600,000 residents

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Abuja

FCT

3,100,000 residents

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