The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) has issued a new travel advisory warning its citizens against visiting several parts of Nigeria due to escalating insecurity, terrorism, violent crime, and kidnappings.
The updated travel advice, published on GOV.UK cautioned that insecurity is worsening across the country, with incidents of abductions and intercommunal violence recorded in multiple regions.
The FCDO urged British nationals in Nigeria to remain extremely vigilant, review personal safety measures, and have emergency plans in place.
According to the advisory, the UK government now advises against all travel to Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Katsina, and Zamfara states, citing a “high and increasing threat” from Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), especially near transport hubs, religious centres, and large gatherings.
The statement also warned that humanitarian workers, vehicles, and facilities have increasingly become targets of terrorists and criminal gangs.
In addition, the FCDO advised against all but essential travel to Bauchi, Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Niger, Kogi, Plateau, and Taraba states, as well as the outer suburbs of Abuja within the Federal Capital Territory, noting that violent crimes involving firearms have spread from the outskirts to more central and affluent parts of the capital.
