Getting online in Nigeria
A travel eSIM is a data plan you install before departure and switch on when you land, so your phone is online in Nigeria without roaming charges and without hunting for a SIM counter at arrivals. Your home number stays where it is — the eSIM sits alongside it.
Plans, prices, data amounts and validity are set by our partner and shown on their own page. We do not repeat them here because they change and we do not measure them.
Where you land in Nigeria
These are the airports in Nigeria with scheduled flights and an IATA code. The minute you step off one of them is the minute an eSIM stops being optional.
| Airport | Code | City |
|---|---|---|
| Murtala Muhammed International Airport | LOS | Lagos |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | ABV | Abuja |
| Port Harcourt International Airport | PHC | Port Harcourt |
| Benin Airport | BNI | Benin |
Where you will actually use the data
The largest towns and cities near those arrival airports, by population (GeoNames). Coverage is the partner's to state, not ours — this is simply where travellers in Nigeria tend to be.
- Lagos15 388 000 people
- Ibadan3 649 000 people
- Abuja2 690 000 people
- Port Harcourt2 120 000 people
- Benin City1 782 000 people
- Onitsha1 553 000 people
- Aba1 160 000 people
- Warri910 000 people
Before you buy
Two things worth checking on your own handset, because they decide whether any eSIM works at all: the phone must be eSIM capable, and it must be carrier unlocked. Most phones sold in the last few years are both; phones bought on a carrier contract often are not until the contract ends.
We do not test handsets and cannot tell you whether yours qualifies — your phone's settings screen and your carrier can.