How safe is it to live in Nigeria?

I highly recommend you read this interview with Anvaya, another Indian living in Lagos, Nigeria. She answers a lot of the questions you ask, and specifically talks about how despite common beliefs, expat life in Lagos is suprisingly safe. That said, she does say that they mainly stay in at night, and cautions against flaunting money - especially around the house help.

Depending on your salary package, some expats find that are able to have a much more comfortable life than they had in their home country, plus they can save.

The Indian school, which upholds a CBSE curriculum has over 2000 students, and is well-reputed. Though, the senior schools slightly falls behind the junior and primary school in terms of quality.

Hi, Lets first talk about the school. The Indian Language School has a CBSE curriculum and has over 2000 students studying currently. The primary school is very good, at par with any school in India. The school conducts many extra curricular activities such as fancy dress competitions, annual day, celebrates all the Indian festivals etc. The sports facilities are: badminton, swimming, football and cricket. However, the school lacks large grounds for sports similar to those in India. The effort taken by the teachers is commendable. I can talk specifically of the primary school since my son in is UKG. For older kids, home tutions are available by Indians; many classes such as dance, art/craft etc are also conducted in Lagos. I would say that your children would not lack much, except Lagos does not have parks or public spaces. However, it also depends on what your benchmarks are, like, if your children are studying in an IB school in India, then you may find ILS lacking in several aspects. Family life otherwise is quite comfortable. There are many avenues to interact with fellow Indians. Safety issues are not as much now as these were some years back. The city has shopping options, cinemas (only two though) and some beach resorts. Hope this helps. Else do contact me for any other help

I got job offer in Nigeria how much I should expect salary as a store manager. Thanks

I got an offer from osogbo in nigeria.they offering me 1.25 Lac per month in Indian currency.in addition local currency for food,free accommodation,transport and medical facility. but I already well employed in bangalore and getting 65000 per month salary. I am in dilemma whether should I take Nigeria offer or else continuing existing job in India. if I take nigeria offer what about living safety and democracy. is it available of Indian food like meals,idly or atleast rice availability for cooking?... pl send feed back to my mail id senthil_craft@yahoo.co.in

Rice is in abundance as well as other meals you enjoy in india. You only have to compare your 1.25 lac Indian currency offer and rate same with 65,000 current job earnings in nigerian 'naira' value, consider tax over there in india which is quite minimal in nigeria as well as other expenditures, then make yourself the better choice. Goodluck is my president and goodluck flows in nigeria! Come, meet and share goodluck!!! Stay back if you've not been offered a job already 'cos unemployment is at stake in nigeria, although expatriates are easily offered better opportunities, unlike an unemployed '6 years' indegent/Nigerian university graduate... but the search could be pathetic. Good luck!!!

family life is safe

Hi, what kind of schools would you be looking at?

my kid is in 9th std. how about higher education in lagos

Hi Anonymous,

There are a handful of tertiary education institutions in Lagos. You will need to look at their programs and see if those are suitable for your child.

Many wealthy Nigerians send their kids overseas for university, as an internationally recognised degree if very valuable.

hii, my husband got job in lagos, Nigeria,they are offering about 1.355 lac per month along with lodging facilities. currently he is working in Mumbai. As i am recently married my parents are worrying whether it is safe to go to Nigeria or not? will there be good indian community? will Indians interact freely? How about indian food availability and medical facilities?