Research Report on Sexual and Gender Minorities in Nigeria

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) has published the report The Situation of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Nigeria (2014-2018). The report will also be included in the latest National Documentation Package on Nigeria to be published on April 30, 2019.

This report was prepared by the IRB's Research Directorate between October 2018 and January 2019, based on interviews with oral sources located inside and outside of Nigeria and based on publicly accessible information.

It aims to provide information on the situation of sexual and gender minorities in Nigeria, focusing on the time period between 2014 and December 2018. The information contained in this report addresses specific issues within the broader theme of the situation of sexual and gender minorities in Nigeria which were identified as relevant to IRB decision-makers.