Nigeria - The Rest of the Country

Factional fighting continues in Nigeria. Areas of noted danger include the border region in the northeast near Lake Chad-where outbursts of communal violence are common-usually involving clashes between Muslim fundamentalists and Christian proselytizers, southern Nigeria along the Niger River and regions in and outside Lagos in the southwest. Armed break-ins, muggings and carjackings are especially prevalent in the north.

There has been an increase in the number of unauthorized automobile checkpoints. These checkpoints are operated by bands of police, soldiers or bandits posing as or operating with police or soldiers, whose personnel should be considered armed and dangerous. Many incidents, including murder, illustrate the increasing risks of road travel in Nigeria. Reports of threats against firms and foreign workers in the petroleum sector recur from time to time. Chadian troop incursions have reportedly occurred at the border area in the far northeast, near Lake Chad.

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