LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Nigeria

242 recorded engagements by Nigeria's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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242Engagements
242Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
2Signed agreements
57Destination countries
21Officials recorded
147Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Nigeria's leaders recorded 242 engagements: 242 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 0 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2016, with 20 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (47 engagements), followed by Ethiopia and France. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 88% of engagements. 2 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 147 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Muhammadu Buhari (President), with 95 engagements between 2015 and 2023.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Nigeria, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 2 engagements1991: 1 engagement1992: 1 engagement1993: 1 engagement1994: 1 engagement1995: 1 engagement1996: 1 engagement1997: 1 engagement1998: 1 engagement1999: 4 engagements2000: 6 engagements2001: 6 engagements2002: 4 engagements2003: 4 engagements2004: 4 engagements2005: 9 engagements2006: 5 engagements2007: 4 engagements2008: 9 engagements2009: 3 engagements2010: 3 engagements2011: 6 engagements2012: 8 engagements2013: 13 engagements2014: 7 engagements2015: 17 engagements2016: 20 engagements2017: 9 engagements2018: 12 engagements2019: 11 engagements2020: 2 engagements2021: 6 engagements2022: 18 engagements2023: 17 engagements2024: 12 engagements2025: 13 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America47
  • Ethiopia20
  • France14
  • China12
  • South Africa11
  • United Kingdom11
  • Ghana9
  • Saudi Arabia7
  • Japan6
  • Senegal6
  • Equatorial Guinea5
  • Kenya5

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations213
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs94
  • Trade and Economic Relations55
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues11
  • Security and Defense10
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism9
  • Environment and Climate Change8
  • Development and Aid5
  • International Conflicts and Crises2
  • Agriculture and Food Security2
  • Peace and Security2
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Nigeria country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/nigeria.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Nigeria's own officials.