Prepaid travel data for Nigeria with instant activation and no roaming fees
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Data only — no phone number, no calls, no SMS Your own number stays active on your existing SIM (dual SIM), and you can call and message through WhatsApp, FaceTime and similar apps.
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You do not get a new phone number with this eSIM.
Setting up your eSIM? The installation and activation guide walks through it step by step, and the full FAQ covers device compatibility, hotspot, dual SIM and topping up.
With four networks to choose from - MTN, Airtel, Glo and T2, formerly 9mobile - a weak signal on one is usually covered by another. If your phone sticks to a poor one, pick a different network by hand in your mobile settings.
Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and the other big cities have 4G. Elsewhere it is patchier: about a third of mobile connections in Nigeria still run on 2G, and 5G is under 5% (official NCC figures, July 2026). Expect 4G in the cities and slower data in rural areas.
If you have a Nigerian number, keep that SIM in your phone and add this eSIM for data: on a dual-SIM phone the two run side by side. Calls and the bank codes sent to your Nigerian number keep arriving, while browsing, maps and WhatsApp run on the eSIM. You can do the same with your UK, US or other home number - but turn off data roaming on your home line, or your home network may charge you for it.
The eSIM gives you mobile internet, not a Nigerian number. Fixed-data plans run from 7 to 30 days, and there are unlimited day passes for 1 to 30 days, with fair-use limits on heavy use.
Nigeria requires a National Identification Number (NIN) to register a local SIM, with exemptions for foreign visitors - who still have to buy the line in a shop with their passport, visa and entry stamp, and a photo check. With a travel eSIM you do not buy or register a Nigerian SIM at all, so none of this applies: you install the eSIM yourself before you fly.
When you land at Lagos (LOS), Abuja (ABV), Port Harcourt (PHC), Kano (KAN) or Enugu (ENU), the eSIM picks up a network as soon as you leave airplane mode.
Power cuts are common and can affect mobile service, and the government has suspended mobile networks at short notice before, so a power bank is worth packing. Canada's travel advice warns that public WiFi can be used to steal personal data - use mobile data for banking.
Virgin Atlantic flies from Heathrow to Lagos every day, in about seven hours. Nigeria is one hour ahead of the UK in winter and on the same time during British Summer Time, so calls home are easy to fit around family visits.
Your UK plan is expensive there: EE charges £8 a day (£40 for seven days), O2 sells data bolt-ons from £9 for 1GB with calls at £3 a minute, and Three charges £8 a day on plans started since 18 December 2025 (£7 if you joined between October 2021 and then).
You need a visa, applied for online through the Nigerian Immigration Service before you travel - visa on arrival is no longer available. Your passport must be valid for six months after you arrive, and you need a yellow fever vaccination certificate. Nigeria also asks visitors to complete its landing and departure cards online.
This is the Foreign Office's guidance as updated on 28 September 2026. It changes, so read the current version on gov.uk before you fly.
Nigeria uses the same three-pin type G sockets as the UK, and many are universal, so your chargers work without an adaptor. The Foreign Office warns that card fraud is common and that crime has risen around banks and cash machines: keep your card in sight when you pay, and use machines inside banks where you can.
No. The NIN applies when you register a Nigerian SIM. With a travel eSIM you do not buy or register a local line.
Yes. On a dual-SIM phone you can keep your Nigerian SIM for calls and bank codes and use the eSIM for data.
Only a little: under 5% of mobile connections were 5G in July 2026, according to the regulator. Expect 4G in the cities.
No. Visa on arrival is no longer available: apply online through the Nigerian Immigration Service before you travel (gov.uk, updated 28 September 2026).
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