Crime stats: Nigeria vs South Africa
Nigerian Crime stats
South African Crime stats
Illicit drugs a transit point for heroin and cocaine intended for European, East Asian, and North American markets; consumer of amphetamines; safe haven for Nigerian narcotraffickers operating worldwide; major money-laundering center; massive corruption and criminal activity; Nigeria has improved some anti-money-laundering controls, resulting in its removal from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) Noncooperative Countriesand Territories List in June 2006; Nigeria's anti-money-laundering regime continues to be monitored by FATF transshipment center for heroin, hashish, and cocaine, as well as a major cultivator of marijuana in its own right; cocaine and heroin consumption on the rise; world's largest market for illicit methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India through various east African countries, but increasingly producing its own synthetic drugs for domestic consumption; attractive venue for money launderers given the increasing level of organized criminal and narcotics activity in the region and the size of the South African economy
Murders > per 100,000 people 17.7 69
Ranked 31st in 2004. Ranked 1st in 2004. 3 times more than Nigeria
Murders > WHO 1.8 39.5
Ranked 135th in 2004. Ranked 5th in 2004. 21 times more thanNigeria
Prisoners 40,447 prisoners 181,944 prisoners
Ranked 32nd. Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Nigeria
Prisoners > Female 1.9% 2.2%
Ranked 113rd. Ranked 107th. 16% more than Nigeria
Prisoners > Per capita 33.0 per 100,000 people 402.0 per 100,000 people
Ranked 149th. Ranked 10th. 11 times more than Nigeria
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 63% 28.3%
Ranked 17th. 123% more than South Africa Ranked 80th.
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 101.5% 159.4%
Ranked 89th. Ranked 26th. 57% more than Nigeria
Software piracy rate 82% 34%
Ranked 19th. 141% more than South Africa Ranked 89th.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed December 22, 1931 September 16, 1999
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force June 24, 1935 June 25, 2001
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 58.6 34
Ranked 15th. 72% more than South Africa Ranked 26th.
http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Nigeria/South-Africa/Crime

And they are making noise?

Nigeria is no doubt safer than South Africa.