Thanks for the advice guys!

Alabiyemmy, I would prefer to travel by coach as I hate, hate, hate flying (I'm scared, LoL) but is it really safe? My boyfriend reasures me it is and I trust him 100% but I've been told by others that I'm likely to be "targeted" travelling so openly. Any input?

Saddam, what other alternative ways of travelling are there? I'm travelling from Lagos to Enugu. From what I've looked up and been told, they're the only ways.

I plan on visiting Nigeria for two weeks the beginning of this August. And while I'll be met by my boyfriend at the airport (Murtala Mohammed) I'm still a little concerned about travelling in between states. We'll only be staying in Lagos for a night or so before travelling to Enugu. There are, as far as I know, only two ways of travelling, by either getting an internal flight or by going by coach, which is where I ask your advice. Which is safer, cheaper and simply, the easier option?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

The latest travel advisory to Nigeria, issued January 19, 2007.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_928.html

I was sent to a similar link when I was looking up the price of flights online too. I plan on flying to Lagos the beginning of August and later travelling to Enugu.

Lagos, Enugu or Abuja

I wasn't asking what you throught the legal age should be, I was asking if you knew what the legal age is,

I'm 17 myself and plan on marrying in a few months.

Old Shame:

Lagos is not even safe for Nigerians, but then again London is another crime ridden city. You will fit right in.

In no way can you compare London to Lagos. I don't mean to offend but, England and Nigeria are on two levels.

And hell, I'm not even from London, I'm from Newport. Newport isn't one of the nicest cities in Wales but it is nothing compared to London.

vodkat:

so u have no problem infact people would be delighted to see you and you would be called oyibo (which means white foreigner).Anyway i know u have an impression of where u going to and don't be ready to absorb every thing .Nigerians are friendly people and only if you go to the oil producing areas like portharcout or bayelsa that u need to be worrried and this is because of kidnapping of oil workers there.Which is done by the jobless and unemployed youths of the area .u see the oil coys there have raped the environment and the whole place is a mess.But anyway u have no fear to be worried u could have fun in lagos visit interesting places e.g like African shrine in ikeja or the Silverbird galleria or many other fun places u before going to enugu so that u can enjoy the dynamic environment.
you are welcome , but i will like to ask you one question
is Manchester really safe to foreigners i ask this becuase i have an admission with the shool but the embassy have been refusing me a visa, i wonder sometimes whether i am a considered a threat to the British people thats why the keep refusing me a british visa after i paid my school tuition,,

I can’t wait to go but it is persuading the other person who will be going with me that it is really safe for us to go that is proving difficult, so your lengthy reply is very much appreciated, thanks.

As for your question,

I don't claim to know everything about the British System but I can tell you, that you being rejected a visa ISN'T because you individually are seen as a threat. Simply the British System is RUBBISH and they are only now trying to get ahold of the amount of people let into the country and in doing so they are rejecting the majority from everywhere, not just you. (Including my boyfriend.) There are SO many illegal immigrants here it is ridiculus. And in their quest to try cut down they are rejecting the ones, like yourself, who want to enter LEGALLY instead of deporting the illegal ones. It makes absolute no sense to me.

I wish you the best of luck though!

I don't know how it works in Lagos but if your not of the legal age here in the UK (18) you can't get married. No church or registry office will marry you, regardless of your mind set.

I know this may sound like a silly question as most of you here are Nigerian, but does anyone know the legal age to get married in Lagos?

Aside from the fact that it is disgusting, it could also lead to later problems when having children. Children born to cousins are very often, and this has been proved, born disfigured or with disabilities. Is it worth it? No.

Yes, my boyfriend will be meeting us at the Airport and we'll be with him and his family pretty much the whole time we're there. He's from Enugu.

Hey all. I’ve been reading through a few of your posts and one in particular, “My trip to Lagos and Eastern Nigeria”, caught my eye. I was just after a bit of truthful advice, if you wouldn’t mind.

I am a young, white British female planning on visiting Nigeria for a fortnight or so in the next few months. I with another family member plan on flying out to Lagos where we’ll be met by my boyfriend at the Airport (Murtala Mohammed) and later plan to travel to Enugu to visit his family. I was just wondering if you thought it would be safe for us to do so?

I have had many people, often from other countries in Africa, tell me it wouldn’t be and that our lives would be in danger etc., but I often wonder is it just because they are from elsewhere that they say that, having never been there themselves.

Whereas having spoken to other Nigerian’s (mostly friends of my boyfriend) they have said the complete opposite. They say the people there are simply curious and in being foreign we would be more welcomed if anything, especially in Enugu.

I realise there are dangers, scam artists and such but is it that bad you wouldn’t advise foreigners going?

Sorry for such a drawn out message but any information on safety and places to go/avoid would be truly appreciated, thanks.