Wildlife trafficking cases reported in Nigeria
WildTrace has recorded 17 cases in Nigeria from public reports between 2024-01-15 and 2026-09-23.
These are cases reported in the newsrooms and government sites searched. A country with active reporters and a government that publishes its seizures will show more cases than one without, whatever the trade is doing.
Most reported species groups in Nigeria
Recent cases
- Seizure · Rosewood & timber · 1400 tonne · Abuja 2026-09-17 · corroborated
- Seizure · Primates · Kano 2026-08-28 · single
- Seizure · Elephant (ivory), Pangolin · Nigeria 2026-08-05 · single
- Seizure · Wildlife (unspecified) · Nigeria 2026-07-30 · single
- Seizure · Primates · Kano 2026-07-10 · single
- Seizure · Wildlife (unspecified) · 1600 parrots · Nigeria 2026-06-02 · official
- Seizure · Pangolin · Nigeria 2026-04-27 · single
- Seizure · Wildlife (unspecified) · Nigeria 2026-04-14 · single
- Seizure · Wildlife (unspecified) · Maiduguri 2026-04-13 · single
- Seizure · Pangolin · Nigeria 2026-04-09 · corroborated
- Seizure · Pangolin · Bauchi 2026-02-27 · single
- Seizure · Pangolin · 4 live · Nigeria 2026-01-20 · single
- Seizure · Pangolin · Nigeria 2025-11-19 · single
- Seizure · Wildlife (unspecified) · Calabar 2025-09-04 · single
- Seizure · Pangolin · Nigeria 2025-08-23 · single
- Seizure · Pangolin · 9493 kg · Lagos 2024-10-18 · single
- Seizure · Pangolin · Nigeria 2024-06-06 · single