Internet status in Nigeria

Operational · for 12 days

No internet disruption detected in Nigeria right now. 77 of 79 monitored hosts are reachable. Status: Operational.

Recent incidents in Nigeria

No disruptions recorded in Nigeria since monitoring started on October 16, 2026.

Full outage history of Nigeria · RSS feed

Is the internet down in Nigeria right now?

No internet disruption detected in Nigeria right now. 77 of 79 monitored hosts are reachable. Status: Operational. Blackout Map checks this every 5 minutes.

How does Blackout Map measure the internet in Nigeria?

We ping 82 hosts inside Nigeria, spread over 20 networks, every 5 minutes, and combine this with IODA (Georgia Tech) data on BGP routing and large-scale active probing.

Has Nigeria ever shut down the internet?

The Internet Society's Pulse tracker records 1 government-ordered internet shutdown or block in Nigeria since 2019. Most recent: June 4, 2021. Shutdown data provided by Internet Society.

How many submarine cables connect Nigeria?

Nigeria has 8 submarine cables landing at 2 stations (GeoCables resilience score 67/100, moderate).