| TIBOUCHINA | Head of the Nigerian universal porcelain plant |
| IBADAN | Capital city of the Nigerian state of Oyo (6) |
| LAGOS | Strange goals of the Nigerian port (5) |
| SCAM | Grifter's scheme, such as the "Nigerian prince" email con |
| LIFETHREATENING | The Nigerian felt dancing could make one late |
| NAIRA | The Nigerian currency (5) |
| AFROPOP | Genre for the Nigerian singer Wizkid |
| ALEXIWOBI | ____ plays for Everton and the Nigerian national team |
| YAM | Tuber in the Nigerian dish asaro |
| GIANNIS | ... Antetokounmpo, the Nigerian-greek NBA player. (7) |
| ABUJA | The Nigerian capital (5) |
| IBO | Nigerian native whose tribe was in the majority in Biafra at the time of the 1967-70 conflict (3) |
| BEN | Nigerian author of the Booker-winning novel, The Famished Road; ... Okri |
| SPAMMER | One posing as the son of a Nigerian prince, say |
| EDO | A member of a people of Nigerian around Benin (3) |
| OBI | Witchcraft of Nigerian people to the north |
| BENOKRI | Nigerian author of The Famished Road (3,4) |
| OURGIRLS | 14 created in response to the 2014 kidnapping of Nigerian students by Boko Haram (5,4,3,5) |
| BACK | 14 created in response to the 2014 kidnapping of Nigerian students by Boko Haram (5,4,3,5) |
| BRING | 14 created in response to the 2014 kidnapping of Nigerian students by Boko Haram (5,4,3,5) |