Can you bring a drone to Nigeria?

• Drones

  depends on specifics

  Drones weighing more than 250g must be registered with the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and operators need a Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Certificate plus a per-flight authorization before flying.

  NCAA's advisory circular page is real and reachable, but its detailed procedural text lives in a linked PDF that wasn't retrievable in this pass, so the 250g threshold and certificate process should be treated as the general shape of the rule rather than a word-for-word confirmed figure — undeclared drones risk being held in bonded customs storage pending the paperwork.

  Also covers: drone, uav, quadcopter, unmanned aircraft, rpas

  Checked 2026-09-16 — Source: Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) — Unmanned Aircraft System Operations in Nigeria's Airspace (Guidance NCAA-GAD-AC-002)

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. See update history