Pornography (what is legal and illegal?)

    • Brief

    • Nigeria has no national laws prohibiting pornography, although the public display of graphic sexual material is illegal in Lagos. Nigeria has a small indigenous pornography industry that produces exclusively heterosexual pornography as homosexual activity is illegal.

    • What is legal?

    • It is legal to:

      • Privately watch legal pornography.
      • Buy legal pornography.
      • Produce pornography, as long as it is legal pornography and the adult participants consent.

    • What is illegal?

    • It is illegal to:

      • Produce pornography without the agreement of the adult participants.
      • Produce pornography to distribute or sell it.
      • Produce child pornography (this is pornography involving persons younger than 18).
      • Buy, download or watch child pornography.