Relationship dossier
Nigeria
Zambia
Relationship assessment
Bilateral engagement includes 2017 agreements on trade, agriculture and other areas
Nigeria toward Zambia
+15Nigeria participated in concluding bilateral agreements with Zambia during President Edgar Lungu’s 2017 visit, covering areas including trade, agriculture, aviation, culture and diplomatic training.
Zambia toward Nigeria
+15Zambia concluded bilateral agreements with Nigeria during President Edgar Lungu’s 2017 visit, covering areas including trade, agriculture, aviation, culture and diplomatic training.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral relationship includes a concrete framework for cooperation across several fields, reflected in agreements concluded during the 2017 presidential visit. The breadth and implementation of that cooperation are unclear, and the known facts do not support a stronger characterization.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Nigeria and Zambia have maintained bilateral engagement, including agreements concluded during Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s 2017 visit to Nigeria. The agreements covered areas such as agriculture, trade, aviation, culture and diplomatic training. The known cooperation supports a positive but limited assessment; its implementation and the wider scope of bilateral engagement are unclear.
Key developments
During President Edgar Lungu’s visit to Nigeria, the two governments concluded agreements covering areas including trade, agriculture, aviation, culture and diplomatic training.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and continuing status of the agreements concluded in 2017 are unclear.
- Details of subsequent bilateral government cooperation are limited.