The short-form Nigeria page: everything a payer here needs first, in NGN, without the long guide's full method. Below: the Nisab in NGN at reference prices, a worked example in Nigerian naira, the channels people in Nigeria actually pay through, what counts as zakatable wealth here, and the Ramadan 2027 dates. For the long-form guide with the full method, continue to the Nigeria Zakat guide after this page.
At this page's reference prices — NGN 118,451 per gram of gold and NGN 1,519 per gram of silver, converted at 1550 NGN per dollar — the two weights price out as follows for Nigeria. So the thresholds a saver in Nigeria watches are NGN 930,175 (silver) and NGN 10,362,093 (gold). Both are indicative snapshots — on the due date itself, the live NGN values inside the calculators are the ones that count.
Take a concrete case in Nigeria: a resident holds 200 grams of gold — worth about NGN 23,690,200 at the indicative per-gram price on this page — plus NGN 1,395,262 in savings. Combined zakatable wealth is NGN 25,085,462. That clears the Nisab comfortably and, after a full lunar year, the Zakat is 2.5% of the combined figure: NGN 627,137. Notice that the gold is not tested against the gold Nisab on its own here — in a mixed portfolio the assets are valued together in NGN and tested once, which is how the calculators on this page proceed.
In Nigeria today, payers settle their Zakat through a few familiar channels: bank transfer to registered Zakat charities, local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community and mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan. None of these routes changes what is owed — net wealth tested against the NGN Nisab (NGN 930,175 on the silver standard) and charged at 2.5% — so pick for reliability: proper identification of eligible recipients, and full transfer of ownership. For international giving, check the destination is a Zakat fund, not a general appeal, then file the confirmation with the year's PDF report.
What counts in Nigeria is what counts everywhere: balances, savings, metals in any form, resale stock, business receivables, investments and crypto at market value — with anything held in another currency converted into NGN first. Excluded by agreement: your home in Nigeria, your car, household furniture and personal effects, plus anything you do not truly own or cannot reach. Debts due now come off before the Nisab test; value in NGN, deduct what is due, test the net against the Nisab, and charge one-fortieth of the whole net figure once a lunar year has passed.
Ramadan 2027 is planned from Monday 8 February 2027 in Nigeria as elsewhere, subject to the sighting of the new moon and the announcement your community follows. The final ten nights open at Maghrib on 27 February 2027, and Laylat al-Qadr is sought on the odd nights that open on 27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March the likeliest, the 27th, opening on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The final fast should fall on 8 or 9 March 2027, followed by Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Daily times are tabulated in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Nigeria — Abuja; Fitrana is due before the Eid prayer, not after it. In Abuja, day one runs from Fajr 05:33 to Maghrib 18:38. Other cities in Nigeria with their own calendars: Lagos — browse them all from the Ramadan 2027 timetables index.
At this page's reference price, NGN 10,362,093 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at the reference NGN 118,451 per gram used on this page. The live figure moves with the gold market, so confirm the amount in the calculator on your due date. For mixed wealth most scholars reach for the lower, silver threshold instead — it is the relevant one for wealth held purely as gold under all schools.
For money-like wealth in Nigeria, start with silver (NGN 930,175) since it brings more wealth into the duty and directs more to the poor. Holdings that are gold and nothing else follow the gold Nisab under every school — the disagreement is only about money and mixed wealth. Between NGN 930,175 and NGN 10,362,093 the choice is the duty, precisely so that borderline cases in Nigeria can be settled knowingly, with a scholar, instead of by default.
Your due date is personal, not national: the Hijri anniversary of the day your net wealth first crossed the Nisab. The lunar year is 354 days, the Gregorian date slides roughly eleven days earlier with each passing year — a payer in Nigeria who fixed a solar date will drift late without noticing. If you pay in Ramadan for the multiplied reward, as many in Nigeria do, provided an earlier hawl is not left unpaid in the meantime; advance payment is valid, delay without excuse is not.
Yes, and most online giving from Nigeria flows through the channels described on this page. Two conditions govern it: that the recipient falls within Quran 9:60's categories, and that the money is truly theirs once sent, not merely pledged. Keep the platform's confirmation with your PDF report for Nigeria, and note the Hijri date beside the Gregorian one — future-you, reconciling next year's hawl, will be grateful.
The full 30-day table for the capital is on the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Nigeria, with Sehri (Fajr), Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Iftar (Maghrib) and Isha for every day from 8 February 2027 onwards. Times are calculated for the capital; across Nigeria, minutes shift with longitude, and your local mosque's published times win any close argument.