NigeriaHowTo Editorial Team

What we do

The NigeriaHowTo Editorial Team writes and maintains plain-English, step-by-step guides about Nigerian documents, online portals, government-related procedures and everyday administrative services — passports, NIN, BVN, CAC, JAMB, NYSC, driver's licence, tax, banking, immigration, health-travel documents, police certificates and civil documents. Our job is to take dense, scattered official information and turn it into something a non-specialist can actually act on, with the official portal always one click away.

How we research guides

Every guide is built top-down through a source hierarchy, strongest source first:

• Primary government sources — the relevant agency or regulator's own portal, gazettes, official circulars and published fee schedules. Every fee, deadline and legal requirement must trace back to one of these.
• Official secondary sources — agency press releases and on-the-record statements from named officials.
• Reputable press — established Nigerian outlets, used to date or corroborate an event, never as the sole basis for a fee or rule.

When sources conflict, the higher tier and the more recent verifiable source win, and where a genuine conflict remains we say so on the page rather than picking one silently. The full process is documented in our methodology.

Editing & accountability

Guides are edited by Nikita Bystrykh, our Founder & Publisher, who sets and maintains the editorial standards on the site. Having a single named editor means there is a real, identifiable person accountable for what is published — not an anonymous byline.

Editorial standards

• Accuracy. Claims about fees, deadlines, eligibility and required documents are tied to a primary source and cited on the page.
• Clarity. Short sentences, ordered steps and concrete examples over jargon.
• Honesty about limits. Where a figure is a range or uncertain, we say so. Where a process varies by office or state, we describe the variation instead of presenting one path as universal.
• Freshness. Each guide carries a visible last-updated date and is re-checked against its sources on a rolling schedule weighted by how often the topic changes.

What we do not do

• We are not a government website and are not affiliated with any Nigerian agency, ministry, embassy, bank, school or examination body.
• We do not process applications, sell forms, slots or appointments, or take payment for any official service.
• We do not present ourselves as lawyers, immigration practitioners, banking, tax or medical professionals, and we do not claim an “expert council” or professional review we do not have.
• We do not give legal, financial, immigration, tax or medical advice. For an individual situation, consult a qualified professional.

Sensitive-data policy

NigeriaHowTo does not ask for, and does not collect, your NIN, BVN, passport number, bank account or card details, passwords, PINs or one-time codes — through this website, by email, or any other channel. No page of this site will ever request that information. Final applications, payments, submissions and verifications must always be completed on official portals or directly with the relevant institution.

Corrections

If you find something out of date or wrong, we want to fix it. See how we handle errors and the public log on our corrections page, or read the full editorial policy.

Contact

Reach the editorial team at hello@nigeriahowto.com or via the contact page.

What we cover