Nigerians love to travel and they don’t hide it. There is a popular saying that if you travel to an area, and you don’t find a Nigerian there, then the place does not support all types of life.

Estimated population of the Nigerian Diaspora vary greatly and range from about 5 million to 15 million people. The Nigerian Diaspora covers practically every part of the world but the largest populations of Nigerians can be found in the UK, USA and South Africa.

The reason for the wide disparity includes illegal entry among other reasons.

However, as much as Nigerians are proud of their travel exploits, there are countries they visit but would never tell people they did.

Here are five of such countries:

Somalia.

Located in the Horn Of Africa, the country was created in 1960 from a former British protectorate and an Italian colony. Somalia collapsed into anarchy following the overthrow of the military regime of President Siad Barre in 1991. The Civil war that ensued ended in 2006, lasting 15 terrible years.

According to reports, the country is currently inching towards stabilisation. However, it is still a very dangerous place to visit owing to the level of crime and terrorism in the country.

According to a description on wikitravel, “Somalia is a fragile state and remains extremely dangerous for independent travel or sightseeing due to armed conflict between Government forces and various warlords/factions (including al-Qaeda linked Al Shabab). Persons kidnapped from Kenya and, mainly, vessels overtaken by pirates are currently held in Somalia.”

If a Nigerian happens to visit the country, be sure he won’t tell you he did.

Syria.

The middle east country has existed for a long time, under the name Assyria. covers an area that has seen invasions and occupations over the ages, from Romans and Mongols to Crusaders and Turks. Currently it is in the eye of the storm of a very violent war. It is the home of the Islamic State terrorists. One of the major reasons for concern in the country apart from the violent restlessness is its flagrant violations of human rights.

Human Rights Watch in 2010 referred to the country as being among the worst in the world.

North Korea

Located in East Asia and in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, the country is considered as one of the most secretive societies in the world. With a population estimated to be 24,895,000 as of 2013, it is one of the few countries still under nominally communist rule. Because of the dictatorship system of government and nuclear concerns, many Nigerians find travelling to North Korea not cool.

Burma

After a coup de etat in the country and the renaming of it from Burma to Myanmar the country has in power one of the strictest junta governments and there are virtually no human rights, saya cracked.com.

As a result of isolation from the world Burma, the Southeast Asian nation is among the 30 poorest nations in the world and much of that has to do with the government hording all the money and resources in the nation. Even after a devastating typhoon ravaged the nation, the government did little humanitarian wise to help its people.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan is one of the least livable countries in the world.  BBC. com described Afghanistan as a landlocked and mountainous country which has suffered from such chronic instability and conflict during its modern history that its economy and infrastructure are in ruins, and many of its people are refugees.

Sure Nigerians won’t be able to boast about visiting the country.