Best Nigerian drama series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch drama shows from Nigeria, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Blood Sisters 2022
Connected by a dangerous secret, best friends Sarah and Kemi are forced to flee after a wealthy groom disappears at his own engagement party.
66Far from Home 2022
Through a scholarship to a top school, Ishaya ends up in the luxurious world of the happy few in Nigeria, but a secret threatens not only to put an end to this.
66Baby Farm 2025
Adanna, a pregnant woman, unsuspectingly entrusts her twin babies to a renowned NGO, only to find herself trapped in a sinister baby farm operation.
75To Kill a Monkey 2025
Efemini, a down-on-his-luck everyman whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with an old friend. Forced by circumstance to suppress his principles and explore a life of cybercrime, he finds himself making ever-greater moral compromises to stay ahead of the consequences of his new choices and broadening tastes.
75Seven Doors 2024
It tells a story of Adedunjoye, a simple man who loves his wife and children, he was told to become the King of Ilara's Kingdom as the Kingship has gotten to his family lineage, uninterested in the offer, he vehemently refused, after several persuasion, he obliged and became the King, his ascension to the King was followed by a lot of opposition who sought to make his tenure miserable
90SHE Must Be Obeyed 2023
The story of Victoria's insatiable ambition to rise in the entertainment industry following her training as a personal assistant to a high-powered executive.
85Shanty Town 2023
A group of courtesans attempts to escape the grasp of a notorious kingpin – but political corruption and blood ties make freedom a near-impossible goal.
51King of Boys: The Return of the King 2021
Alhaja Eniola Salami starts anew and sets her sights on a different position of power, fueled by revenge, regret and ruthlessness.
55Castle and Castle 2018
Castle & Castle is a law series that follows the story of a married couple, ‘Remi Castle’ and her husband ‘Tega’ – two lawyers who run a successful practice in Lagos. They met 20 years ago when he taught her in law school.
54Aníkúlápó: Rise of the Spectre 2024
In a race against time to avoid a dismal fate, traveler Saro returns to Ojumo with orders to complete a nearly impossible task.
58Òlòtūré: The Journey 2024
Working undercover as a sex worker in Nigeria, a young journalist out to expose corruption fights for her life as she forges a path to Europe.
58Life and Dirt 2024
A man’s desire to make it quick leads him to a race against time to preserve his life while hiding his dirt.
70Before 30 2015
Before 30 follows the lives of 4 modern African women, living successfully in the city of Lagos. Together, they deal with the daily struggle against society and culture, and the pressure to be married before they turn 30 years old.
63Postcards 2024
When a Nigerian single mother travels to India for a medical checkup, her journey will end up touching the lives of everyone she meets.
55The Governor 2016
When sudden tragedy forces a deputy to step into the role of governor, she faces grueling political and personal tests in order to lead her state.
43Olóládé 2023
Two friends suddenly become rich in unexpected ways. It seems too good to be true — until they get entangled in a deadly money laundering scheme.
50Dérè: An African Tale 2017
After experiencing a tragic loss, a woman must resist a new family dynamic that could control the future of her father's company and her life.
35Grind 2023
Tarela, a young lady who works at a local bar where she is constantly owed salary, struggles to make ends meet as the survival of her mother, Ebiere and her younger sister, Kome, rests squarely on her shoulders.
25Beyond the Veil 2022
Beyond The Veil follows the lives of five women living in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja as they navigate work, love, family and friendship.
20Heart & Soul 2019
Dr. Sydney has just returned from New York to join the medical team at a rather ‘hitech’ but inundated Lagos State University Hospital in Ikeja. Dr. Sydney also discovers that for a people whose beliefs are steeped in pervasive spiritualism, there’s more to every sickness and indeed every cure that can be diagnosed or explained through medical science. The odd stories and ailments from his many patients drain him physically and challenge his faith in God and medicine. However, he has to find new friends in this hostile Lagos environment and maybe he can also find time from playing God to love again.
10Lekki Wives 2013
5 women in the heart of Lekki, taking each day as it comes and portraying significant issues trending in the Lekki axis.
10Sons of the Caliphate 2016
This is a drama series about the lives of three rich, entitled, passionate and ambitious young men: Kalifah, Nuhu and Diko. Elections are fast approaching and there's a tussle for the governorship seat of the Northern Caliphate State of Kowa. Soon personal conflicts intertwine between their families in a race to crown the next Governor.
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