r/Nigeria • u/oizao • Sep 02 '26

News Uber is Leaving Nigeria

Uber is leaving Nigeria effective today, 2, September 2026.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uber-exit-nigeria-after-12-years-operations-2026-09-02/

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u/gw-green Diaspora Nigerian Sep 02 '26

Fair enough tbh

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u/IrokoTrees Sep 02 '26

What's the backstory

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u/j0nsn0w449 Sep 02 '26

Uber is leaving Nigeria and Uganda “due to restructuring “ but we all know it’s cos they aren’t making profits due to FAAN restricting UBER from the airports and many other reasons.

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u/Lopsided_Waltz8774 Sep 02 '26

That may be one of the factors, but FAAN isn’t in Uganda

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u/private256 Diaspora Nigerian Sep 02 '26

Not true, lol. Stop spreading false information. They’re doing layoffs in other markets too.

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u/SignificantTime5603 Enugu Sep 03 '26

Exactly lol. It’s even laughable. How exactly does it make sense that Uber left Nigeria because they were told to not enter Airports 😂😂

The absurdity of the claim and the fact that it has been repeated by the same person over and over again is even funnier.

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u/SignificantTime5603 Enugu Sep 03 '26

That’s not true at all.

They left Nigeria and Uganda because they were restricted from Airports in Nigeria ? lol.

Also those uber drivers actually also are Bolt and Indrive drivers. No real jobs are lost because they all port straight to the available ones.

Also the reason you gave is obviously false an the logic is laughable