Hello all,
I am a Nigerian. I run a consulting firm and I lived in the United States from 1980 until 2006. Yes Nigeria is a little dangerous, but I can tell you that I will be scared of coming to Punjab to work as you are of coming to Lagos. Like an earlier post says, so long as you keep a low profile, you should be okay.
I have lived here for 3+ years now, and no incident for me. Guess what I am more like an expatriate than most of the people talking. So if you value your life, you take the job with both eyes wide open.
You will be surprised that if you ask Nigerians on the street of Lagos, who they are afraid of, 90% of them would tell you Indians... So the stereotype is all over the place. If you look at the company that tricked the other guy talking about living in a flat and sharing a car with several other people, it will not surprise me if the company is owned by Indians...
Please there is a large Indian community in Nigeria....
Anywhere in the world can be dangerous. A Nigerian young professional was robbed in Ghana of his passport and money. he had to beg for money on the street to get back to Nigeria... And yet I still go to Ghana...
There are 150 million Nigerians and maybe the swindlers and rogues make up 15 million and that is being generous, giving 10%... You try and extrapolate that to India and you will be shocked that of the 1 Billion Indians, at least 50 millions are tricksters...
So, for the person asking, check out the company well, liaise with the Indian community to help you out (Network)
And then, take a leap of faith... New York is dangerous, so is Moscow, Paris, Rome, you name any major city and the possibilities are there...
Good Luck.
Ola