Chancellor Angela Merkel was the first foreign leader outside Africa to visit Nigeria after Goodluck Johnathan's election in 2011.

In 2021, German Minister of Culture announced they would be returning hundreds of art objects to Nigeria that were looted from the Benin Royal Palace in 1897.

[7] Five Germans have coached the Nigerian national football team: Gernot Rohr (2016–2021), Berti Vogts (2007–2008), Manfred Hoener (1988–1989), Gottlieb Göller (1981) and Karl-Heinz Marotzke (1970-1971 and 1974).

The Nigerian-German Chamber of Commerce was created in 1986 for fostering bilateral trade between Germany and Nigeria and has since deepened economic ties between the two countries.

[8] In 2011, the German-Nigerian Binational Commission was created to bolster cooperation in business, education, energy, migration issues and culture.

[9] In 2020, the German government pledged 100 million euros for Borno State to assist with droughts and food shortages, due to the shrinking of Lake Chad.