[1] The series provided both sides with preparation for the T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier in November 2021.

[2] The series also saw a resumption of the long-running cricketing rivalry between the two north-west African nations.

[3] Sierra Leone stunned the hosts by winning the first T201 with a single scored off the last ball of their twenty overs.

[5] The third game was a more one-sided affair, with the hosts claiming a 69-run victory to lead the series 2–1 at the halfway stage.

[8] Nigeria sealed the series after winning the fifth game, during which Peter Aho took six wickets for just five runs, the best bowling figures in a T20I.