ABSTRACT Nigeria is the most populous African country and as such the demand for telecommunication/internet services has increased tremendously. The country’s communication backbone has relied on microwave communication which is economical but has great limitation in traffic capacity and poor anti-jamming capabilities. The optical fiber backbone therefore serves as the solution to the limited traffic capacity and increased demand. Optical fiber is seen as the best medium for telecommunication cable due to its speed, bandwidth and much reduced susceptibility to attenuations. This paper therefore reviews the state of fiber optics internet broadband network in Nigeria, challenges/limitation associated with deploying fiber optics technology, probable solutions and future trends. In this paper, Nigerian fiber optic network is classified into the three major categories. The optic fiber network can therefore be described as been massive with great economic viability since Nigeria has great tendency to explore the internet broadband bandwidth due to its population size.