Telephone numbers in Nigeria use a combination of area codes and personal numbers. Area codes are one digit (
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 fo ...
,
Ibadan
Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its ...
and
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plan ...
) or two digits. Local phone numbers contain between five and seven digits. The length of a phone number can vary within an area code. Mobile phone numbers start with 070, 080 or 081, 090 or 091 and are followed by eight digits.
Calling formats
These examples use calls to Lagos as example:
* xxx xxxx – Calls within an area code
* 01 xxx xxxx – Calls from outside Lagos
* +234 1 xxx xxxx – Calls from outside
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
* 0xxx xxx xxxx – Calls to a mobile number (see below)
* 042 xxx xxxx – Land line calls to Enugu
* 052****** – Land line calls to Edo
Mobile phone network prefixes
The following prefixes are assigned to mobile phone network operators.
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
implemented
mobile number portability
Mobile number portability (MNP) enables mobile telephone users to retain their mobile telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network carrier to another.
General overview
Mobile number portability is implemented in varying ways across ...
in 2013. Therefore, prefixes no longer reliably indicate which network a phone number is on.
Area codes
See also
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List of telephone operating companies in Nigeria
References
External links
ITU allocations list
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Telecommunications in Nigeria
Telephone numbers
A telephone number is a sequence of digits assigned to a landline telephone subscriber station connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as a radio telephone or a mobile telephone, or to other devices f ...
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...