Telephone numbers in Nigeria

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Telephone numbers in Nigeria are administered by the Nigerian Communications Commission. Telephone numbers are composed of a combination of an area code and a local line or subscriber telephone number. Area code consist of one digit (Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja) or two digits. Local telephone numbers contain from five to seven digits, and may vary within the area code. Mobile telephone numbers start with 070, 080 or 081, 090 or 091, and are followed by eight digits. They altogether contain eleven digits and vary depending on network.

CountryNigeria
ContinentAfrica
NSN length10
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Telephone numbers in Nigeria
CountryNigeria
ContinentAfrica
NSN length10
Country code234
International access009
Long-distance0
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Calling formats

These examples use calls to Lagos as example:

  • xxx xxxx – Calls within the same local area code (Lagos)
  • 0201 xxx xxxx – Calls to Lagos from another Nigerian geographic area
  • +234 201 xxx xxxx – Calls to Lagos from outside Nigeria
  • 0xxx xxx xxxx – Calls to a Nigerian mobile number

Mobile network prefixes

The following prefixes are assigned to mobile telephone network operators.[1] Nigeria implemented mobile number portability in 2013. Therefore, prefixes no longer reliably indicate the parent network of a number.[2]

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PrefixNetwork
0701Airtel Nigeria
07020 Smile
07025MTN Nigeria (formerly Visafone)
07026MTN Nigeria (formerly Visafone)
07027Multi-Links
07028Starcomms
07029Starcomms
0703MTN Nigeria
0704MTN Nigeria (formerly Visafone[3])
0705Globacom
0706MTN Nigeria
0707MTN Nigeria (formerly ZoomMobile)
0708Airtel Nigeria
0709Multi-Links
0802Airtel Nigeria
0803MTN Nigeria
0804Mtel
0805Globacom
0806MTN Nigeria
0807Globacom
0808Airtel Nigeria
08099mobile
0810MTN Nigeria
0811Globacom
0812Airtel Nigeria
0813MTN Nigeria
0814MTN Nigeria
0815Globacom
0816MTN Nigeria
08179mobile
08189mobile
0819Starcomms
09099mobile
09089mobile
0901 Airtel Nigeria
0902Airtel Nigeria
0903MTN Nigeria
0904Airtel Nigeria
0905Globacom
0906MTN Nigeria
0907Airtel Nigeria
0915 Globacom
0913 MTN Nigeria
0912 Airtel Nigeria
0916 MTN Nigeria
0911Airtel Nigeria
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Area codes

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List of area codes[4]
Area/CityArea Code Area/CityArea Code
Lagos0201 Ibadan0202
Abuja0209 Ado-Ekiti02030
Ilorin02031 New Bussa02033
Akure02034 Oshogbo02035
Ile-Ife02036 Ijebu-Ode02037
Oyo02038 Abeokuta02039
Wukari02041 Enugu02042
Abakaliki02043 Makurdi02044
Ogoja02045 Onitsha02046
Lafia02047 Awka02048
Ikare02050 Owo02051
Benin City02052 Warri02053
Sapele02054 Agbor02055
Asaba02056 Auchi02057
Lokoja02058 Okitipupa02059
Sokoto02060 Kafanchan02061
Kaduna02062 Gusau02063
Kano02064 Katsina02065
Minna02066 Kontagora02067
Birnin-Kebbi02068 Zaria02069
Pankshin02070 Azare02071
Gombe02072 Jos02073
Yola02075 Maiduguri02076
Bauchi02077 Hadejia02078
Jalingo02079 Aba02082
Owerri02083 Port Harcourt02084
Uyo02085 Ahoada02086
Calabar02087 Umuahia02088
Yenagoa02089 Ubiaja02055
Kwara02031 Igarra02057
Ughelli02053 Uromi02057
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Other numbers

Tollfree numbers begin with “0800” (800 without the leading zero), while non-tollfree numbers start with “0700” or 700 without the leading zero. These numbers have 10 digits and are not mobile numbers.

The emergency number is 112.

See also

References

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