Telephone numbers in Nigeria

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Telephone numbers in Nigeria
Location
Country Nigeria
Continent Africa
NSN length8 / 9 / 10 (landline) 10 (mobile)
Access codes
Country code 234
International access 009
Long-distance 0

Telephone numbers in Nigeria use an open numbering plan. They are composed of a combination of an area code and a local line or subscriber telephone number. Area codes 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 phone numbers start with 070, 080 or 081, 090 or 091 and are followed by eight digits.

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Calling formats

These examples use calls to Lagos as example:

Mobile network prefixes

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

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

Area codes

LIST OF AREA CODES [4]
Area/CityArea CodeArea/CityArea Code
Lagos 01 Ibadan 02
Abuja 09 Ado-Ekiti 030
Ilorin 031 New Bussa 033
Akure 034 Oshogbo 035
Ile-Ife 036 Ijebu-Ode 037
Oyo 038 Abeokuta 039
Wukari 041 Enugu 042
Abakaliki 043 Makurdi 044
Ogoja 045 Onitsha 046
Lafia 047 Awka 048
Ikare 050 Owo 051
Benin City 052 Warri 053
Sapele 054 Agbor 055
Asaba 056 Auchi 057
Lokoja 058 Okitipupa 059
Sokoto 060 Kafanchan 061
Kaduna 062 Gusau 063
Kano 064 Katsina 065
Minna 066 Kontagora 067
Birnin-Kebbi 068 Zaria 069
Pankshin 070 Azare 071
Gombe 072 Jos 073
Yola 075 Maiduguri 076
Bauchi 077 Hadejia 078
Jalingo 079 Aba 082
Owerri 083 Port Harcourt 084
Uyo 085 Ahoada 086
Calabar 087 Umuahia 088
Yenagoa 089 Ubiaja 055
Kwara 031 Igarra 057
Ughelli 053 Uromi 057

Other numbers

Tollfree numbers start with 0800 (800 without the 0) and non-tollfree numbers start with 0700 or 700 without the 0. This numbers have 10 digits and are not mobile numbers.

The emergency number is 112.

See also

https://ncc.gov.ng/documents/1169-notification-to-itu-on-changes-in-itu-t-e-164-numbers-in-national-numbering-plan-nnp/file

References

  1. ↑ "Allocation of Mobile Numbers as at March 31, 2015" (pdf). Nigerian Communications Commission. 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  2. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions" (pdf). Nigerian Communications Commission . Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  3. ↑ Assistance., Ohio. Department of Job and Family Services. Office of Communications. Ohio. Office of Family (2002). LEAP, Learning, Earning, and Parenting : the program that works for you and helps you reach your goals. Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services, Office of Communications [and] Office of Family Assistance. OCLC   51915709.
  4. ↑ "National Numbering Plan: 2017 Quarter 3" (pdf). Nigerian Communications Commission . Retrieved 2024-01-09.
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