Telephone numbers in Nigeria

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Area codes in Nigeria are 1 (Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja) or 2 digits long. Local phone numbers are between 5 and 7 digits long. The length of a phone number can vary even within area codes. Mobile phone numbers start with 070, 080, 081 or 090 followed by 8 digits

Video Telephone numbers in Nigeria

Calling formats (Using 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
• 0xxx xxx xxxx - Calls to a mobile number (see below)
• 042 xxx xxxx - Land line Calls to Enugu

Mobile phone network prefixes

Note about table below: Nigeria implemented Mobile Number Portability in 2013, so the number prefix cannot be reliably used to determine operator anymore.

Maps Telephone numbers in Nigeria

List of area codes in Nigeria

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References

• ITU allocations list
• List of Telephone Operating Companies in Nigeria

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