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
References
- ITU allocations list
- List of Telephone Operating Companies in Nigeria