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Telephone numbers in Nigeria

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Country
  
Nigeria

Country calling code
  
+234

Trunk prefix
  
0

Continent
  
Africa

International call prefix
  
009

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

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Calling formats (Using calls to Lagos as example)

  • xxx xxxx - Calls within an area code
  • 01 xxx xxxx - Calls from outside ikorodu 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.

    References

    Telephone numbers in Nigeria Wikipedia
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