Nigeria postal code: What is Nigerian zip code?
Postal codes in Nigeria are numeric, consisting of six digits. NIPOST, the Nigerian Postal Service, divides the country into nine regions, which make up the first digit of the code. The second and third digits, combined with the first, are the dispatch district for outgoing sorting. The last three digits represent the delivery location. A delivery location can be any of the following; a post office facility, a rural area, or an urban area.
The main postal head office in each region will have a postal code ending in 0001, so Garki Main HO in Abuja has the postal code 900001, Ikeja HO in Lagos has 100001, Lokoja in Kogi has 270001 and Port Harcourt has 500001. The lowest postcode is 100001 and the highest is 982002. In addition there are some postal code for some states in Nigeria, as Enugu’s postal code is 400001, while Imo state’s is 460001 (according to Wikipedia)
There are postal codes for different city and state in Nigeria. The are 6 digit code.
About Nigeria Zip Code
The full meaning of ZIP means Zone Improvement Plan codes. It is used by United State only. +234 that many regard as Nigeria zip code is actually the international dialing code for Nigerian phone numbers.
What is used for other countries is Post Code so don’t find it confusing. The code serve the same function in different both US and non-US states
1 Abia 440001
2 Adamawa. 640001
3 Akwa Ibom 520001
4 Anambra 420001
5 Bauchi 740001
6 Bayelsa 561001
7 Benue 970001
8 Borno 600001
9 Cross River 540001
10 Delta 320001
11 Ebonyi 840001
12 Edo 300001
13 Ekiti 360001
14 Enugu 400001
15 Gombe 760001
16 Imo 460001
17 Jigawa 720001
18 Kaduna 700001
19 Kano 800001
20 Katsina 820001
21 Kebbi 860001
22 Kogi 260001
23 Kwara 240001
24 Lagos 100001
25 Nasarawa. 962001
26 Niger 920001
27 Ogun 110001
28 Ondo 340001
29 Osun 230001
30 Oyo 200001
31 Plateau 930001
32 Rivers 500001
33 Sokoto 840001
34 Taraba 660001
35 Yobe 320001
36 Zamfara 860001
FCT 900001
I am very sure you won’t have to confuse a postal code and zip code. This article is to reveal the postal/zip code we have all over the state in Nigeria. Knowing the postal/zip code for your state is essential. We are glad to provide you this information.