Telephone numbers in Nigeria
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These examples use calls to Lagos as an example:
- xxx xxxx – Calls within the same local area code (Lagos)
- 0201 xxx xxxx – Calls to Lagos from another Nigerian geographic area
- +234 201 xxx xxxx – Calls to Lagos from outside Nigeria
- 0xxx xxx xxxx – Calls to a Nigerian mobile number
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Mobile network prefixes
The following prefixes are assigned to mobile telephone network operators. Nigeria implemented mobile number portability in 2013. Therefore, prefixes no longer reliably indicate the parent network of a number.
Area codes
Other numbers
Tollfree numbers begin with “0800” (800 without the leading zero), while non-tollfree numbers start with “0700” or 700 without the leading zero. These numbers have 10 digits and are not mobile numbers.
The emergency number is 112 and also 767 in Lagos state.