Nigeria Country Code

Nigeria’s phone code is the telephone country code that is used for phone communications when a call is placed from outside of the country.

Nigeria’s Country Code is +234

Nigeria’s country code is +234. The country code is necessary only when dialing a phone number to make a telephone call from another country. International callers who wish to dial a telephone number in Nigeria should dial Nigeria’s telephone country code (+234) before the national telephone number preceded by area code.

All national phone numbers in Nigeria are eight digits long – a bbb bbbb, with a being the area code followed by the local phone number. Follow these easy steps to dial a phone number in Nigeria using the country code:

Step 1. Enter your country’s exit code on your phone. If you are calling from Europe please enter the 00 (or “+” sign if calling from a mobile device) or 011 if calling from the United States. American callers use the “011” exit code for all international call, including Nigeria.

Step 2. Dial 234, Nigeria’s country code.

Step 3. Then enter Nigeria’s area code.

Step 4. Right after the area code, dial the national phone number you wish to call in Nigeria.

Here is an example: 

When calling from Europe: 00 234 a bbb bbbb (or +234 a bbb bbbb from a mobile device)
When calling from the United States: 011 234 a bbb bbbb

Nigeria’s area codes are 1-2 digit long codes that are used for long-distance calling inside the country. Here are some Nigeria’s area codes:

If you wish to dial a phone number with these area codes from outside Nigeria, you would have to dial first the exit code, then Nigeria’s country code 234. 

For example, if you want to dial a phone number in Lagos, this would be an example of a phone number: +234 1 bbb bbbb or 00234 1 bbb bbbb, and 011 234 1 bbb bbbb if calling from the United States.

Nigeria’s mobile phone numbers are operated by the three largest local mobile phone companies -MTN, Globacom and Airtel.

The mobile phone codes in Nigeria are two digit long: 70, 80, 81, 90 and 91. When dialing a mobile phone number from outside of the country, first you need to dial the exit code (for example, “011” or “+” sign if calling from the United States), then Nigeria’s country code “234”, plus the 10 digit phone number including mobile code.

For example, enter 011 234 70 bbbb bbbb or +234 70 bbbb bbbb if calling from the United States.

If you plan to travel to Nigeria it is important to be prepared when it comes to your health and safety. We recommend to save the phone numbers below in case you’ll need it.

Here are the most important Nigeria’s public phone numbers: