All you need to know about Nigeria Zip Code?
The Zipcode is a 6-digits number used for mailing purposes and transfer of parcels from one point to the other. ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) only apply to the United States as they do not accept postal codes from other countries as “Zip codes”
Simply put, the Zip code is peculiar to the United States of America while the Postal Code is what is prevalent in other countries in the world.
However, the United States through its postal service (USPS) has a code synonymous with the Zip Code used in handling deliveries of other countries in the United States. So in case you want to forward a parcel to the United States from Nigeria, 0176-0000 is the code for Nigeria.
The Nigeria Zip Code which is also regarded as Postal Code is not alphanumeric, instead, it is only in digits. The Nigeria Postal Service has the sequential arrangements of the postal codes of each state or region in the country.
Each state in the country has its code. The first three digits represent the state while the last three digits represent the urban area within the state.
So when you are asked to fill a zip code online, don’t get confused, all you have to do is fill in the postal code of the state you live in.
Find the Zip Code for your state below:
- Abia – 440001
- Adamawa – 640001
- Akwa Ibom – 520001
- Anambra – 420001
- Bauchi – 740001
- Bayelsa – 56100
- Beenue – 970001
- Borno – 600001
- Cross River – 540001
- Delta – 320001
- Ebonyi – 840001
- Edo – 300001
- Ekiti – 360001
- Enugu – 400001
- Gombe – 760001
- Imo – 460001
- Jigawa – 720001
- Kaduna – 700001
- Kano – 800001
- Katsina – 820001
- Kebbi – 860001
- Kogi – 260001
- Kwara – 240001
- Lagos (mainland/island) – 100001/101001
- Nasarawa – 962001
- Niger – 920001
- Ogun – 110001
- Ondo – 340001
- Osun – 230001
- Oyo – 200001
- Plateau – 930001
- Rivers – 500001
- Sokoto – 840001
- Taraba – 660001
- Yobe – 320001
- Zamfara – 860001
The FCT postal code is 900001
If you wish to send your parcel to another region within a state in Nigeria, you will have to get the right combination to get the parcel to the appropriate place. For instance, a parcel to be delivered to the Alimosho area of Lagos will have the zip code combination of 100275 while Victoria Island will be 101241.
Note that the last digits of the zip code (postal code) of each state represent the head of departments of each state.
