How to know the Postal/Zip code of your location in Nigeria

How to know the Postal/Zip code of your location in Nigeria

It is an established fact that many still don’t know the difference between postal, zip, and dialling code of their country especially down here in Nigeria. Almost every time or one way or the other, whenever we are being asked to fill forms, which could be online or paper forms, we come across particular section of the form in which one is asked to input their country’s zip code, but many have wrongly input what they felt was the right zip code of their country without actually knowing that they are inputting the wrong code or that what they are inputting is not actually the zip code, but rather the dialling code of Nigeria.
These forms that we fill most of the time constitute a vital document, which may include; Bank documents, forms for job applications, educational institution admission form, travel document, importation business form, overseas scholarship forms etc., so the need to fill these forms properly and insert the proper zip code and dialling codes at the required section of the form becomes very important, as it can help for one’s document to be treated without glitches especially when it comes to a case in which we are expecting to receive delivery of goods or letters or simply replies from the application that was made.

I am here to clarify the issues and to show you how to know and how to get the postal/zip codes and dialling codes of your location with ease. Zip codes and postal codes should not be confused with each other as both of them are the same, so the both can be used interchangeably in any document that you are feeling, so whenever you see zip code, one should know that they are also talking about the postal code, but zip/postal code is different from dialling code.

Simply, the Nigerian dialling code is the +234 that we always mistakenly put in place of zip or postal code. The Nigeria postal/zip code is always made up of six(6) digits numbers and are grouped into different regions of the state in the country. The Nigeria Postal Service divides the country into nine(9) region which makes up the first digit of the code, the second and third digits combined with the first are dispatch zones of district for outgoing sorting, and the last three digits are for delivery. For example Port-Harcourt has a postal code of 500001 which is the main postal head office in Rivers state, other districts or zones in the state have similar but entirely different postal codes. What are the Difference in Using a MasterCard/Visa in QuickTeller and Verve/Interswitch ATM Card Transactions?

So if you want to know the postal/zip code of your location in Nigeria, simply visit Nigeira post code site, when you land there, choose your state, town, area and street name or region and get the postal/zip code of the place you are residing by just clicking at the get postcode tab there. It is important to note that even if you are dwelling in the rural area, there on the site, you can easily choose rural postcode search, then key in your details as given above to obtain the post code of your location.


Yes it is that easy, and starting from today, do not key in again the dialling code in place of the zip/postal code. If you are happy, the comment box is down below for you to express yourself.