Zone Improvement Plan (Zip) codes are used for faster sorting of mail and delivery. Originally they consisted of five digits. But in the 1980s these codes were expanded to nine digits, which are written with a hyphen – XXXXX-YYYY, for instance, 25436-7543.
In Nigeria there are no single ZIP codes, ZIP codes are only used and available in the United States of America.
In Nigeria instead, they use postal codes for different states, depending on the state that you are located when required to give a ZIP code just give the postal code of the particular state you stay.
All countries use these codes for the same purpose of mailing,postal codes are organized by the Nigerian Postal Service. The country is divided into nine regions. Each region code consists of the first numeral. Zip code is a mandatory part of filling out the forms of any online application. So when ask for a postal/zip code you can give code depending on the state that you are located.
list of all postal codes for different states in Nigeria
StateCode
1 Abia 440001
2 Adamawa 640001
3 Akwa Ibom 520001
4 Anambra 420001
5 Bauchi 740001
6 Bayelsa 560001
7 Benue 70001
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 (Mainland) 100001
Lagos (Island) 101001
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
The major postal head office in each section 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.
We believe by now you myth have seen the postal code of your state and make sure you get the number correct if not it won’t work.
