One of the main reasons why letters and goods are not delivered to their right destinations is that they are tagged with the wrong postal codes.
Most Nigerians don't really know their area postal codes, and this is always required when filling online applications.
Nigeria Postal codes consist of six digit numbers. Nigeria is divided into nine regions by the Nigerian Postal Service. The first digit of the code represents the region while the second and the third digits combined with the first are the dispatch district for outgoing sorting.
Each main postal head office in every region has a postal code that ends with 00001. For instance, Garki main Head Office in Abuja postal code is 970001, Ikeja main Head Office in Lagos postal code is 100001, Lokoja in Kogi postal code is 270001 and Port Harcourt postal code is 500001.
Please note that no single postal code works for all areas within Nigeria. (So, if you've always thought 23401 or 110001 applies to the whole country, you're wrong.) In other words, postal codes vary for each city and even locality within Nigeria as stated above.
To get the right postal code for your location, use the Nigerian number one postal service postcode system NIPOST OFFICIAL PORTAL (over at www.nigeriapostcodes.com), which provides you the correct postal code after requesting for your state, town, area, and locality. This is by far the most reliable online resource for finding the correct postcodes for areas within Nigeria.
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