Everything You Need To Know About Nigerian Postal services
Everything You Need To Know About Nigerian Postal services was established in , Built by in .
With the emergence of electronic mails, postal services in Nigeria seem to be fading away. Nevertheless, a lot of people still use the post office either to send and receive documents and packages within and outside the country. Furthermore, foreign online shopping sites, Schools abroad and organizations alike require postal codes. Unlike private courier services like DHL, FedEx and the likes, Nigerian post services are more affordable although they seem to take a longer time to deliver.
Postal codes, Zip codes or postcodes refers to series of letters or digits or both, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mails.

Nigerian Postal Service
Established by the colonial masters in 1852, The Nigerian postal service (NIPOST) dates back to the 19th Century. Government-owned and operated corporation, NIPOST provides postal administration and services to Nigerians. There are over 5000 running post offices with more than 20,000 employees hence its wide coverage.The Nigerian Postal office provides services like- Mail services
- Counter services
- Private mail bag
- Special delivery
- Financial services
- Postal media
Postal Regions and Their States
REGION 1
With a postal code 100001, Lagos is the leading State in this region as well as Ogun state with postal code 110001.REGION 2
Headed by Oyo State with postal code 200001, It has other states Kogi, Kwara and Osun State.REGION 3
The lead dispatch district for this region is Edo State (300001) with states like Delta, Ondo, and Yobe.REGION 4
This region consists of Enugu (400001), Abia, Anambra, and Imo State.REGION 5
Rivers (500001), Akwa Ibom and Cross River State.REGION 6
Borno with postal code 600001, Adamawa and Taraba State.REGION 7
Kano 700001, Bauchi and Jigawa State.REGION 8
Kaduna 800001, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Ebonyi State.REGION 9
Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) 900001, Niger and Plateau State.