Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international telephone calls to Nigeria from another country:

1) Get the lowest telephone call rate for Nigeria, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 234 + City Area Code + Local number

If you wish to make a call from Nigeria you will need to dial nigeria-exit-code (eg: nigeria-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Lagos, Nigeria can be found at Time in Lagos.

Nigeria’s standard time is 1 Hour away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Nigeria does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Nigeria are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in Nigeria.

These phone area codes are important only when calling from outside the telephone code area. Interestingly it is essential when making a calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Nigeria generally indicate geographical areas within Nigeria which are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Nigeria is usually preceded in the dial string by the Nigerian country code or the international access code for Nigeria ("234").

Phone Area codes in Nigeria are often quoted including the country access code for Nigeria.