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How to Identify all Nigerian Phone Number Prefixes

We discovered that many of our users on Tachio have been making a big mistake confusing Glo numbers to Airtel numbers, MTN to 9Moble, and vice versa. So, in this article, we are going to cover a list of phone numbers in Nigeria and their corresponding prefixes like 0703, and 0802. Does this number 0908 belong to MTN, Glo, Airtel, or 9Mobile? This article will shine a bright light on this confusion.

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First of all,

WHAT IS A PHONE NUMBER PREFIX?

Probably you are wondering within yourself what the phrase ‘phone number prefix’ means. It simply means the first four sets of numbers that you see at the beginning of every phone number, which are used to identify a particular network service provider, against the others. Example 0706-530-4321. The first four numbers of this number are the prefix, and it tells us that the number is an MTN number. In Nigeria, we have a lot of network service providers, with a multiplicity of phone number prefixes. These, amongst others, are listed below:

MTN NIGERIA PHONE NUMBER PREFIXES

The numbers below are for MTN Nigeria. This means any gsm number that starts with any of the 4-digits stated below is owned by MTN.

  1. 0803
  2. 0806
  3. 0703
  4. 0706
  5. 0813
  6. 0816
  7. 0810
  8. 0814
  9. 0903
  10. 0906

GLO NIG PHONE NUMBER PREFIXES

These five are for Glo Nigeria. They started with 0805, and are continually acquiring new prefixes. They include;

  1. 0805
  2. 0807
  3. 0705
  4. 0815
  5. 0811
  6. 0905

AIRTEL NIG PHONE NUMBER PREFIXES

Airtel, an Indian telecom company, has the following number prefixes under its control. They include;

  1. 0802
  2. 0808
  3. 0708
  4. 0704
  5. 0812
  6. 0701
  7. 0901
  8. 0902
  9. 0904

9MOBILE NIG PHONE NUMBER PREFIXES

9Mobile network covers the following numbers below;

  1. 0809
  2. 0818
  3. 0817
  4. 0909

Please always make sure you check the prefix of all numbers properly before sending airtime or data bundles on them. 

Table of the prefixes for the total network service provider operating in Nigeria 

MTN NUMBER PREFIXES
Prefixes Mobile Operator
0703 MTN
0706 MTN
0803 MTN
0806 MTN
0810 MTN
0813 MTN
0814 MTN
0816 MTN
0903 MTN
0906 MTN
GLO NUMBER PREFIXES
0705 GLO
0805 GLO
0807 GLO
0811 GLO
0815 GLO
0905 GLO
AIRTEL NUMBER PREFIXES
0701 AIRTEL
0708 AIRTEL
0802 AIRTEL
0808 AIRTEL
0812 AIRTEL
0902 AIRTEL
0907 AIRTEL
0901 AIRTEL
9MOBILE NUMBER PREFIXES (Formerly Etisalat)
0809 9MOBILE
0817 9MOBILE
0818 9MOBILE
 0908 9MOBILE

4 thoughts on “How to Identify all Nigerian Phone Number Prefixes”

  1. But there are some number being swapped r whatever, i saw 0802 that is Mtn. How do we now identify that?

    1. Please note that some numbers have been ported to another network. For example, if a GLO number like 0805167878388 is ported to MTN, the figures won’t change but it will be regarded and seen by all other network providers as MTN because it has been ported. And such a number will enjoy all the benefits entitled to all MTN subscribers.

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