The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is a federal government-owned corporation. It is charged with the responsibility of providing postal services and logistics within and outside Nigeria. It’s a revenue-generating agency.
- Postmaster General: Dr. Ismail Adebayo Adewusi
- Headquarters:1279 Mohammadu Buhari Way, Garki, Area, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
- Official website: nipost.gov.ng/
Since the penetration of Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) and email services, the use of NIPOST by Nigerians has nose-dived.
Despite the fact that the technology posed a lot of threat to the NIPOST, some persons and businesses find the NIPOST service invaluable which is one of the agencies of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy
With this in mind, there are NIPOST branches spread across states, local governments and major towns in Nigeria.
The states and council areas are categorised under nine zones, they are:
Zone 1: Lagos and Ogun States
Zone 2: Oyo, Osun, Kwara, and Kogi
Zone 3: Edo, Delta, Ondo, Ekiti
Zone 4: Enugu, Anambra, Abia, Imo, and Ebonyi
Zone 5: Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom
Zone 6: Taraba, Adamawa, Yobe, and Borno
Zone 7: Kano, Gombe, Bauchi, Jigawa
Zone 8: Kaduna, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto
Zone 9: Benue, FCT, Niger, Plateau, Nasarawa
Services offered by NIPOST
It provides the following services:
- Mail service
- Business mail
- Bulk post service
- Parcel post service
- Direct mail marketing
- Mail delivery
- Counter products
- Customised services including publicity
- Philatelic services
- Mail passenger
- Agency service
- Business reply service
- Postshop
- Mobile post office
- Post office I.D
- Postal insurance
To subscribe to any of the above services or setup P.O. Box for your business in Nigeria, you can approach any of the nearest NIPOST state offices across Nigeria
| Location | NIPOST Branch Addresses |
| Umuahia | No 1 Aba Road, Umuahia, Abia State |
| Yola | 31 Sokoto Street, Yola Town, Adamawa State |
| Awka | 173 Zik’s Avenue, Awka, Anambra |
| Bauchi | Wunti Roundabout, Bauchi State |
| Yenegoa | 4 Hospital Road Ovom, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State |
| Makurdi | OPP. Min. Of Works HQtrs Banks Road Makurdi |
| Maiduguri | Kyari Road (Near Race Course), Maiduguri |
| Calabar | Calabar road, opposite African Club, Cross River State |
| Asaba | No 2 Osioma Onyeobi Way Asaba, Delta State |
| Abakaliki | Waterworks Road Abakaliki, Ebonyi State |
| Benin City | No.1 Airport Road, Benin-City |
| Ado Ekiti | Oja Oba, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State |
| Enugu | No 22 Okpara Avenue By P&T Bus Stop, Enugu State |
| Gombe | 1) Along Gombe-Yola Road, Billiri, Gombe State 2) Kaltungo |
| Owerri | Achike Udenwa Avenue, Owerri, Imo State |
| Dutse | Daura-Kano Road, Jigawa |
| Kaduna | New Town Post Office, No 5 Ali Akilu Road, Kaduna State |
| Kano | 1) Plot 1 Post Office Road, Kano State 2) Permanent site, BUK 3) Audu Bako Secretariat street Road kano |
| Katsina | No 1 Kwanar Dabo Street, Daura- Kano Road, NIPOST Office Katsina State |
| Birnin Kebbi | Gesse Phase 1 Off Emir Haruna Road, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State |
| Lokoja | Opp Old First Bank Lokoja, Kogi State |
| Ilorin | Zulu Gambari Road Ilorin, Kwara State |
| Ikeja | 1) Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos State 2) Air Force Base Ikeja, Lagos 3) Murtala Moh. Dom Airport Premises, Lagos State |
| Marina | 34 Marina Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State |
| Epe | No. 1, Marina Road Epe, Lagos |
| Agege | Agege motor road, Papa Ashafa , Agege, Lagos |
| Ikoyi | No.133 Awolowo Road Ikoyi, Lagos State |
| Mushin | 5 Post office RD Mushin, Lagos State |
| Ikorodu | 1) 81 Ikosi Branch Road, Agbowa, Lagos 2) 21\23 Oriwu RD Ikorodu, Lagos 3) 80B Isawo Road, Owutu Agric, Lagos State |
| Ojo | 1) Lagos Badagry Exp.way Trade fair Comp, Lagos State 2) Agbara Estate Office Agbara, lagos |
| Lafia | Shendam Road , Lafia Nasarawa |
| Minna | Old Airport Road, Niger State |
| Station road | Railway Station Road, Niger State |
| Federal Secretariat | Fed Secretariat Minna, Niger State |
| Abeokuta | Totoro Road Abeokuta, Ogun State |
| Ijebu-Ode | Folagbade Street Along Awujale Complex Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State |
| Akure | Oba Adesida Rd.,Akure, Ondo State |
| Itaogbolu | Main Road,Itaogbolu, Ondo State |
| Osogbo | Station Road, Orisumbare, Osogbo, Osun State |
| Ilesa | Market SQ Round About Ilesha, Osun State |
| Ipetu-Ijesa | Iloro Street Ipetu Ijesa, Osun |
| Ile-Ife | Post Office, Ile-Ife, Osun |
| Ibadan | Opposite Railway Corporation, Ibadan, Oyo State |
| Eleyele | Eleyele Barrack Ibadan, Oyo State |
| Agodi | Agodi Gate Bus stop Ibadan, Oyo State |
| Ago Amodu | Sepeteri road Ago-Amodu, Oyo |
| Ogbomosho | Takie square, Ogbomoso, Oyo State |
| Oyo | Opp.Ekesan Market Oyo State |
| Jos | No1 Ahamdu Bello Way, Plateau |
| Port Harcourt | 10 Station Road, Portharcourt, Rivers |
| Sokoto | Maiduguri Road, Sokoto |
| Jalingo | No 4 Loddo Street, Jalingo, Taraba State |
| Damaturu | Along Potiskum Road Damaturu, Yobe State |
| Gusau | Sokoto Road, Gusau |
| Gwagwalada | No 1 Secretarial Road, Gwagwalada, FCT |
| Wuse | Plot 102/103, Monrovia Street, Wuse 2 Abuja |
| Garki | Area 10 Garki, Abuja |
| NIPOST Headquarters | 1279 Muh’d Buhari way, Area 11, FCT, Abuja |
| Karu | No.13 Peshe Road, Old Karu, FCT |
| Nyanya | Market Road, Nyanya, Abuja |
| Kwali | Opp. Pilot Primary school, Kwali |
| National Assembly | National Assembly Complex, Abuja |
If you can’t find your preferred location on this list, you can check the official portal of NIPOST, insert the name of the town and click “FIND” to locate the post office address.
