The most convenient and reliable Nigeria Post postal package tracking is on the Postal Ninja website. The progress of your shipments will be updated automatically as soon as you add them to your personal list.
Nigeria Post is a company responsible for international postal exchange and handling of postal shipments in Nigeria. Nigeria Post is also a member of the global EMS cooperative and delivers EMS shipments. Postal deliveries and EMS shipments by Nigeria Post are carried out in accordance with the general rules of the Universal Postal Union, which guarantees the free transit of packages by land, sea, or air among members of the united postal territory.
As a member of the Universal Postal Union, Nigeria Post carries out its work in accordance with the rules of the Universal Postal Convention, which regulates the international exchange of mail between members. An important point of this regulation is the prohibition of transporting certain materials; Nigeria Post has no right to make such shipments. These include explosive, flammable or radioactive substances, as well as other dangerous contents, counterfeit and pirated products, products of an obscene or immoral nature, etc.
Which tracking numbers does Nigeria Post use?
Postal shipments are grouped into two categories, and the main classification criterion is weight: small parcels are up to 2 kg; shipments are over 2 kg. Small parcels up to 2 kg may not be traceable, but Nigeria Post always registers EMS shipments and express deliveries and assigns them a tracking number.
Approved format for the tracking number of registered international postal items. The tracking number Nigeria Post has the same appearance and consists of 13 symbols:
For small packages weighing up to 2 kg: Rx123456785NG;
For shipments weighing between 2 and 20 kg: Cx123456785NG;
For EMS shipments: Ex123456785NG.
A 13-character tracking number encodes: The type of shipment in the first letter, and the second part with all digits guarantees a uniqueness. The last two letters refer to the country of the postal service; e.g. CN for China Post, US for United States Postal Service, etc.
Tracking of Nigeria Post postal packages
To avoid worrying about your shipment from Nigeria and knowing where it is at any given moment, you can track a package on the Postal Ninja website with the translation of all tracking statuses.
Nigeria Post international shipments go through the following main stages:
Receipt of the shipment at the Nigeria Post office;
Processing and consignment to the distribution center;
The package enters the international postal exchange site, where it is prepared for onward routing;
Customs clearance in the country of origin;
Export;
Import;
Customs clearance in the destination country;
Distribution of the shipment in the destination country;
Delivery of the package to the recipient.