SMS API for Nigeria: bulk SMS to +234 numbers
Nigeria
Calling code +234
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01977
- Messages for $100
- 5,058
- Local language
- English
- Encoding
- GSM-7
What a bulk SMS send to Nigeria costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01977 | $0.03954 |
| 1,000 | $19.77 | $39.54 |
| 10,000 | $197.70 | $395.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,977.00 | $3,954.00 |
Number format in Nigeria
Mobile numbers in Nigeria have 10 digits after +234. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (0802 123 4567); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +234 802 123 4567.
Alphabet and segments
English text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Nigeria holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.
Time zone and timing
Nigeria keeps UTC+1 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Lagos is always 08:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Nigeria with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (NG) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.
For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.
curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"to": "+2348021234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'const res = await fetch("https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULKSMSAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ to: "+2348021234567", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01977", country: "NG"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+2348021234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BULKSMSAPI_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "northwind-app/1.0"},
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
print(json.load(res)["price"]) # "0.01977"What developers send to Nigeria
Transaction alerts
Banks in Lagos send SMS notifications to customers for every withdrawal or deposit made on their accounts.
Order confirmations
E-commerce platforms in Abuja send SMS confirmations to customers with details of their purchases and delivery timelines.
Ride updates
Ride-hailing apps in Port Harcourt notify drivers and passengers via SMS about ride status and estimated arrival times.
Exam results
Universities in Ibadan send SMS notifications to students with their exam results and further instructions.
More countries in West and Central Africa
SMS to Nigeria: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Nigeria?
How many SMS to Nigeria does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Nigeria numbers for the API?
What language should SMS messages be sent in?
How can businesses reach visitors effectively?
Start sending to Nigeria
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Nigeria at $0.01977 per segment, from the console or with one API call.