Postal orders of Nigeria


The first Postal orders of Nigeria were issued by the British colonial authorities. Later, Nigeria issued its own postal orders, first in £,s,d, and then in the new currency of the Naira. In 2018, the postal order system was replaced with a cheaper money order system.

Nigerian-issued British postal orders

began being issued and encashed in Nigeria from 1907.

Nigerian postal orders

Nigeria became independent from Britain on 1 October 1960 and after then began to issue postal orders in its own right denominated in Nigerian pounds, shillings, and pence, although records at the British Library indicate that these were at first supplied by Britain's Crown Agents. A number of proof Nigerian postal orders dated 1964 and 1965 are contained in the Crown Agents Archive of the British Library Philatelic Collection. New postal orders were issued in 1973, when Nigeria changed over to the decimal currency of the Naira.
In 1987, Nipost was charged with providing postal order services within Nigeria under Act No. 18 of that year. In late 2018, Nipost replaced the disused postal order service with a domestic electronic Money Order whose commission is less than the postal orders and can be obtained at any post office or sub-post office enabling rural and urban communities to transfer money easily. The domestic service supplements the international version.