Nigeria, June 12 -- Nigeria's postal revenue surged by 166.8 per cent to N8.1 billion in 2025 from N3.1 billion a year ago, official data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday showed as the country's postal network handled more than 18.2 million mail articles during the year.

The statistics office published the details in its Postal Services Data for 2025, which also indicated that the total number of post offices and postal agencies remained unchanged at 2,048.

The report revealed that the country operates 730 post offices or departments, 110 head post offices, 667 post shops, 201 postal agencies, 136 counter extensions, 115 branch offices and 89 sub-post offices.

Altogether, 18.2 million postal articles were...