Why is it that Nigeria govt is not organised at all. But the public and the private joust do things on their own without carrying the citizens along. In short these people no send us oo. All they know is profit into their own pockets...

He's using an internet call app.....

I was confused to see that it was a Nigerian phone number after having a phone conversation with an American tertiary institution based in US.

Just passing by

Please your friend is innocent, do not give heed to anyone saying your friend is a G-boy.
The issue is that your friend is using a call card activation digits to get in contact with you.
He's not doing anything illegal, most times call cards like RAZA and BOSS REVOLUTION do have such intermission process for local lines in Nigeria.

It's true, my sister had same experience this week. Someone called her from outside naija. But It was a 0705 that displayed on her phone. She was even asking the person if he was in Nigeria and he said no

The most annoying part is that when you try calling the numbers back, the network will keep telling you that the number is incorrect. I nearly missed a great opportunity because of this issue

emorse:
Your friend is probably a G boy.

His friend is not a G boy, I have noticed the same thing too. My friends in Canada, US and UK call me often and 8 out of every 10 times they call, I see a local number. I've asked and they say they don't know why their numbers are showing like that. But there should be a logical reason to this though.

They convert international numbers to local numbers to be able to charge the caller cheaper fees.

elujah1:
Doubt it

Its real Bro. If a line that starts with 030 in Sierra Leone calls any of our network in Naija...What u see is a number that starts with 080...Diff num entirely and u can’t call the person back on that number.

Lincoln275:
Please Where Can I Get # iPhone 8 For 20k... ?
Esanu Mi...

go underworld

True.

It's been going on for months now. My calls to Nigeria g
Has been appearing as a Nigeria call.

It's more expensive for a foreign number to connect to a local Nigerian number so they connect through a local network to make it less expensive for the networks not the users.
Try and call back those numbers it won't go through they have done their home those numbers won't gone through @all it's safe for them and us

emorse:
Your friend is probably a G boy.

Nope the guy is not! Telcos have been doing this for the last 6 months or more! They re-route calls for cheaper rate!!

Yeah.. That's true... I noticed it too when my Aunt do call me too...... Sometimes i dont want to speak to her buh since I don't know d number calling is roaming on a Nigerian number, i ll pick up ignorantly... Alas what i ll hear next is...

Hello Aburo Bawo ni...

ikorodureporta:
Some days ago, a friend i was chatting with online said he called & i ddnt pick his call. I checked my missed calls but couldnt find his number among the missed calls. So, i did not believe that he called...


So, later i picked a naija line (080...) & he was d one on line. Dis guy is not in Naija & not aware of the changes too. I cross-checked the missed calls & found out that the number's slghtly diff from the one he used recently...

Why're the telcos doing this without our consent? Hope they'r not tapping our lines....

It's called call termination whereby the calls are routed through the internet to a termination device here in Nigeria and the final connection is via a local number.

This is done for reduced call charges.

ikorodureporta:
Some days ago, a friend i was chatting with online said he called & i ddnt pick his call. I checked my missed calls but couldnt find his number among the missed calls. So, i did not believe that he called...


So, later i picked a naija line (080...) & he was d one on line. Dis guy is not in Naija & not aware of the changes too. I cross-checked the missed calls & found out that the number's slghtly diff from the one he used recently...

Why're the telcos doing this without our consent? Hope they'r not tapping our lines....

that has been happening since early dis year,someone living abroad can call you now,it will show mtnline,if he calls again,it wil show airtel line,and another time glo line,it keeps changing

Well people tell me the same thing and i thought it was because i use an app that helps my calls to naija cheaper...but now that people are saying it here, i really don't know ooo....but anytime i call naija, it routes the call through any network so i don't think it has to do with naija networks

yoddy:


It's called call termination whereby the calls are routed through the internet to a termination device here in Nigeria and the final connection is via a local number.

This is done for reduced call charges.

i think you are right

Lincoln275:
Please Where Can I Get # iPhone 8 For 20k... ?
Esanu Mi...

Come to oshodi under bridge. I have guys that will sell it for 15K.

Lincoln275:
Please Where Can I Get # iPhone 8 For 20k... ?
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Go to sambisa mall in Maiduguri, ask of shehu the phone dealer. Thank me later

Op, that has been going on for over a year. It's a method foreign communication Companies use to bypass the international call rate NCC imposed on all international (incoming) calls. By converting the the numbers to naija numbers (usually Glo no), the charges they incure becomes lesser just like that of a local call.

kayuseful:
some of these foreign networks route your calls to some local network provider to facilitate their international calls . blame the foreign network, not Nigerian

Only person in the spirit .

Well, it's not a mistake, tax on incoming international calls are high, so they route the calls through a local gateway. In other words, Its a GSM Termination Something

afoltundeseun:
what you're saying doesn't even make sense at all

But its the truth.

emorse:
Your friend is probably a G boy.

Babu sense... Ask wetin u dont know it has been like that for sometime now and the caller at d other end sometime are not aware

paparazzi1987:


Come to oshodi under bridge. I have guys that will sell it for 15K.

pls send me ur acc detail, let me send u d money and u can also send d fone to me via dhl

emorse:
Your friend is probably a G boy.

Don't conclude on what U know nothing about...

@op thats true because each time I call home(Nigeria), people always ask if I'm back...

I have been experiencing this too.

Lordcenturion2:
Yes that's true, even some of my family members will ask me if am in Nigeria, they will says it's glo or something number show on their phone,..

Same here. I spend first 3 minutes trying to explain that I am not in Nigeria and I don't know why it's showing glo number every time they ask.

Now I've stopped calling family friends and extended family members. I call my mum and a few close friends only who instinctively recognize my voice on call and don't even bother to ask questions over and over again, slightly casting aspersion on my assertion that indeed I am not in Nigeria. The worst that happens with close ones is that they also feel surprised that it's changing my number.

This has also happened to me. When my younger bro in Europe called me, I was seeing nigeria number and his name has not showing.

Lincoln275:
Please Where Can I Get # iPhone 8 For 20k... ?
Esanu Mi...

sure you can get it, from those guys that sells beside road in computer villa that usually holds phones and handkerchief (they are there for people like you)