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Data, explained plainly.

Guides to data plans, airtime, electricity tokens, TV, exam PINs and everyday money in Nigeria. Every price carries a date and a source, and a guide changes when the price does.

Small monthly plan or big weekend burst: where each SIM wins Data MTN vs Airtel Data: 30-Day 3GB for ₦1,200 vs ₦1,980, Who Gives More? MTN wins small 30-day plans, Airtel wins 2-day bursts and 8-10GB monthly bundles. Each plan's cost per GB, with cashback and Opens... · 7 min read Borrow ₦100, get ₦85: what *303# really costs you Data Code to Borrow Data From MTN: *303#, the 15% Fee and What You Owe MTN's borrow code is *303# now, and *606# is dead. A ₦100 loan puts ₦85 on your line and you repay the full ₦100. Here's how repay... · 6 min read 3D illustration of a smartphone screen reading 1GB ₦400, for MTN's new Data Transfer pricing Data MTN SME Data Is Now Data Transfer: 1GB ₦400 and Balance Code MTN SME data isn't sold to the public any more; the plans in its place read "Data Transfer". See each price with cashback as at 30... · 7 min read Free from 1 October, but only on approved learning sites Data 100MB Free Data for Students: What It Covers vs a Paid 1GB From 1 October, public senior secondary and tertiary students get 100MB of free data a day, but only on approved learning sites. S... · 8 min read 3D illustration of a smartphone showing 16.5GB, representing a comparison of data bundle prices across Nigerian networks. Data Cheapest Data Plan in Nigeria: What ₦5,000 Buys on 4 Networks MTN's 10GB for ₦4,500 (29 Sep 2026) set against Airtel, Glo and T2 on Technext's February 2026 list: cost per GB, the night-data c... · 7 min read 3D illustration of a smartphone screen showing 6.25GB, representing how far a naira budget goes on a Glo data plan. Data Cheap Glo Data Plan: What ₦500 to ₦5,000 Buys vs Awoof Codes A cheap Glo data plan is the one that lasts the month. What ₦500, ₦1,000, ₦2,000 and ₦5,000 buy on Glo, what awoof codes really gi... · 7 min read Your network hears it first, then the NCC on 622 Data How a data depletion complaint gets from your network to 622 The NCC form will not take your data complaint without a network ticket ID. What we found on it, what the new H1 2026 figures show... · 8 min read A phone on a folded jacket on a night-bus seat, a reminder to top up MTN data before crossing state lines Data MTN Odiiche, Oyato and Daban bundles: codes, prices, which to buy Odiiche, Oyato and Daban are one MTN bundle under three regional names. The states, codes and stop keywords side by side, and wher... · 7 min read Weatherproof outdoor 5G router mounted on a house wall with a cable running indoors Data Airtel 5G router: what the ODU is, who it suits, how to set it up The Airtel 5G router (SmartConnect ODU) mounts outside your house. Here is who it suits, what to check before you order, how setup... · 8 min read ₦200 a day or ₦520 a month: which one fits how you use data Data Cheap MTN Data: MoMo's ₦200 1GB vs 7- and 30-Day Plans MoMo's 1GB for ₦200 is the cheapest MTN data per gigabyte, but it's daily, own-line only and can't be shared. Here's when a 7- or... · 7 min read