What things cost, and how to pay less.
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.
Airtime
MTN Airtime Compensation: Why You Got ₦20, Not a Data Refund
MTN's ₦20 to ₦1,436 credits pay for poor network from February to April 2026, not for data that vanished. See which of three group...
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...
Electricity
IKEDC Token Not Received? Get It Back With *7024# or Your Receipt
Debited for light but no 20-digit token? Here are five reasons it happens, how to spot each one, how to retrieve the token, and wh...
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...
Exams & results
How to Check NECO Result 2026: Token Price, Steps, Fixes
NECO's 2026 SSCE Internal results came out on 24 September. Here's where to buy the token, the exact fields on results.neco.gov.ng...
Electricity
Electricity Rationing in Nigeria: 3,053MW Split Across 11 DisCos
The grid shared only 3,053MW among 11 DisCos on 30 September. See your DisCo's share, why Band A keeps its light and why DisCos st...
Exams & results
WAEC GCE Registration 2026: Walk-in Till 29 Oct, Fee, 2027 Dates
Walk-in WAEC GCE registration runs at WAEC offices until 29 October 2026; online entries are shut. See the fee, where to get the P...
TV subscriptions
GOtv E16 Error: Clear It in 15 Minutes With *288# or MyGOtv
E16 on GOtv usually means the decoder thinks you haven't paid. Here's how to tell which cause is yours, and how to clear it on *28...
News
New Telecom Company in Nigeria: Should You Wait for STN's SIM?
STN just got an NCC licence to rival MTN, Airtel and Glo. Here's what that licence actually allows, when its SIM could arrive, and...
TV subscriptions
StarTimes Subscription Packages: Nova ₦2,100 to Super ₦9,800 a Month
Nova, Basic, Classic or Super? Match your StarTimes bouquet to how your house watches TV, see why monthly beats daily, and why a d...
About the AidaPay journal
The AidaPay journal answers the questions people in Nigeria ask about the bills that come every week: which data plan gives the most for the money, how to share or borrow airtime, why a prepaid meter rejects a token, which GOtv or DStv package to pay for, and where to buy a WAEC or NECO result checker PIN.
Each article is written for one search and answers it first, then walks through the steps. Codes and prices are checked on the network, DisCo or exam body's own pages, every price shows the date it was correct, and an article is updated when a price or a code changes.
Start with a category above, search for the exact thing you need, or open the guides for the codes most people look for.