How to recharge your phone with any bank in nigeria anywhere at any time

Gone are the days we go around struggling to buy recharge card or visit the nearest ATM machine with our card to buy airtime in other to use. With the advent of technology many essential things has become so easy and simple to do, you can now request for airtime at the comfort of your room anywhere within nigeria as long as you operate a valid bank account with sufficient fund. I can remember it all started with GTbank for allowing their customer to buy airtime online before other commercial banks takes the path. One thing i like about this aspect of transaction is that it is very helpful in terms of emergency.

In this guide we can look at various and different USSD string codes to enable you purchase airtime (recharge your phone) irrespective of the commercial bank you are using in nigeria. To buy airtime on your phone make sure you are requesting the credit with the phone number you registered or open the bank account with.

Each commercial bank has a different way of requesting airtime but the situation varies in some banks because you have to visit there nearest branch close to you and register your account with the service to enable you buy airtime via USSD code in your phone.

Below is list of selected bank in nigeria that support the service of recharging your phone through dialling a ussd string code and how to buy airtime with your phone offline...

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How to buy airtime with your phone in all nigerian banks

 

Guaranty trust bank recharge code

If you are using GTbank, here is the code to quickly recharge your phone with them *737*amount# E.g *737*500# and of you want to transfer to other person dial *737*phone no.*amount# but you have to verify the transfer by entering the last 4 digit of your ATM card

    

Access bank recharge code for airtime  

Those using access bank simply dial *901*amount# E.g *901*500#

 

First bank recharge code for airtime 

quickly recharge your phone by dialing *894*amount# E.g *894*500#

Eco bank recharge code

customers using ecobank can simply recharge there line by dialing *326*amount# E.g *326*500#

 

United bank for africa (UBA) recharge code 

for  quick self-recharge dial *389*033*1*amount# E.g *389*033*1*500#

 

Keystone bank recharge code

dial *322*082*amount# E.g *322*082*500#

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Unity bank recharge code

unity customers should simply dial *322*215*amount# E.g *322*215*500#

 

Zenith bank recharge code

for zenith bank users, *302*amount# E.g *302*500#

 

Sterling bank recharge code

top up your line with *822*amount# E.g *822*500#

 

First city monument bank (FCMB) recharge code

just press *322*214*amount# E.g *322*214*500#

 

Fidelity bank recharge code

fidelity guys will just press *770*amount# E.g *770*500#

 

Skye bank recharge code 

simply punch *389*076*1*amount# E.g *389*076*1*500#

 

Stanbic IBTC bank PLc recharge code

To request airtime in stanbic dial *909*amount# E.g *909*500#

 

Heritage bank recharge code

dial *322*030*amount# E.g *322*030*500#

 

Wema bank recharge code

simply dial *322*035*amount# E.g *322*035*500#

 

Diamond yello account direct recharge code  

For those that uses DYA just dial *777*555*phone no.*amout*pin# E.g *777*555*08033223322*500*1234#

Always take into consideration that the minimum amount to be request is N50 and maximum of N5000 for the transaction to be successfull

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