Available in English, Hausa Headquarters Lagos, Nigeria | Founded 2012 Employees 50+ | |
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Type of site Entertainment and political weblog Parent Genesis Technology Partners | ||
Naij.com is a Nigerian news and entertainment portal that features aggregated news content. It is ranked as the 16th overall most visited website in Nigeria by Alexa.
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History
Founded in 2012, Naij.com has its headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria and launched an editorial hub in Abuja in May 2015. The website's servers were attacked by hackers in July 2015.
Popularity
As at July 2015, it has more than 13 million monthly readers and is ranked as the 16th overall most visited website in Nigeria by Alexa. Currently the website's Facebook community is over 2.7 million. Subscribers on Facebook stands at over 3 million as at July 2016. Data from Facebook stats about online media in Nigeria shows that NAIJ.com news site now has over three million of fans on the world’s major social network. This means in 4 years, NAIJ has overtook Sahara Reporters and other online news sites. Naij.com partnered with browser software makers Opera and telecoms giant MTN in 2015 to bring one million days of free Internet to Nigeria.
Contributors
Bloggers and columnists include Japheth J. Omojuwa, Tolu Ogunlesi, Bayo Olupohunda, Ibraheem Dooba, Mawuna Koutonin. Naij.com also generates content based on user-submitted stories.