Naij
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Type of site
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Entertainment and political weblog |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, Hausa |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Employees | 50+ |
| Parent | Genesis Technology Partners |
| Slogan(s) | "Proudly Nigerian" |
| Website | http://www.naij.com/ |
| Alexa rank |
 444 (February 2017[update]) |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2012 |
| Current status | Active |
Naij.com is a Nigerian news and entertainment portal that features aggregated news content. It is ranked as the 7th overall most visited website in Nigeria by Alexa.
Founded in 2012, Naij.com has its headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria and launched an editorial hub in Abuja in May 2015. Naij.com is part of the global consumer internet company called Genesis Media which also owns Tuko (in Kenya) and Yen (in Ghana) . In 2017 Facebook did a case study with Naij.com and published the story in the Audience Network's Success Stories section.
The website's servers were attacked by hackers in July 2015.
As at July 2015, it has more than 13 million monthly readers and is ranked as the 7th overall most visited website in Nigeria by Alexa. Currently the website's Facebook community is over 4.0 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.
Bloggers and columnists include Japheth J. Omojuwa, Tolu Ogunlesi, Ogunlowo Joseph,Bayo Olupohunda, Ibraheem Dooba, Mawuna Koutonin. Naij.com also generates content based on user-submitted stories.
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