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This article who focus on 8 popular bloggers in Nigeria, who have made name in Nigeria blogging community.
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The list of popular bloggers in Nigeria is compile in no particular order by their blog Alexa ranking, estimated blog income and organic visitor per month.
8 Popular Bloggers In Nigeria
- Chude Jideonwo
Chude Jideonwo (born 16 March 1985) is a Nigerian lawyer, journalist and media entrepreneur. In August 2010, he co-founded y!naija. He is the founder of Joy, Inc. and sits on the board of RED , the full-service media-content, communication and development company he co-founded, that has worked for several national and international brands.
Awards:
Yale World Fellow; BusinessDay 40 Under 40 (2012); Forbes’ 30 Under 30: Africa’s Best Young Entrepreneurs; CNBC Young Business Leader of the Year
- Ademola Ogundele
Ademola Ogundele in 2006 started a music blog notjustok and it has evolve to a music website with more than 1 million visitor per month.
When notjustok post 9ice ‘s performance at Nelson Mandela’s 90th anniversary concert, the website experience a surge in traffic of the website. The increase in traffic allows notjustok to evolve to a music website.
Awards:
NotJustOk was voted the “Best Nigerian Music Website” at the City People Entertainment Awards in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. It was also voted “Blog of The Year” at the 2013 edition of the Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
- Jide Ogunsanya
Jide Ogunsanya is a professional Nigerian blogger and digital marketer who in 2009 founder technology blog Ogbonge blog where he shares tutorials on blogging, social media, digital marketing and money making.
Awards:
Ogbonge blog was voted the Best science and tech blog at 2011 Nigerian Blog Awards, Best tutorial blog at 2012 Nigerian blog awards, and Best online media and technology at 2013 OYAA Awards.
- Noble Igwe
Noble Igwe is a Nigerian blogger, and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of 360 Group. In 2010 he founded 360Nobs.com an all round entertainment and lifestyle website that brings you all the latest news, music, fashion tips and information you need to know.
Award:
360nobs won the Music Website Of The Year at CITY PEOPLE MUSIC AWARD 2018.
- Bamidele Onibalusi
Bamidele Onibalusi is a freelance writer from Nigeria who has been writing for a living since 2010.
He has been featured in Forbes, interviewed in Digital Journal, been featured in Millionaire Magazine in Italy and on several popular blogs online.
He started this blog in April 2010 (as YoungPrePro.com) and re-branded it as WritersinCharge.com in March 2013.
- Loy Okezie
In 2008, Okezie rose to Internet prominence after founding Startups Nigeria , a technology blog about Internet start-ups and products with an international focus on Nigeria.
In June 2009, Okezie continued his coverage of Internet companies and technology news through his personal blog and two years later, he eventually re-branded his technology blog as TechLoy with the goal of becoming a leading technology media and research company in Africa.
TechLoy was selected as one of the participating technology media companies at the maiden edition of the New York Forum Africa held in Libreville, Gabon in June 2012.
- Linda Ikeji
Linda Ikeji is a blogger, entrepreneur and writer, She became an active blogger in 2007 using blogger a free blogging platform owned by Google lindaikeji.blogspot.com and later obtained her domain name lindaikejisblog.com. In 2004, the name Linda Ikeji was the most searched item by users of Google in Nigeria.
Awards
Nigeria Blog Awards NBA 2013
Best Entertainment Blog – Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award – Blog Of The Year 2013
- Makinde Azeez
Makinde Azeez is the founder of naijaloaded, the blog has steadily grown into one of the Most Visited Nigerian Website with over 120 Million Page views Monthly.
Naijaloaded currently Ranked among Nigerian Top 10 Most Visited Website.
Naijaloaded was once a forum, but a couple of bad experiences with hackers led to the decision to convert the forum which had amassed over one million users in such a short period into a blog.
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