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[STATS] Accra Has More Facebook Users Than Lagos?

By Loy Okezie On March 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Lagos might be the largest city in Africa by population of over 15 million but its Facebook population is no match compared to that of Accra, says SocialBakers.

Recent statistics from SocialBakers.com reveal that Lagos is…

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ReVoDa – An Election Report (Mobile) App for Nigeria

By Loy Okezie On March 16, 2011 · 3 Comments

It seems that technology and social media will play a huge role in this year’s elections in Nigeria in an unprecedented way.

One of the tools that would drive citizen participation in the forth-coming elections in Nigeria is ReVoDa,…

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Jonathan To Broadcast Diasporan Campaign on Ustream

By Loy Okezie On March 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

President Jonathan would be campaigning in the United States for the first time since he flagged off his presidential campaign around Nigeria.

As such, The Jonathan Diasporan campaign would be broadcast live on Ustream 14th March…

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Nollywood Superstar, Omotola Becomes Nigeria’s Queen of Facebook

By Loy Okezie On March 14, 2011 · 2 Comments

Nollywood actress and music diva, Omotola has emerged the most popular Nigerian female celebrity on Facebook with over 500,000 fans.

Surprisingly, Omosexy as she’s popularly known as, didn’t even know that she had a Facebook Page (like most celebs)…

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Jekajo.com – Discover and Share Nigerian Music

By Loy Okezie On March 11, 2011 · 3 Comments

Jekajo is a new music discovery site that let’s you discover Nigerian music and helps upcoming Nigerian musicians promote their music.

Founded by Adim Ofunne and Obilo Nwokogba, the same guys behind Naijalingo, Jekajo is a product of their…

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Adloopz Lets You Loop Adverts On Social Networks

By Loy Okezie On March 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Adloopz is a new service launched today that allows you to post adverts and share them with your friends and followers on social media platforms.

The service, currently in beta version, was founded by five Nigerian tech entrepreneurs.

Adloopz…

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It’s Official: President Jonathan Wins 500k Fans on Facebook

By Loy Okezie On March 8, 2011 · 5 Comments

Today, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan crossed the 500,000 Facebook fans milestone, beating Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde, Nollywood superstar and singer to it.

President Jonathan who joined the largest social networking site, Facebook in June 2010…

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Announcing Nigeria’s Best Use of Social Media at #SowambeAwards

By Loy Okezie On March 7, 2011 · 1 Comment

The winners of Sowambe Awards were announced over the weekend at BellaNaija.com, the official online media partner for Sowambe.com.

About 750 votes were counted and after an editorial judging process, the following winners emerged (based entirely on number of votes)…

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The Rise and Rise of Nigeria’s Facebook Population

By Loy Okezie On February 26, 2011 · 3 Comments

The rise and rise of Nigeria’s Facebook population is unprecedented in Nigeria’s Internet history.

Statistics from SocialBakers.com shows that there are currently over 2.9 million active Facebook users in Nigeria.

According to a recent stat by SocialBakers which shows…

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Did Fola Adeola Just Join Twitter?

By Loy Okezie On February 25, 2011 · 1 Comment

“Welcome to the official twitter page for Fola Adeola. The next Vice President of our country Nigeria”.

Those were the words that heralded what appears to be the official twitter account of Fola Adeola, the Vice President aspirant under…

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