Legit.ng (former NAIJ.com) is a modern Nigerian digital media platform.
In today's world, there are tons of informational clutter. But we are here to select and emphasise the vital information that is interesting, entertaining and useful.
our mission
Our mission is to be your quide that leads the way through the news.
Our editorial team works to continually improve our audience experience by analyzing their content preferences, while our engineers implement the cutting-edge technology to build the most convenient digital platform in Nigeria.
We are known through the country
Every 3rd Internet user in Nigeria is a Legit.ng reader.
Every 4th Nigerian who is on Facebook is Legit.ng page subscriber.
Legit.ng’s Editor-in-Chief, Rahaman Abiola, together with TUKO.co.ke’s Managing Editor, Jacob Otieno, led the International News Media Association’s webinar “Harnessing technology to grow audience reach and engagement.”
April
Legit.ng became the finalist of of Digital Media Awards Africa 2024 in the category “Best Fact Checking Project.”
March
INMA appointed Legit.ng’s Editor-in-Chief Rahaman Abiola to join its Africa Advisory Council Board.
January:
Legit.ng honoured top business figures in Nigeria in terms of its Business Leaders Awards 2024.
2023
Legit.ng was listed among Nigeria’s top ten most visited online news platforms under the news and current affairs category, which grossed a cumulative traffic volume of 250.6 million between August and October 2023.
Legit.ng's media literacy campaign recognized world’s best trust initiative at WAN-IFRA Awards 2023
Legit.ng is recognised as one of the most popular online news publishers by weekly online reach in Nigeria, in the Digital News Report 2023 published by The Reuters Institute of Journalism.
Legit.ng website wins in the category ‘Best Trust Initiative’ at the Digital Media Awards Africa 2023 for its Media Literacy Campaign
2022
The launch of Legit.ng news media literacy campaign in collaboration with top Nigerian celebrities, including Aproko Doctor, Teminikan, Tochi Oke, Tega Dominic, Chizzy Official, Kayvee, and others.
The start of the local journalism project to connect the reporters representing all the 36 states and the FCT on NAIJ.com.
Mar 17
The launch of missing person initiative, which makes our platform and multimillion audience available for free in case of need.
2016
Feb 11
The rollout of the first Facebook instant articles in Nigeria.
Nov
Records 62.5M visits and 228.5M page views on the web version, which became the most successful month for the project so far.
2015
The launch of a news section in the Hausa language.
2014
The release of an Android mobile app that soon becomes №1 in its category in Nigeria and is featured by Google Play Market. The app hit 500,000 installs in 10 months. All-time number of installs is now getting close to 5M.
2013
NAIJ.com Facebook page the first in Nigeria reaches 1,000,000 likes (in the news & media category).
