Legit.ng

Legit.ng
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish, Hausa
Founded2012
Headquarters
Lagos
,
Nigeria
URLwww.legit.ng
Current statusActive

Legit.ng (formerly known as Naij.com) is a Nigerian news website. It is based in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.[1] The website publishes news about Nigeria in English and Hausa. It was started in 2012 and changed its name to Legit.ng in October 2018.[2]In 2018, it was ranked as the number one news and entertainment platform in Nigeria by Alexa Internet, and the seventh most visited website in the country overall.[3]In July 2021, Legit.ng was named the Best News Website in Africa at the WAN-IFRA Africa Digital Media Awards.[4]

History

The website was started in 2012 under the name Naij.com. In May 2015, it opened a second office in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.

In May 2014, Legit.ng released an app for Android phones. The app reached 500,000 downloads within 10 months of its release.[5]In August 2015, the website added a news section in the Hausa language.[6]In February 2019, Legit.ng was one of 87 news organisations chosen across 28 countries to receive money from Google News Initiative.[7]In August 2019, a reporter from Legit.ng won an award from UNESCO for reporting on migration.[8]In October 2022, Legit.ng was ranked as the number one Facebook news publisher in the world, according to the NewsWhip ranking.[9]In June 2023, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism named Legit.ng as one of the most widely read online news publishers in Nigeria by weekly reach.[10]In July 2023, Legit.ng won the award for the world's most trusted media project at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards, for its media literacy work.[11]In October 2023, Legit.ng won Best Online News Medium of the Year at the Nigeria Media Nite-out Award.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Okuku, Mitchelle (24 October 2018). "NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng". Legit.ng. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "The biggest Nigeria publisher NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng". Nigerian Tribune. 18 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Top Sites in Nigeria". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "2021 Africa Digital Media Awards: Nigerian Legit.ng emerges as best news website". Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Ukwu, Jerrywright (30 March 2015). "History! Naij.com Is The First Nigerian App To Reach 500,000 Downloads". Legit.ng.
  6. ↑ "Naij.com Launches Hausa News Portal". Nigerian Bulletin. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Case study - Legit" (PDF). Google News Initiative. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Legit tv correspondent wins big at UNESCO national contest". Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Nicholson, Benedict (10 November 2022). "Legit surges to the top of our Facebook publisher rankings in October 2022". Newswhip. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Digital News Report 2023". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Herger, Christin (28 June 2023). "WAN-IFRA honours the world's top digital media projects". WAN-IFRA. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Tomosori, Oluwaseyi (30 October 2023). ""We won't stop": Legit.ng clinches awards at Nigeria Media Nite-Out". Legit.ng.
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