Private company
Legit.ng
Logo: AlexWillsons, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
Nigerian digital news platform
Legit.ng (formerly Naij.com), also known as Legit News, is a Nigerian digital media and news platform run by Naij.com Media Limited, part of Legit (ex-GMEM). It was ranked as the #1 news and entertainment platform and the seventh overall most visited website in Nigeria by Alexa Internet in 2018.2 It employed 60 people in 2023.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrynews1
- HeadquartersLagos1
- Websitees.legit.ng
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Legit.ng (formerly Naij.com), also known as Legit News, is a Nigerian digital media and news platform run by Naij.com Media Limited, part of Legit (ex-GMEM). It was ranked as the #1 news and entertainment platform and the seventh overall most visited website in Nigeria by Alexa Internet in 2018.2
Corporate structure
Legit.ng sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Legit.ng Lagos
- Briefly.co.za Subsidiary
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
From Wikidata.1
Employees over time
- 2023601
Timeline
- 2012Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitees.legit.ng1
- Websitefr.legit.ng1
- X (Twitter)x.com/legitngnews1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/legitngnews1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/hausalegitng1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCwd8fNhb8OPLPSNELSys9pg1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/legit-ng1
- WikipediaLegit.ng
- WikidataQ22080463
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataLegit.ng on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaLegit.ng on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsLegit.ng logo by AlexWillsons, CC BY-SA 4.0