Private company
Nairaland
Logo: Seun Osewa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Nigerian website
Nairaland is a Nigerian English-language news website. Founded by Nigerian entrepreneur Seun Osewa on October 20, 2011, it is targeted primarily at Nigerian domestic residents and is the 5th most visited website in Nigeria. It currently has over 5.9 million users with over 7.3 million topics created to date, and it is estimated that approximately 5% of Nigerian Internet users are registered on Nairaland, compared to Feedcover or Facebook's 11 million Nigerian users, which corresponds to approximately 20% of the local Internet population.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersOgun State1
- Websitewww.nairaland.com
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Nairaland is a Nigerian English-language news website. Founded by Nigerian entrepreneur Seun Osewa on October 20, 2011, it is targeted primarily at Nigerian domestic residents and is the 5th most visited website in Nigeria.2
Leadership
Who has led Nairaland, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Chief executive
- Chief executive officerSeun Osewa 2005 to now1
Products and brands
- Internet forum
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
From Wikidata.1
Controversies and legal
Incidents
2014 4chan prank
During the Ebola virus epidemic, trolls from 4chan registered on Nairaland in 2014 to propagate false claims that Americans and Europeans were spreading the Ebola virus in magical rituals through worship of 4chan's "Ebola-chan" meme (an anime personification of the Ebola virus).
2014 down period
On June 22, 2014, following a successful hacking attempt, Nairaland went offline briefly. The hackers were able to gain access to, and wipe the contents of, the website's host server and backup. Three days later, it was back online after some data had been recovered from a remote backup. However, user posts and registration between January 10, 2014, and June 22, 2014, was lost. Users with lost accounts were required to re-register.
QAnon conspiracy theory
In August 2020, The Daily Beast reported that some users on Nairaland were promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Ethnic Bigotry
Nairaland has faced criticism for hosting content and fostering communities promoting ethnic bigotry. Although the platform has implemented policies against hate speech and discrimination, concerns remain about the prevalence of ethnic slurs, stereotypes, and inflammatory rhetoric targeting various Nigerian ethnic groups. This has led to the erosion of members from Nairaland to other social networks like Facebook, Nelogram and Twitter that have strict rules against abuse and hate speech.
2023 Site host shutdown
The Nairaland website was temporarily shut down on the 18th of December, 2023 by its server host.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nairaland, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.nairaland.com1
- WikipediaNairaland
- WikidataQ6959743
Sources
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- 1WikidataNairaland on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNairaland on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsNairaland logo by Seun Osewa, Public domain
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