Legit.ng's Press Office Section
Welcome to our Press Section, where we bring you news and updates about Legit.ng published by other news agencies. In this section, you will find curated articles and stories from reputable news sources highlighting our progress, achievements, and impact in the industry. You can stay informed and up-to-date on everything related to our company and how our colleagues evaluate our work.
Legit.ng's PR team shares key lessons from building a Gen Z-focused fact-checking campaign
Legit.ng’s PR team has shared insigts of creating Gen-Z-oriented content that would inspire young Africans vertify information before sharing it. The most effective strategies were revelead in The Cable, Africa Business Insider, Ripple Nigeria , and INMA blog.
Legit.ng's fact-checking campaign earns wide media praise
Legit.ng’s recent social media-oriented fact-checking campaign gathered significant attention, winning praise across various media outlets in Nigeria. The initiative has been recognised by TechCabal, Tech-Ish ,Media Online , Tech Financials , and Connecting Africa .
Legit.ng showcases revenue growth strategies at Africa Media Revenue Summit
At the Africa Media Revenue Summit, organised by INMA, Julie Arobieke, Legit.ng's Sales team lead, shared perspectives how the platform uses insights about Africa’s mobile-first audiences to grow revenue, create new ad formats, and keep the user experience smooth.
Legit.ng ranked among Nigeria’s most-visited websites in 2025
Legit.ng has been ranked the 6th among the top 15 most-visited websites in Nigeria, according to the Nigerian media outlet Pulse.ng
Mariia Bohdanovska, PR Manager of Legit (Legit.ng’s parent company) shared insights on Gen Z content preferences, highlighting the power of personal stories and socially driven narratives across Africa.
In her INMA blog post , she explains that Gen Z readers in countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa gravitate toward authentic, relatable stories with strong social relevance, shaping how media houses must approach content.
The achievement, honouring Legit.ng’s Hausa AI News project, has received wide coverage across Nigerian and pan-African media outlets.
''Hausa AI News: amplifying indigenous voices with technology'' project has been widely covered across media outlets. Among the publications are articles on Bignewsnetwork and Media Online.
Legit.ng Wins WAN-IFRA 2025 Award for Best Use of AI in the Newsroom
Newsroom WAN-IFRA, the world’s largest trade organisation for news publishers, recognised Legit.ng’s Hausa project for leveraging artificial intelligence to broaden indigenous-language reporting, improve newsroom efficiency, and strengthen audience engagement while keeping journalists central to the process.
Legit.ng's Head of politics shares insights on the best ways of protest coverage and context-driven storytelling
Nurudeen Lawal, Head of Politics and Current Affairs at Legit.ng, offered insights in INMA blog on how to cover protest movements providing context, presenting multiple perspectives, and highlighting the root causes of the unrest.
Digital transformation in action: INMA recognises Legit.ng's audience-centric innovation
INMA admitted and commended Legit.ng for its strategic digital transformation, based on originality in content to adapt to changing audience behaviours.
Legit.ng’s approach to AI-driven yet human-centered political reporting is praised by the media
The Media Online highlighted Legit.ng’s balanced use of AI in political reporting, which combines data analysis with human judgment for nuanced coverage.
INMA highlights Legit.ng's approach to promoting press freedom in Nigeria
International News Media Association recognised Legit.ng for navigating regulatory challenges while championing press freedom and amplifying underrepresented voices across Nigeria.
Legit.ng's PR team shares views on how AI is shaping content strategies and enhancing fact-checking
In INMA’s blog, Legit.ng shared how the newsroom works with AI to enhance content recommendations and fact-checking, streamlining editorial workflows and ensuring real-time accuracy.
Legit.ng conducts media literacy effort to combat disinformation and shares experience in INMA blog
Legit.ng’s media literacy project equips young audiences with skills to identify misinformation, promoting critical thinking in a digital age.
Legit.ng, Tuko.co.ke share tech strategies for growing audience engagement
INMA, in its blog, published a summary of the webinar “Harnessing Technology to Grow Audience Reach and Engagement” by Rahaman Abiola, Legit.ng’s Editor-in-Chief, and Jacob Otieno, Managing Editor at Tuko.co.ke.
Reasons and perspectives of media's funding crisis: Rahaman Abiola on why newsrooms struggle while tech thrives
A pan-African media The Media Online included the article of Legit.ng’s Editor-in-Chief, Rahaman Abiola, in its yearly magazine “The Media Yearbook 2024.”
Legit.ng's Editor-in-Chief Rahaman Abiola offers perspectives on citizen journalism in Nigeria
One of the leading business media in Nigeria, Business Day, featured the article of Rahaman Abiola where he discussed the pros and cons of citizen journalism.
Legit.ng’s PR Manager, Oluwaseyi Tomosori, contemplates on gender imbalance in newsrooms in a prominent business media article.
Business Day, a Nigerian business media, shared the article of Legit.ng’s PR Manager, Oluwaseyi Tomosori, where she highlighted the issue of gender imbalance within newsrooms.
Legit.ng's Editor-in-Chief Rahaman Abiola provides his takes on the speed of AI adoption by newsrooms in Nigeria
The Media Online, a pan-African media that focuses on the news from the media industry, published Rahaman’s Abiola contemplations on the slow adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa's media industry.
Legit.ng’s Editor-in-Chief shares strategies for prioritising the business of news
The INMA blog featured Rahaman Abiola, Legit.ng’s Editor-in-Chief, with his case study “Bringing the newsroom into the business of news”.
How to boost your newsroom’s growth on TikTok – experience of Legit
The Fix interviewed Anna Krokhmaliuk, Media Project Manager at Legit (Legit.ng's parent company), and distilled key insights and lessons from the company’s approach to TikTok.
Legit’s manager opens up about the company’s first experience in approaching Threads
Media Project Manager at Legit, Lesia Kozachevska, shared her expert insights with The Fix on how the media company is finding new potential in the social media platform Threads.
Legit.ng becomes the only Nigerian brand to win on WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Africa 2023
Bizzcommunity highlights Legit.ng’s win of Best Trust Initiative for its Legit.ng's Media Literacy Campaign.
Legit.ng holds Media Literacy Webinar for journalism students and media enthusiasts
In February 2023, This Day reported that Legit.ng would be hosting Nigerian youths to a free webinar on media literacy, ethical reporting, and fact-checking as the Nigerian elections drew closer.
Legit.ng surges to the top of Facebook publishers' ranking list to become No.1 global publisher
In November 2022, real-time media monitoring platform, NewsWhip reported that Nigeria’s digital media company, Legit.ng had leapt up the list of global Facebook Web Publishers to claim the number one Facebook publisher in the world for the first time.
How CEO of Legit (ex-GMEM) manages a remote team of workers across the world
An article published by The Fix in September 2022 conveyed the leadership prowess of Legit’s co-CEO, Yelena Boginskaya, and how she successfully manages a team of over 250 remote workers worldwide.
Legit.ng and WARIF partner to provide support for domestic abuse survivors
Legit.ng partnered with the Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) in September 2022, to raise awareness about domestic abuse, provide survivors with access to resources, and help them get back on their feet.
Nigeria’s top-tier daily, Vanguard Newspaper, published a news report on Legit.ng’s donation to WARIF to provide survivors of gender-based violence with proper medical care.
ID Africa confirms Legit.ng as partner for 9th edition of NECLive
On April 3, 2022, TheNETng announced Legit.ng as an official partner of its ninth edition of West Africa’s biggest and longest-running entertainment conference NECLive.
Facebook recognises Legit.ng’s parent company for the use of Instant Articles
In July 2021, Facebook recognised Legit.ng’s parent company, Legit (ex-GMEM), for honing its Instant Articles strategy through its news companies in Nigeria (Legit.ng), Kenya (TUKO.co.ke), Ghana (YEN.com.gh), and South Africa (Briefly News) to save users’ time and improve the reading experience.
22 media innovators selected for the second GNI challenge in Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey
In July 2021, Tech City reported that Google had announced the names of 22 media innovators set to receive $2.1 million funding through the second Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge for Africa, the Middle East and Turkey.
In Vanguard and The Nation reports, Legit.ng was said to have been selected for ReCo, a solution that improves internet user experience by making content recommendations based on user preferences on their home page and within articles.
Legit.ng among 227 recipients of Google News Initiative
In July 2021, Google reported that Legit.ng would be among the 227 recipients of its news initiative launched to fund projects that inject new ideas into the industry. Legit.ng was recognised for its game-changing content technology - ReCo, which it leverages to improve user experience by making recommendations based on users’ preferences on the home page and within articles.
Legit.ng wins Best News Website/Mobile Service Award Category at the 2021 Annual African Digital Media Awards
In July 2021, WAN-IFRA reported that Legit.ng won the best digital category - Best News Website or Mobile Service Award at its 2021 Annual African Digital Awards on account of its technical prowess and user accessibility.
Nigeria's biggest publisher, NAIJ.com, upgrades to Legit.ng
Nigeria’s newspaper, Tribune, reported on October 18, 2018, that NAIJ.com had rebranded to Legit.ng to become even better for existing readers and attract new audiences.
HuffPost applauds Legit.ng for leveraging data utilisation to become one of Nigeria’s leading news sites
In July 2018, the Managing Director of Digital Media Group and HuffPost contributor, Sam Davtyan, applauded the efforts of organisation’s media project in Nigeria (Legit.ng) in leveraging data utilisation to become one of Nigeria’s leading news sites.
How the most popular Nigerian website makes money
In 2017, Techpoint listed Legit.ng, formerly called NAIJ.com, as the most visited Nigerian website by audience (according to Alexa ranking). Techpoint founder Muyiwa Matuluko mentioned that they analysed what Legit.ng does to stay afloat.
Facebook reports Legit.ng’s strategic use of Audience Network
In 2017, Facebook published a success story highlighting how Legit.ng leveraged the power of Audience Network in growing their business and improving the lives of Nigerians.
