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Nigerian Celebrities Lead Nigerians on Twitter

06 April 10

We intend to make sense from Nigerian social media usage and we start this month to analyze social media use of Nigerians. The task is cumbersome but with our commitment we will get to bring more Nigerian stats online.

Nigerians Celebrities on Twitter

It's good to note that twitter usage is on the rise in Nigeria. With twitter's flexibility, it's given people opportunity to get connected to the platform. Celebs under our studies are the ones based in Nigeria and have more than 200 followers or tweets. Most Nigeria celebs in our study;

Most use their Blackberry mobiles to tweet
Ubertwitter is popular amongst the celebs
Celebs are high-connected to each others on twitter
They get connected with fans on the platform
Shares their location, plans and feelings each day
Celebs are getting more involved in social movement in the country (LightupNigeria, EnoughisEnough etc)
Tegamohits, is the most active celebrity in terms of updates
Faze is the least active celeb on twitter.

Rank	Username	Full Name	Twitter Follower	Twitter followed	Total Tweets	World rank	Joined
1	Bankyw	Bankola Wellington	4807	175	4940	35,100	19-May-09
2	iamdbanj	D'banj	4736	342	162	35,501	30-Jun-09
3	MI_Abaga	MI Abaga	4300	224	2050	38,331	24-Jun-09
4	wandecoal	Wande Coal	4186	459	576	39,162	30-Apr-09
5	DONJAZZYMOHITS	Michael Collins	4129	359	9084	39,599	4-Jul-09
6	NaetoC	NaetoC	3996	110	639	40,720	13-Mar-09
7	eLDeethedon	eLDee	3526	284	6690	44,984	6-Jun-09
8	ritaUdominic	rita Dominic	2682	185	3221	56,119	25-May-09
9	Nnekaworld	Nneka	2618	594	122	57,202	22-May-09
10	saucekibaba	Sauce Kid	2597	94	7678	57,546	2-Nov-09
11	ikechukwuKillz	Ikechukwu	2585	312	1766	57,786	1-Jun-09
12	Soundsultan	Sound Sultan	2582	279	5350	57,839	14-Apr-09
13	darey	Darey Art Alade	2548	174	3732	58,463	21-Feb-09
14	Ruggedybaba	Michael Stephens	2058	445	9270	69,781	31-Jul-09
15	Djinee	Djinee	1886	193	5694	75,100	11-Jul-09
16	kelonline	Kel	1794	238	12584	78,631	16-Mar-09
17	omawumi	Omawumi	1513	90	873	92,874	17-Mar-09
18	Iceprincezamani		1509	185	5994	93,123	11-Feb-09
19	jessejagz	Jesse Jagz	1393	39	97	100,439	10-Jun-09
20	dprincemohits	Da Prince	1347	91	2316	103,686	30-Jun-09
21	Modenine		1,344	297	2455	103894	apr 23 2009
22	therealdrsid	Dr SID	1304	244	1223	106,936	11-Jun-09
23	toptosyn	Tyson Bucknor	1199	312	10857	115,533	29-Apr-09
24	PeterPsquare	Peter Okoye	1068	19	62	128,489	13-Jun-09
25	Dagrinfimile	Dagrin	991	64	387	137,058	11-Jan-10
26	deejayneptune	DJ Neptune	970	195	1571	139,566	16-Mar-09
27	na2baba	Tuface	947	33	10	142,321	5-Nov-09
28	Tegamohits	Tega	926	407	21649	144,997	17-May-09
29	Firstladyspeaks	Sasha Pee	740	166	1834	174,139	6-Nov-09
30	rooftopmcs	RooftopMCs	664	141	1045	189,722	26-Apr-09
31	Olu_Maintain12	Olu Maintain	657	101	202	191,269	3-Nov-09
32	segundemuren	Segun Demurin	635	107	3400	196,462	28-Mar-09
33	djjimmyjatt	Jimmy Jatt	608	247	81	203,138	3-Apr-09
34	dakolotimi	Timi Dakolo	505	157	841	234,578	1-Aug-09
35	alibabagcfr	Ali Baba	457	153	394	252,566	11-Mar-09
36	DJZEEZ	DJ ZEEZ	452	55	346	254,680	22-Nov-09
37	ComedyJedi	Jedi	349	109	1535	307,989	3-Jul-09
38	Sokleva	Sokelva Huges	339	373	2392	314,503	6-Jul-09
39	gtdaguitarman	Guitarman	310	45	581	335,301	8-Oct-09
40	uchejombo	Uche Jumbo	274	51	63	365,369	20-Aug-09
41	ObioraObiwon	ObioraObiwon	232	172	137	409,529	apr 22 2009
42	fazeoji	Faze Oji	209	42	2	438,864	27-Sep-09
43	doktafrabz		177	89	61	488,290	3-Nov-09
44	fivemics	5 Mics	155	386	1712	530,519	20-May-09
45	gbengaadeyinka	Gbenga Adeyinka	103	21	321	669,967	22-Aug-09
46	kunleafolayan	Kunle Afolayan	88	3	3	725,160	21-Sep-09
47	obiasika	obiasika	752	150	182		apr 9 2009