outstanding facebook nigerian fanpages on facebook

the number of people using facebook in nigeria has grown over the past few months. at least the number have increased from 3124100 users to 3 529 980 though Penetration of population remains at 2.32%. as a continuation of our article on facebook nigerian fan page, we are bringing you 3 more popular and outstanding fan pages which are " fan page Nigeria, with 175,049 fans and Mtv base with 83,780 fans

Nigeria, with 196,696 fans

God bless our wonderful country.the name nigeria speak for itself. to get more update on naija or if you wish to follow Nigerians in celebrating our country on facebook, visit our fan page here.

Mtv base with 83,780

the highest music television station covering music in different conntries. If it's Music, we've got it. Hook yourself up with the World's Biggest Music Television Channel for the freshest singles, celeb news & stand a chance to win invites to exclusive MtvBase Parties. also follow MTV to vote on video award 2011. visit their fan page here

Nigerian facebook users statistics

Nigeria Facebook Statistics

FacebookNigeria is proud to bring you Facebook statistics of nigerian users. We provide you with Facebook statistics covering Facebook users in nigeria, Nigeria Facebook pages, Nigerian Facebook groups as well as Facebook advertising prices for the Nigerian audience. Here is a summary of the statistics.

General info

Worldwide Facebook Users : 689 320 340

Top five countries in the world

United States: 149 352 140

Indonesia: 37 865 680

United Kingdom: 29 499 240

Turkey: 28 897 540

India: 26 624 620


Users in Africa: 29 244 640

Top five countries in Africa

Egypt: 7 354 480

South Africa: 3 836 000

Morocco: 3 491 660

Nigeria: 3 124 100

Tunisia: 2 545 100

Total Facebook Users in Nigeria: 3 124 100

Penetration of population: 2.05%

Position in Africa: 4th position

Average Cost Per Click (CPC): $0.78

Average Cost Per Impression (CPM): $0.33

Male/female ration in Nigeria

There are more Nigerian male users than female users in Nigeria

User age distribution on Facebook

The age group that use Facebook the most are 25-34 with 37% and 18-24 with 36% users.

Top Nigerian brands on Facebook
Sprite- 3,606,696 Fans
Big brother Africa- 461,996 Fans
THE BEAT 99.9FM -333,796 Fans
Nigeria- 175,049 Fans
GTBank-171 926 Fans
Always Nigeria-114 915 Fans
Mtv Base Nigeria- - 84 099 Fans
SuperSport.com- 65,037 Fans

Top Nigerian politicians
Pat Utomi 156,459 Fans
Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) 145,119
Goodluck jonathan 17,892 Fans

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Top nigerian facebook brands pages.

Over the past 2-3 years, Social media has gained a wide coverage both online and from traditional media. with Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Delicious and thousands of other social networking websites available for Nigerians to join, it becomes particularly difficult for any company to avoid using social networking sites like facebook to further their business campaigns. Social networking websites help people from all over Nigeria and the world to communicate with little time interval.

While Facebook group has become a great way to keep discussion flowing, Facebook fan pages has become one of the best and easy way to announce your news and make your fans first to know about your company or your blog. With You can reach thousands of your fans in a few minutes and interact with them. Many big brands in Nigeria are now using facebook fan page to keep in touch with their fans and give out important news update. Some big organizations in Nigeria are yet to have a Facebook fan page and even those that have, theirs was poorly branded. Here are top Nigerian brand names with Facebook fan page.

Top of the list is Sprite- 3,606,696 Fans click here to see their fan page

Big Brother Africa- 461,996 Fans Second on the list is big brother Africa. We all love the show. No doubt they are most likely to top the list someday. fan page here

THE BEAT 99.9FM -333,796 Fans
Third on the list is THE BEAT a radio station in lagos, they have the audience, they should have the fans. see their fan page here

Nigeria 175,049 Fans
4th on the list is Nigeria. I don’t exactly know how owns this page. However, the name Nigeria should be a winner. see fan page here

GTBank-171 926 Fans
One of Nigeria’s fast growing and reliable banks. It was no surprise that a lot of nigeria’s facebook users like them. They came second on the list.see fan page here

Always Nigeria-114 915 Fans
As the name implies, they are always in Nigeria. fan page here

A Beginners Guide to facebook ads in Nigeria

Facebook Ads for Business: A Beginners Guide

If you want to grow your online business or you want to build your brand, Facebook is the ideal place to go to and you can have grand opportunities, with the popularity that Facebook has and the hundreds of thousands of users in this site.

The Facebook advertising platform can give many opportunities for new web marketers.
If you are new with Facebook advertising there is a beginner's guide where you can make use of. Some of the things in this guide are the following:

You will be introduced to Facebook where you will have an introduction of the "what", "why", "how", and other things related to this social site. The introductory phase you will complete will give you a grasp about why the potential to grow your business is so huge.

You will be introduced to Facebook advertising and see what these ads are. You will also understand why other marketers are also on this social networking site.

You will learn and have an understanding on why you have to use Facebook ads. You will learn that this unique advertising system is an efficient method of targeting a specific demographic or a particular group of individuals who may have a particular liking for your products.

You will also learn that the Facebook system picks up information from its users profile which you can make as your targeting criteria for prospective customers. Facebook advertising means that only the people in your niche field will only be the people to see your ads.

Creating an ad on Facebook is easy to do and you will learn it from these guidelines. With some information that you need and providing also what demographics you want, you can easily create your ads.

You will be asked to provide the URL link that you want your prospects to go to after they click on your ads. This can be your fan page, business update page, or other customized landing pages that you want to.

You will then be asked what demographics you want to target. This information can be taken from users profiles and you just need to input the details, like if you want to target gender, age, education, interests, location and other things.

You will also learn that Facebook ads are not expensive. These ads are comparatively less in cost than the other online advertising methods, in relation to its cost per impression (CPM) or cost per click (CPC) advertising schemes. The average CPC for Nigerians is $0.78 while the average CPM is $0.33

With this guide you will know for yourself if using Facebook ads can give you great opportunities to grow and improve your business and if it is really worth the efforts. You will also have an understanding of how unique the way of targeting people can be an effective way and how it can gain access to the thousands of users in this social networking site. for thanks to our contributor

FACEBOOK VS ORKUT

FACEBOOK VS GOOGLE’S ORKUT
I was surprised to find out that almost 50% of 20-40 age in Nigeria have being involved with one social media or the other. And no doubt, that sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Orkut and Linked In are very popular in Nigeria today. Partly because they are major Social Media site with high traffic and in demand.
Social Media is now the number 1 activity on the web - yes that's right, it is bigger than traditional advertising. donanza home base business report held that social networking sites has now grown more than tradition search engines like yahoo, msn and google. According to this report, In 2010, Social Media Marketing projects have grown by 67%, compared to 2009.

"This shift towards Social Marketing indicates that businesses believe that the potential value of social marketing is higher than any other online marketing channel", said Liran Kotzer, CEO of DoNanza. "I believe there are many reasons for this: first, the huge number of people spending their time on social environments such as Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, and the fact that social networks are here to stay and people are learning how to use them for business. In addition, many social media campaigns are more visible and easier to measure and understand than some of the methods used for in search engine marketing.

Facebook is perhaps the largest social marketing site in Nigeria today. With a total of about 3 million users, it’s no surprise that many Nigerian businesses are now using Facebook as an advertisement avenue. There are now more hits on average every day on Facebook than on Google. Enjoy still enjoy the number 1 spot when it comes to using the search engine but when it comes to social networking, Google’s Orkut is by far nowhere near Facebook. even though Orkut worked quite well initially, it started declining when Facebook started reigning.

in Orkut the things visible to you on your homepage are just your profile details and your scrapbook, which contain only the scraps directed towards you. If you had to find out what was going on with other people, you'd have to visit their profiles and check their scrapbooks to see what they're up to. Facebook on the other hand lets you see your friends update and even pictures they update. Facebook is a great way to expose your business to the world and also connect with many Nigerian users.

Google will continue to enjoy the number one spot when it comes to search engine but not social networking. This is just my opinion, Facebook? No one knows how long it will last but for now lets enjoy the experience and achievement of technological advancement.