BellaNaija

BellaNaija is a Nigerian online magazine and blog that focuses on news, entertainment, fashion, lifestyle and other media contents aimed at Pan-African and Nigerian audiences. It was founded by Uche Eze in 2006.

BellaNaija

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Type of site	Fashion lifestyle entertainment
Available in	English
Founder(s)	Uche Eze
Parent	Bainstone Limited
Founded	July 2006
Launched	2 June 2006
Headquarters	Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Website	BellaNaija.com
Alexa rank	5,248 (17 July 2015)
Advertising	Yes
Registration	Optional
Current status	Active
Written in	Text/HTML

History

BellaNaija was founded in 2006 by Uche Eze as a time-filling hobby. She started blogging shortly after her graduation from Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada by posting scanned magazine articles, pictures and interviews of Nigeria fashion personalities. She continued this under a disguised identity until she began to have over a million hits every month, and then she decided to unveil herself to the public.

Did You Know?

In 2013, BellaNaija was ranked 4th in AfricaRanking's "Top 10 African Entertainment Websites".

Awards

Year	Event	Prize	Result
2010	Fashion Communication Awards	Outstanding Contribution to Fashion	Won
2011	Event Coverage Online Awards	Best Event Coverage Online Award	Won
2012	Event Coverage Online Awards	Best Event Coverage Online Award	Won