Top News Websites in Nigeria
The top 10 most visited news websites in Nigeria by Ahrefs organic search traffic estimates. Updated monthly.
February 2026
| Rank | Website | Search traffic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bbc.com |
6.2M
+459K
|
+459K | |
| 2 | ↑1 | newsnow.com |
1.2M
+324.7K
|
+324.7K |
| 3 | ↓1 | punchng.com |
1M
+124.3K
|
+124.3K |
| 4 | legit.ng |
773.2K
+28.8K
|
+28.8K | |
| 5 | dailypost.ng |
555K
-22.8K
|
-22.8K | |
| 6 | yahoo.com |
506.3K
+14.8K
|
+14.8K | |
| 7 | ↑3 | vanguardngr.com |
416.4K
+132.6K
|
+132.6K |
| 8 | ↑1 | standard.co.uk |
407.4K
+112.2K
|
+112.2K |
| 9 | ↓2 | theguardian.com |
390.6K
-27.3K
|
-27.3K |
| 10 | ↓2 | aljazeera.com |
318.6K
-39.2K
|
-39.2K |
Top Trending Websites
Websites that changed positions within the top 100 rankings in February 2026.
Trending up
↑3
#2
newsnow.com
↑1
↑1
#1
bbc.com
#4
legit.ng
#5
dailypost.ng
#6
yahoo.com
#3
punchng.com
↑1
↑2
#10
aljazeera.com
↑2
Trending down
↓2
#10
aljazeera.com
↓2
#3
punchng.com
↓1
#1
bbc.com
#4
legit.ng
#5
dailypost.ng
#6
yahoo.com
#2
newsnow.com
↓1
↓1
↓3