Gossip mill nigeria
| Logo | |
| Type | News agency |
|---|---|
| Format | Online |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Edo State Nigeria |
| Website | gossipmill.com |
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Gossip Mill Nigeria is an online news agency that covers Nigeria. A frontier news source bringing a huge commitment to offer Nigeria the type of media that will advocate for the people and nudge it on the path of development and social reengineering. The concept was first created on June 5, 2010 before closing down few years later and was relaunched on June 5, 2014, the site reopened at Gossipmill.com.
Based in Edo State Nigeria Gossip Mill Nigeria was first founded in 2010 by Nigerian Blogger and Entrepreneur Somto Monanu [1] . Gossip Mill Nigeria has since been a big success on social media gathering over 980,000 fans on its Facebook fan page alone. Gossip Mill Nigeria is arguably one of the Nigerian websites with the largest Followings or fan base on social media, After Naij.com, Information Nigeria, Sahara Reporters, News24 Nigeria and Talkofnaija its safe to say Gossip Mill Nigeria is the 6th largest news website on social media in Nigeria.[2]
Many have argued that some of the content published by Somto Monanu on Gossip Mill Nigeria are baseless lacking concrete evidence and thereby misleading Nigerians.[3] Over the years Somto Monanu has been accused of been an attention seeker, Osagie Alonge a then journalist of Thenetng wrote a response article to Somto Monanu on an article[4] he wrote about Popular Nigerian Rapper Olamide accusing him and his website of becoming a site for "baseless propaganda" used to peddle lies about Nigerian Celebrities all because of fame and money. Since 2014 Gossip Mill Nigeria has published over 1,000 reports. Both Somto Monanu and the organization have received various threats from individuals whose activities have been revealed on the Gossip Mill Nigeria website.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Somto Monanu Of Gossip Mill Nigeria Buys Dream Car - Now Ghana". NowGhana. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ "Top 10 Most Popular Online News Website In Nigeria - Naijaonpoint". Naijaonpoint. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Osagie Alonge Replies Somto Monanu's Article On Rapper Olamide - Nigerian Entertainment Today". TheNetNG. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Somto Monanu Acuses Rapper Olamide's Gun Man Pose Of Been Satanic - Gossip Mill Nigeria". Gossipmillnigeria. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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