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605 journalists in Nigeria (September 2026)

605 journalists are on file in Nigeria, 0.5% of the 127,602 on file. 276 are reporters and 202 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

605 Journalists on file
276 Reporters
202 Editors
0.73 Editors per reporter

Nigeria has 0.73 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Nigeria
Reporters 276 45.6%
Editors 202 33.4%
Correspondents 56 9.3%
Anchors and presenters 33 5.5%
Other editorial 18 3.0%
Columnists 8 1.3%
News producers 7 1.2%
Critics and reviewers 5 0.8%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

191 of the 605 journalists on file in Nigeria carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Entertainment 21 11.0%
Culture and arts 20 10.5%
Business 19 9.9%
Sports 17 8.9%
Technology 14 7.3%
Politics 12 6.3%
Finance and markets 12 6.3%
Foreign affairs 11 5.8%
Investigative 10 5.2%
Economics 8 4.2%
Crypto 8 4.2%
Fashion 7 3.7%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Nigeria

OutletTypeJournalists in NigeriaAll journalists on file
BBC Broadcasters 51 3,935
Legit.Ng Online outlets 33 36
The Wright State Guardian Online outlets 28 86
The Nation Magazines 26 103
Radio France Internationale Broadcasters 18 150
The Sun Newspapers 16 275
Arise News Broadcasters 14 15
SuperSport Broadcasters 13 116
The Sun Newspaper Newspapers 12 21
AFP Wire agencies 11 865
Deutsche Welle Broadcasters 10 732
Media General Broadcasters 10 231
Techpoint Africa Online outlets 9 9
Opera Newspapers 8 43
Sahara Reporters Media Group Wire agencies 8 8
Newswatch TV Broadcasters 7 12
Sun Newspapers Newspapers 7 17
The Guardian Newspapers 7 718
The Guardian Newspaper Newspapers 7 11
The Union Newspaper Newspapers 7 17

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Nigeria, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 605 journalists in Nigeria, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/nigeria/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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