Today I bring to you the list containing the most followed Nigerian celebrities on Instagram, beginning from #10.
Note, their followers grow every other minute.
The list reveals the names of celebrities, their current numbers of followers, the number of people they are following, their occupation and their total number of posts.
10. Mercy Johnson Okojie
The veteran actress is mostly remembered for her role in the popular nollywood movie; ’dumebi’. She currently has over 9million Instagram followers. She opens our list.
Current followers: 9.1million
Following: 149
Total post: 826
Occupation: Actress
9. Ayo Makun
Popularly known as AY, a comedian, actor and movie producer, AY’s journey to the top is very similar to the common phrase: ’jack of all trade’. He’s success in the entertainment industry in Nigeria and beyond speaks volume of why he’s on this list, no wonder he still boosts of one of Africa’s best comedy shows, AY LIVE.
Current followers: 9.5million
Following: 7412
Post: 7932
Occupation: comedian & movie producer.
8. Don Jazzy
Micheal Collins Ajereh, popularly known as don jazzy, leader of the Marvin crew. His huge influence in the Nigerian music industry cannot be overlooked, he has also manager to stay very consistent over the years. Don Jazzy is the eighth most followed Nigerian celebrity on our list today.
Followers: 9.6million
Following: 6745
Post: 428
Occupation: Music Producer & Marvin CEO
7. Peter Okoye
Formerly of the now defunct music group ’psquare’, arguably the biggest music group Africa has ever seen. Peter is a pure entertainer to the core, his talents is not just in music but also in dance. He’s stage performances are to die for, ladies you just have to attend his next concert to know what I mean. Peter Okoye is our seventh most followed Nigerian celebrity on Instagram.
Followers: 9.6million
Following: 6893
Post: 6671
Occupation: Musician & Business man.
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6. Ini Edo
The goddess of nollywood screens, can’t seem to remember a bad movie with Ini in it, it’s no bluff Ini knows are craft so well and her talent in the industry has not gone unnoticed hence her huge followers on Instagram, her fans are in millions. Ini Edo is our sixth most followed celebrity in Instagram.
Followers: 10.3million
Following: 570
Posts: 1621
Occupation: Actress
5 Wizkid
Star boy Star boy! The goat of our time, Ayo Balogun aka Wizkid needs no formal introduction, his followers are known as wizkidfc, sounds like a football club yeah? Lol… WizKid’s achievements are endless but top on that list will be the fact that this young man has inspired a lot of other amazing young Nigerian artists to achieve their dreams. He is our fifth most-followed Nigerian celebrity on Instagram.
Followers: 11.2million
Following: 983
Posts: 83
Occupation: Musician
4 Funke Akindele Bello
Popularly known as Jenifer in her hugely successful Nollywood project; ’Jenifer’. Everyone loves Jenifer! No wonder she has 11.5m followers on Instagram, I’m sure mama isn’t satisfied yet though, maybe home responsibility is slowing her pace, we understand but Jenifer please remember our target is 90m followers else we won’t watch your show again. Laughs**
Followers: 11.5million
Following: 2313
Posts: 1449
Occupation: Actress
3 Tiwa Savage
Mummy jam jam, we thought Celia was the juju we needed to take over Instagram. Guessing there’s more work to be done. Notwithstanding, 11.8m followers is an amazing number as well. Tiwa’s consistency has been key to this and we can only see her break more grounds.
Followers: 11.8million
Following: 1044
Posts: 377
Occupation: Musician
2 Yemi Alade
Mama Africa, steady giving us jams and making us proud across the globe. 12.2m followers doesn’t just come like that, but there’s more ground to cover we believe. You will agree with us that she has been conquering her rivals both locally and internationally, we can only expect more. Yemi is our second most followed Nigerian celebrity in Instagram.
Followers: 12.2million
Following: 533
Posts: 5991
Occupation: Musician
1 Davido
Followers don’t sleep here, everything about Davido is just super active. His numbers just keep increasing even though we know it’s because he wants to be the next Michael Jackson because the way this guy is going we don’t think baba sleeps at all. David Adeleke there’s nothing new to say about this young hardworking and fun guy, the only thing we await is probably a grammy. And our number one on the list goes to Davido who tops the list of most followed Nigerian celebrities on Instagram.
Followers: 17.7million
Following: 62
Posts: 4191
Occupation: Musician
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