Wizkid & D’ Banj Lead Nigerian Stars On Twitter

More and more Nigerian entertainment stars are embracing the social media platform, Twitter and while many of them use the service as a public relations tool with a view to boosting their career and image, others use it to cause trouble, diss others or even attack their supposed enemies. But for popular musicians, Wizkid, also known as Ayo Balogun and D’Banj, the one whose parents named Dapo Oyebanjo, they are currently leading the pack of them all. Checks on the social network shows that Wizkid, who tweets via @wizkidayo, has 658, 683 Twitter users subscribing to his tweets, who
are being kept abreast of release of his music singles and albums as well as his itinerary, which include his foreign trips or local travels to perform in one show or the other. Closely following Wizzy Baby is former Don Jazzy protegee, D’Banj, who has tweets via @iamdbanj, with 572, 630 followers on the micro-blogging service. After the successful showing of his “D’Kings Men Live in Concert” in Lagos, he took to social network appreciating those who graced the event. Coming in third is award-winning record producer and singer, Don Jazzy. The CEO and founder of Mavin Records, is famous for creating a buzz on Twitter with the manner he literally shares money on the social service. Tweeting via @DONJAZZY, he has a following of 503, 000. Nigerian R and B artist, Olubankole Wellington, also known as Banky W, is fourth on the log with a following of 457,809, while 2Face Idibia is in the fifth spot. Serial trouble maker and attention seeker, Tonto Dikeh, tweeting @TONTOLET, is 6th closely followed by comedian Basket Mouth, @basket_mouth and actress Uche Jombo, who tweets at @uchejombo.