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Interestingly, only one of these Top 10 blogs in the world focuses on entertainment

1. The Huffington Post - Politics

2. Mashable - Tech

3. Engadget - Tech

4. Perez Hilton - Entertainment

5. Gizmodo - Tech

6. Joystiq - Game

7. Retire at 21 - Entrepreneurship

8. Lifehacker - Life

9. Andrew Sullivan - Politics

10. Kotaku - Game



Compared to Nigeria's

(Unofficial, rough)
1, Linda Ikeji - Entertainment

2, Bella Naija - Entertainment

3, Ladun Liaidi - Entertainment

4, Omojuwa - Politics

5, MercyJohnson.com - Entertainment

6, Ynaija - Youth

7, Sahara Reporters - Politics

8, Thenetng - News

9, Notjustok - Music

10, 360nobs - Entertainment

Imagine Huffington Post making $30k (N4.5m) per day, that's about $900k (N135m) per month.

Omho, the owners don hammer o.

And the blog was started in 2005, same year NL was started.

If I make 1m per month from my blog today, I'll quit my 9-5 job immediately and face it full time.

These are guys I'm looking forward to.

World's Top 10 Blogs

http://metro.co.uk/2013/02/11/top-ten-money-making-blogs-huffpo-mashable-perez-hilton-and-more-3400833/

As Metro meets the individuals who quit their day jobs to pursue blogs full-time, here are the 10 blogs making the most money worldwide.

1. The Huffington Post

Frequently ranked the world’s number one blog. It was founded in 2005 by columnist, author and former political wife Arianna Huffington. Daily pay-per-click income: $30,000 (£19,000). http://www.huffingtonpost.com

2. Mashable

A mash-up of social media and entertainment news. The site was founded by Pete Cashmore from his Aberdeen home in 2005 – he was then 19. Makes around $15,000 (£9,500) a day from advertising. http://www.mashable.com

3. Engadget

Covers daily consumer tech and gadget news in a variety of languages. Daily advertising income of around $10,000 (£6,400). http://www.engadet.com

4. Perez Hilton

Self-titled site of celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton (Mario Lavandeira). Hilton started blogging in 2004 ‘because it seemed easy’. Makes around $3,500 (£2,200) daily through advertising. www.perezhilton.com

5. Gizmodo

Consumer tech blog that’s part of the Gawker network. Founded in 2002 by Peter Rojas, who left Gizmodo to co-found Engadget. http://www.gizmodo.com

6. Joystiq

A gaming blog founded in 2004 by Peter Rojas. Makes around $1,700 (£1,100 ) in daily income through CPM (cost per mile) advertising. Now owned by AOL. http://www.joystiq.com

7. Retire at 21

Tips for young entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006 by Michael Dunlop (‘dyslexic college drop-out who conquered the internet’). http://www.retireat21.com

8. Lifehacker

A blog of productivity tricks (or ‘life hacks’), ranging from Viz-style Top Tips (‘Need a creative boost? Try lying down’) to more sober suggestions. Another Gawker site. http://www.lifehacker.com

9. Andrew Sullivan

Influential political blog by British author and commentator (and former editor of The New Republic). Sullivan relaunched the site with a subscription fee. dish.andrewsullivan.com

10. Kotaku

The last Gawker site on our list specialises in all things video games. Headed up by MTV reporter Stephen Totilo, its daily income is around $1,500 (£950). http://www.kotaku.com

[quote author=lord.spiritual]most blog sites in nigeria are all about gossip and entertainment, but elnathanjohn..com (if you remember the 'nigerian god' story) really has this funny and interactive way of passing his messages accross mostly about current political affairs and his dream to become president in 2015 (very hilarious)..and his 'how to series'...really love that blog and would recommend it to everyone.. http://elnathanjohn..com[/quote]Yes, I once bumped into that blog. Very hilarious.

CFCfan:

Linda don hammer be that o. Patience is surely key in venturing into the blogosphere.

Interestingly, she doesn't have half nairaland followership, and she makes more money than Nairaland. See calibre of entities advertising on her blog: GTB, Dangote, Airtel etc. An ad space on her blog, I heard, can be up to 1m.

Kingsley OGBITI: @ Jarus please what s the name of the foreign site please.

Mashable.com - world's second biggest blog.

Cpfinance.com

dayokanu: Can I know if there are any soccer blogs yet in Nigeria especially for European leagues to discuss tactics and not the regular complete Sports nonsense

And Jarus How dem dey hammer from blogs? Cos I see say your cheeks don dey comot nowadays that means say some Gbemu don dey show

O serious iwo bobo yi

Actually, I've not started making money from my blog and I don't expect to make money in the first year. Successful blogs all over the world take time to mature and gather followership.

Ways of making money from blogging include Google adsense programme, selling custom advert slots, selling ebooks, or rendering some services for a premium. However, you need to concentrate on building loyal and substantial followership before thinking of money.

Linda Ikeji is Nigeria's biggest blog and I heard figures that range between 1m-4m as her monthly income from the blog. Big, world class blogs like Huffington Post, Mashable etc earn up to $1m per month (that's 150m naira).

My primary aim is to share information and idea and help others. I'm not thinking of money in the short term. I want to make the blog to career, what Linda Ikeji is to entertainment. But in the long term, if I earn from the blog 80% of what my 8-5 oil and gas job pays me on monthly, I will resign to face the blog full-time.

herboshedhe: Can B.Sc outside lagos apply too sir?

No. HND and OND only.

Dekins88: Can people outside lagos apply sir?

Yes. but the job is in lagos

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http://jarushub.com/2013/06/24/ond-and-hnd-job-opportunity/

Another thing I noticed: far back 1994, to 1998, Nigerians played in top European clubs.

The champions league that is now a big deal, Ajax paraded two Nigerians in UCL final of 1995 (Finidi and Kanu).

Kanu and Finidi were in Ajax, Okocha (Fenerbache), Amokachi (Everton - after being best black player in Belgium twice), Oliseh (Ajax, Juventus), Taribo (Inter, AC Milan), Adepoju (Real Sociedad), etc.

How can things go bad that we don't have players in these top clubs again? And players from Ukraine, MLS, Russia are our key players today, despite the exposure and globalization of today?

I recently bought and watched the clip of Nigeria vs Italy USA 94 second round.

The level of skills displayed by Eagles was amazing. I can't believe it was Nigeria playing. I can't believe we can retrogress this much (well, until these current boys).

It was like an European Champion league final.

It was a pleasure watching Nigeria play at such level.

They lost that game purely by bad luck, the Italians were not better.

timecop28: My bad. Then Ideye is second, two goals short.

But if Ideye wasn't at nations cup (missing up to 4 league matches), he could have scored more though.

ManTiger: Spain: 8 Barcelona players, 2 Real Madrid Player, 1 ManChester City player and 1 Chelsea player.
Nigeria: 1 Chelsea Player, Eyeama and 9 moving objects.
We couldn't have performed better. The different is clear, Spain is different from Catalonia.

Omho, that Catalunya draw deceived us o

nitrogen: Baba, you no suppose do any rating jare.

ABURO, AS Nl OFFICIAL PLAYER RATER, dem go hang me if I no do

timecop28: Check his stats by the way..No penalties, No free kicks..They were all goals from open play.

I still believe in Ideye anyway. He is just having bad days. I believe he has the quality.

timecop28: Dynamo kiev in Ukraine..The league's second top scorer, obviously Nigeria's top scorer in Europe in 2012/2013 season. Do you well remember Uche's performance at the Nations cup?? Aiyegbeni at the World cup?
Quit living in the past bro. These guys mentioned above are finished.

Kalu Uche was Nigeria's highest in Europe lats season with 19 goals in Turkey and league's second highest scorer.

JideTheBlogger: Not just that ooo. Can't see the likes of Iroha, Finidi George in this team ooo.

The Finidi-style wing play is no longer used anywhere in the world. The last player with such was David Beckham. And maybe Frank Ribery.

Today's wingers cut in from the wing and lay low pass to a sharp centre forward to finish off, rather than Findi's style of outpacing left back and sending high ball from the wing to drop inside the box with a good header like Adepoju or chester like Yekini to loop into. . I think a polished Musa should be able to do that.

OVERALL SCORECARD IN THIS TOURNAMENT: The Uruguay match was our best in my opinion, followed by Spain, then Tahiti. Our attack was poor. I still hold that we don’t need Osaze (off-field discipline is as important as on-field quality), but I think an IK Uche and Martins would have made difference. But kudos still to Keshi for giving Ujah, Akpala, Babatunde and Gambo a chance. It wasn’t a totally bad tournament, except our attacking flaws. With 3 points and +1 goal difference, Nigeria came 5th in this tournament, although that’s rather flattering, giving the fact we got the goals because we had whipping boys, Tahiti, in our group. Eagles should come back to Africa and continue to be continental champions. This team is going places. The only difference between this team and Eagles' golden era of 1990-1998 is lack of sharp finishers like Yekini, Amokachi and Siasia. In terms of entertaining, free-flowing, possessive football, I think this is the best we have got since the exit of the 90-98 set.

http://jarushub.com/2013/06/24/player-rating-nigeria-vs-spain/

SUBS

EGWUEKE: Thrown in for injured Omeruo. Against a star-studded Spain is not the best occasion a rookie will want to be tested, but Egwueke still managed to have an average game. He felt jittery, probably star-struck, initially but later came into the game. 5/10

GAMBO: That miss was unforgiveable. Honestly, I would have scored that goal. If in doubt ask the goal keepers at Ajah Harmony estate emirate stadium, where such goals are my trademark. 2/10

OGU: His game is similar to Mikel’s, kind of a poor man’s version of Mikel. He also tries distributing short passes. His style is quite different from his competitor, Mba’s. He has future with Eagles. 6/10

NEGATIVE VERSUS SPAIN: As African champions, a 1-0 or 2-1 loss would have been more honourable. It doesn’t matter that we are playing against World and European champions. But if Germany can whitewash a Messi-ful Argentina 4-1 in a world cup quarterfinal, then we have a precedent.

POSITIVE VERSUS SPAIN: Anyone noticed that we almost matched the Spaniards in possession? Not sure any other African team can do that. Well, maybe Egypt which also play free-flowing football. The scoreline only showed they had better finishers, not that they are thrice better result. That’s why I think a 1-0 or 2-1 would have been a better result.

http://jarushub.com/2013/06/24/player-rating-nigeria-vs-spain/

Some of us had ruled out any chance of making it through to the semis since the blow of final whistle in the match against Uruguay, but Nigerians, known to be incurable optimists, gave them a chance. Well, none of the two permutations came to pass: Spain put three past us, Uruguay pummeled Tahiti. And out the Eagles found themselves.

Yet, the match against Spain wasn’t an entirely bad game for the Eagles, the embarrassing scoreline notwithstanding.

How Eagles performed versus Spain:

1, Enyeama: Saved us from what could have been a monumental embarrassment as, but for him, Eagles could have conceded up to six. Decent game, although he could have also done better stopping one the goals. 6/10

2, Echiejile: Our left back had an average game, although he was outrun and beaten on few occasions by Spanish trademark square-passing. I think he has convinced me that he’s as good as, perhaps better than, Taiye Taiwo, although for competition sake, TT should also be recalled, even if as second choice in that wing. 5/10

3, Oboabona: The La Furia Rojers were too much for him. Caught in the middle of their effective short passes on many occasions, but he was still able to dispossess them of the ball a couple of times. Decent showing, although he could have done better in the first goal. 6/10

4, Kenneth Omeruo: Hard and business-minded as usual. Tough, yet professional tackling. He was having a decent game before he copped injury. 6/10

5, Ambrose: He didn’t overlap much in this match. Sometimes beaten by the swift-footed Spanish forward. 5/10

6, Ogude: Not much was seen of him. This one pass his hard tackles. Neatly rounded on an occasion by a Spanish midfielder I can’t recall. Had a quiet game, probably because of the style of the Spaniards. 4/10

7, Sunday Mba: Did decently to support Mikel in the midfield. He also made a fantastic run at goal before the close of first half. He soon fizzled out in second half and replaced with John Ogu. 6/10

8, Mikel: When you have Xavi and Iniesta as opposition’s midfielders, nobody will give you any chance of making any impact in the midfield. But Mikel actually did, even if the two midfield marshals still held grip of the centre. Mikel held his own against the two veterans. His passes were better than previous matches and reached destination. He exuded confidence remiscent of his under-20 days, making daring runs in the midfield, sometimes beating up to 3 Spanish players. Good game. But water pass garri. 8/10

9, Musa: He played more purposeful football in this match. He freed his Kano pillar former homeboy, Gambo Mohammed with a through pass on one occasion, after waltzing his way through Spanish left and centrebacks, but the Kano man, probably overwhelmed by the occasion , wasted what could have been a consolation goal for the Eagles. 7/10

10, Ideye: He needs to work on his first touch. By now, it is clear that he does better when he plays as a supporting striker, like he did at AFCON. 4.5/10

11, Akpala: He didn’t do much upfront. Ramos clipped his and Ideye’s wings and our lively occasions in front came from Musa in the wings. 4/10

http://jarushub.com/2013/06/24/player-rating-nigeria-vs-spain/

mbulela: The guy does not come cheap o!
Your people need to talk to his people.
As my former paddy, you fit get in touch, i know his PA. i can help you get the rates down,sha.

No wahala. Blank cheque awaits.

Lordave: Imagine Gambo for Mba, this's the dumbest substitution I've ever seen.






Hausa na Hausa.

Your ethnocentricism-infested brain didn't even allow you to see well.

Ogu replaced Mba
Gambo replaced Akpala

Stupid.

deols: Spain doesnt seem to have a great edge. Beating Tahiti wasnt so easy for them.

I would really want Brazil with the cup.

Even with 10 goals?

njoku000: This illitrate local ghanain commentator on GTV is just beefing nigeria for no just course. Na we tell ghana make dem no win nations cup go brazil? Nawaaooo! The beef is so obvious even on a national tv. Its so patetic. D fool cannot even speak good english coupled with his foolish ghanain accent. Stupid fool.

Bro, Ghanains hate Nigeria with passion and I know that. I don't do any African brotherhood with. I support any team against Ghana. I was happy They didn't get to WC semi in 2010. I supported Uruguay in that match.

Not an entirely bad game, but I think 3-0 is not impressiv e. We are African champions and we shouldn't lose to any team by that margin, evn if they are world champs.