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.
