Naija Life is not a single-player game with a chat box bolted on. Everyone who signs in lives in the same city, and most of the best things in it are done with other people: gisting in a room, visiting a friend's new duplex, rolling out in a convoy, sending money to someone who is short on rent, or marrying them. This guide covers every way to play with friends.
Chat rooms and direct messages
Every place in the city has its own room, so the people you see on the street are people you can talk to. For anything private, open Messages on your phone:
- Search anyone by username or @handle, including players who are offline.
- Send photos and voice notes. Media is deleted automatically after 30 days, so a chat never becomes an archive of your pictures.
- Start up to 20 new conversations a day — a cap that keeps spam out of everyone's inbox. Replies and existing chats are unlimited.
Messages that fail to send say so and can be retried with a tap, and an unread badge on the Phone tab tells you someone has written. Players who abuse chat can be reported; enough reports and they are muted.
Your @handle and public page
Usernames are not unique — there are dozens of players called Mimi — so every player also has an @handle that is theirs alone. Use it to find people, to send money to the right person, and when you contact support. You can change yours once for free in Settings, then once every 30 days.
Your handle also gives you a page on the web at naijalifegame.ng/u/yourhandle showing your job, your home, your car and your place on the Rich List. Share it with a friend and they can join with your invite code in one tap.
Visits and convoys
- Home visits. Open a player's card to visit their home and see how they have decorated it. Like it and they get a notification. You can send a friend a visit link so they come straight to your place.
- Convoys. If you are in a squad, start a convoy: your squad gets a notification, everyone who joins in the next two minutes drives out together, and the ride leaves a happy moodlet.
Sending money
Open Bank and choose Send to a player, or tap Send money on someone's card. You can send up to ₦1,000,000 a day, and a player can receive up to ₦1,500,000 a day. Money you are sent is collected into your wallet on its own, and every naira in and out shows in the Bank's account history.
Spraying is the louder version: spray a player at a party and the city notices — the biggest sprayer of the week wins the Odogwu award, as the awards guide explains.
The invite ladder
Every player has an invite code. When a new player joins on yours within their first week and gets going in the game, they get ₦3,000 and you get ₦5,000, for up to 20 friends. On top of that, the ladder:
| Friends playing | Reward |
|---|---|
| 3 | ⭐ Connector badge + ₦25,000 |
| 5 | 🚙 The Owambe Gold Jeep — a car nobody can buy |
| 10 | 👑 Big Connector badge + ₦250,000 |
Badges show next to your name in chat and on the Rich List.
Playing against each other
Friendship has a competitive side: the daily contests put real players against each other for a pot, and you can dare a friend to beat your score with a link. The Rich List ranks everyone by net worth, and City vs City ranks the three cities against each other.
More on money between players in sending money and the Hustle app. Friends on iPhone can now get the app.
Questions people ask
Is Naija Life multiplayer?
Yes. Every player shares the same city: you can chat in rooms, send direct messages, visit each other's homes, ride in convoys, send money and compete on the Rich List and in daily contests.
How do I find a friend in Naija Life?
Search for their username or their @handle in Messages. Every player has a unique @handle, so two players with the same name are never mixed up.
How much money can I send to another player?
Up to ₦1,000,000 a day, and a player can receive up to ₦1,500,000 a day. Money arrives in their Bank and is collected automatically.
What do I get for inviting friends?
₦5,000 for each friend who joins on your code and gets going, and they get ₦3,000. At 3 friends you earn ₦25,000 and a badge, at 5 the Owambe Gold Jeep, and at 10 ₦250,000 and the Big Connector badge.
Do chat photos stay forever?
No. Photos and voice notes sent in chat are deleted automatically after 30 days.