Meet Nigeria’s Most Talked-about Pet Influencer, Oga Duke

The internet has been buzzing about Oreoluwa Osoba, popularly known as Oga Duke, the Nigerian pet influencer and content creator who creates content with his dog Duke.

Oga Duke in the last 4 months has grown to be the most famous and followed pet influencer in Nigeria with over 100,000 followers on Instagram.

We can’t deny that Oga Duke is a force to reckon with. From the very first content, Nigerians could not deny the special bond with Oga Duke and Duke.

Their contents are ribs-cracking, loving and so cute to watch. It’s unlike anything we’ve seen in Nigeria’s entertainment world.

With thousands of influencers and content creators in Nigeria, Oga Duke has left its unique mark. Every dog lover seems to be gushing over their contents and how stylish Duke is.

Oga Duke is from Ogun state Nigeria. He is a first-class graduate of computer science, has lived most of his life in Lagos Nigeria and he’s the last child of his family.

He reminisced: “Growing up I never really wanted to be noticed. I was the odd kid in class and I knew how to entertain myself in my head; I never thought I would be famous.”

Oga Duke had a quiet childhood playing video games and watching a lot of movies.

He loves to cook and he is close to his immediate elder sister, Busayo. “Growing up she was my second mom and she taught me a lot like how to treat a lady right and how to be myself”.

Oga Duke, whose contents are unique and unlike anything we have seen in Nigeria is a breath of fresh air in the entertainment industry and there is no denying that we love it.

“The name ‘Oga Duke’ comes from my dog’s name which is Duke and because I am his boss I am the Oga, hence Oga Duke”, he emphasised.

He further opened up about his unique duo with his dog “I never thought I would be a pet influencer or a content creator, but my dog and I have a unique bond and my friends would always record us when they visit and laugh so much”.

Duke is a Miniature Schnauzer, Oga Duke adopted him when he was three months old and the minute their first video went online everyone was gushing about Duke’s personality and their bond. “

A lot of people don’t know that Duke has taught me a lot, I learnt to be more patient when I got him as I had to potty train him and teach him commands myself without a dog trainer.

I also learnt to be more caring and to be more playful. I used to be uptight but Duke is a very active, friendly and fun-loving dog; he brought me out of my shell. Duke likes to meet everyone so most time I end up making friends because of him,” says Oga Duke.

The influencer puts a lot of effort into taking care of Duke as we can see from Duke’s style and fashion on his Instagram page.

“Duke almost has more clothes than I do, I love to dress him up but beyond the camera taking care of a dog is no joke. It’s like having a baby forever, it’s a lot of work but it’s rewarding.

“Dogs show love that some humans are yet to understand, they are so forgiving and live a stress-free life.

According to him, he wakes up every day at 6 am to take Duke on a walk, feed him and groom him.

“It is a serious commitment. It’s one thing to adopt a dog and it’s another thing to take good care of them.

“My fellow dog parents please let’s always take good care of our dog, we are all they got.

“Before getting Duke, I did a lot of research on his breed to understand him and what I was getting into; it’s important to understand your dog’s breed and to also spend time with your dog,” he added.

“If you have watched any of Oga Duke’s videos you can tell that Duke is well-trained and well-behaved, it took a lot of time and patience to train him.

One thing I have learnt is that dogs always want to please their parents but they (the dogs) just don’t understand them (their parents).

Once you and your dog understand each other it’s very easy from there, you just have to pay close attention to your dog and see how they react to things.

That helps you understand their gestures as they can’t speak to you but they can give you signals,” says the pet influencer.

Oga Duke is a name in every Nigerian dog lover’s mouth; how does it feel? – “Honestly, I am amazed every time I go out and people say Oga Duke or people ask for a picture or ask about Duke. I am so thankful for the love.”

One of the coolest things we learned is that Oga Duke creates most of his content from his phone and does all the editing on his phone.

He enthused: “Honestly, I am a phone guy. I love to create and edit on my phone; I create all my content so far from my phone as it’s just so easy for me.”

From his phone to the world to being a YouTube partner to over a hundred thousand followers on Instagram within four months, Oga Duke is taking the world by storm.

Oga Duke is set to achieve world-class fame “To be honest I know what I am doing is different and I know Nigeria is new to this, but that’s what makes it interesting to me.

At first, when I started posting videos some people were like, what is this? But then they started loving it, the love I have gotten so far amazes me. People ask me all the time how I come up with my content and I tell them I don’t know; I just have the ideas and I do it.

I’m not the best when it comes to writing things down so once I have an idea I shoot it immediately”

Oga Duke is the biggest name in the influencing sector in Nigeria and he hopes to achieve more by taking his fame beyond Nigeria.

We are rooting for the young star and can’t wait to see more of him.