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Who We Are

About Us

An innovative out-of-home advertising service provider, operating in the Nigerian market since 2007.

XL Billboards structures along a Lagos expressway

350+

Campaigns Delivered

Built on location, not volume

XL Billboards Limited was founded in Ikeja in 2007 with a small set of portrait structures on Allen Avenue. Seventeen years later we operate more than 200 permitted locations, and the principle behind the business has not changed: a billboard is only worth what its position delivers.

That belief shapes how we work. We turn down sites that will not perform, we tell clients when a location they have asked for is not worth its rate, and we plan campaigns around where an audience actually travels rather than around what happens to be available. It is a slower way to grow inventory and a far better way to keep clients.

Our work spans the full out-of-home spectrum — portrait and unipole billboards, LED screens, mega roof-tops, gantries, wall drapes, transit and airport advertising, indoor branding, and an independent media buying desk that places campaigns across the whole Nigerian market, not only on our own structures.

We are an APCON member (059) and every structure we operate is LASAA-permitted and structurally certified. Compliance is not a selling point so much as a baseline, but in a market where sites are still removed mid-campaign for missing paperwork, it is worth stating plainly.

Completed Campaigns
350+
Years Experience
17+
Client Satisfaction
100%
Billboard Locations
200+

Why XL Billboards

What Makes Us Different

24-Hour Quote Turnaround

Send us a brief and you get a costed site plan back within one working day — not a week of chasing. Fast decisions are the difference between catching a launch window and missing it.

End-to-End Campaign Management

Permitting, APCON vetting, printing, mounting, lighting and fortnightly condition inspections are all handled in-house. Your team delivers artwork; we handle everything after that.

Prime Locations Only

We do not pad inventory with weak sites. Every structure we offer sits on a corridor with the traffic, dwell time and sightline to justify its rate — and we will tell you when one does not.

Full LASAA & APCON Compliance

Every structure is permitted and structurally certified, and every creative is vetted before display. No campaign we run gets taken down mid-flight for paperwork.

Our Story

Milestones along the way

  1. 2007

    Founded in Lagos

    XL Billboards Limited is established in Ikeja with a handful of portrait sites along Allen Avenue.

  2. 2011

    First 50 structures

    Inventory passes 50 permitted sites as we expand onto the Ikorodu Road and Oshodi corridors.

  3. 2014

    100th campaign delivered

    A milestone reached with a nationwide FMCG rollout, and the year we bring printing and mounting fully in-house.

  4. 2018

    Digital expansion

    Our first LED screens go live in Victoria Island and Ikeja, adding day-part scheduling to the offer.

  5. 2022

    350+ campaigns

    The portfolio passes 350 completed campaigns across telecoms, fintech, FMCG, real estate and the public sector.

  6. Today

    200+ locations nationwide

    Premium inventory across Lagos plus a media buying desk placing campaigns in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and the South-East.

Our People

One Team, Many Talents

  • Thaddeus O. Ukpe

    MD / CEO

    Founded XL Billboards in 2007 and has led the company through 350+ campaigns for brands across telecoms, FMCG, fintech and real estate.

  • Solola Oluwatobiloba

    Head, Finance & Admin

    Oversees campaign budgeting, landlord contracts and the commercial side of every booking we take.

  • Bright Okelebe

    Head, Operations

    Runs printing, mounting, site maintenance and the LASAA permitting process across the full inventory.

  • Stephanie Okoro

    Client Services

    First point of contact for new briefs, and the person who keeps campaigns on schedule once they are live.

Accredited & compliant

APCON Member 059LASAA Compliant
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Our Partners

  • Payporte
  • Promasidor
  • Garon
  • MediaReach OMD
  • Starcom Media
  • PAL Pensions

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