Things you will like to know about Linda Ikeji

There is no doubt, there is a tremendous increase in
the rise of celebrities in Nigeria and indeed
Africa. These mostly come from the entertainment
industry. That notwithstanding, few who have earlier
made a name still stands exceptional with their heads
high above their pairs. One of these very few people
is Linda Ikeji . Linda remains one of the most popular
female celebrities, not only in Nigeria but in Africa. Her
rise to fame and wealth through a profession that was
least known and respected in Nigeria puzzles many,
knowing her humble family background. But those
who are close to her or have had close relationship
with her knew she has got some great potentials that
will take her places. This seems difficult to
comprehend but truth be told, Linda made it all
through blogging after trying her hands on several
other jobs . there is no doubt that the popular
infotainment blogger is recognised both home and
abroad as one of the foremost bloggers in Africa. Her
life is indeed an inspiration to numerous young ladies
who struggle to make it in life. In fact in one of her
speeches, she encouraged them to be diligent in
whatever they find themselves doing.
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Who Exactly is Linda Ikeji? – Linda Ikeji Biography
Born on September 19, 1980, Linda became the
second child of the Ikeji family who hails from
Nkwerre local government area of Imo State, Nigeria.
The family were said to have a humble christian
background. Linda Ikeji could be categorized as of of
the numerous Nigerians that had struggled through
life as a result of her parent’s financial instability. At
the age of 10, Linda began to manifest her hobby in
writing, she was determined to make it in life right
from when she was still very young, she started
struggling since she was 17 to support her family and
herself. At the age of 18, Linda was already out of
secondary school, she enrolled into the University of
Lagos where she studied English Language. We can
tell of her diligence and self confidence, poise and
great presentation skills, high sense of dressing and
most importantly, her beauty, she enrolled in a
modelling firm while in school.
Though modelling was not well paying at that time,
Linda saw modelling as a kind of job she could do to
feed and help herself through school rather than
engaging in jobs that will “take her dignity”. Of course,
as a well brought up child in a catholic christian home,
she was conscious of her actions against her creator.
Few years after Blogger.com was launched in 1999 by
Evan Williams and Mog Hourihan, Linda ventured into
blogging, a profession she turned into her hobby.
Today, Linda is a self made multi millionaire who
made her money without any form of corruption,
dishonesty or deception as it’s common with a number
of ladies nowadays.
Linda Ikeji Success Journey
As we already know, success story is not always a
sweet story to the ears, Linda’s success story is not
an exception. Her “sudden rise into fame” as
some would see it was never sudden, her journey was
full of difficulties, financial instability and of course as
a beautiful young girl, distractions. But its amazing
how she struggled through with determination and
focus. Trying her hands on different jobs ranging from
modelling, ushering, fashion shows, she even at a point
sold beer at a hotel just to make ends meet. By 2004,
Linda was already through with her university
education, she then ventured into journalism. Inspired
by a television network called Silverbird and favorite
color”Black” , Linda opened a modeling agency and
event management outfit media company called Black
Dove Communications. She started blogging in
November 2006, this was a time when internet access
was least pronounced in Nigeria and also the time
when only few people blogged about their personal
lives and their families. One could tell of her
little beginnings as she is not tired of telling her story
of how she used to borrow money sometimes to buy
airtime to blog at the cyber cafe, and so began the
new life of Linda Ikeji.
The Linda Ikeji Blog (LIB) Phenomenon
Since its inception first in 2006 and fully in 2007, Linda
Ikeji blog has made a name all around the borders of
African countries. Starting first as a gossip blog which
was then the first of its kind in Nigeria, “LIB” has
grown to become the centrepiece of entertainment
covering News and events happening in and around
Africa and even beyond, Lifestyle and fashion stories
and lots more. Thousands trooped into her site on a
daily basis for news, entertainment, celebrity gist,
gossip and lots more. Nigerians abroad visit the site to
have full details of what goes on in and around their
country. (One wonders how she manages to get all
her stories especially as she is not a journalist). Now
the 20th on Alexa ranking in Nigeria and 1,736
worldwide, Linda Ikeji blog is known as one of the the
most active blogs in Nigeria. Linda’s blog now boasts
of more than 750,000 followers on twitter, more than
36000 likes on Facebook and over 52000 followers on
Instagram.
You can agree with me that her blog success was not
achieved by sheer laziness and a trifling attitude.
Linda’s 9 years journey in blogging has never been that
smooth. She has been spanked severally by people
who feels she is going too far in preying into their
personal lives. One of the struck that almost crumbled
her Blogging business was the alleged content theft
saga which led to the removal of her blog site by
google in 2014 but Linda saw it as an advantage to
expand: she recruited journalists whose jobs will be to
bring her more exclusive content for her Blog. Against
all odds, Linda Ikeji’s blog still maintain it’s position at
the top of all blogs in Nigeria. Through blogging, Linda
has gathered for herself lots of wealth and fame and
today lindaikeji.blogspot.com worth is in 7 figures, who
knows how much it will be worth in the next few
years?
Here are Linda Ikeji and sisters dancing themselves
out after the plagiarism saga
Linda Ikeji’s Achievements
Considering how far she has gone in blogging and how
much her hard work through blogging has paid her, one
would expect that she will proudly flaunt wealth for
everyone to see, but bearing in mind her past
experiences, she still remains humble. Who could
believe that the “little Linda Ikeji” would rise so great?
Even in her words “I never for once even thought that
I could make money from blogging” revealed that she
was astonished at her achievements through blogging.
Linda has acquired for herself and her family a lot.
She has purchased two brand new cars; A 2008
Toyota Camry that she bought in 2011. She of late
obtained an Infinity FX 35 SUV costing over N8 million.
She also acquired a multi-million 5-bedroom duplex for
her parents in Surulere, Lagos and a a seven bedroom
masterpiece that cost about N75 million.
One of her biggest achievements in life lies in her
support for young girls between the age of 18-26 who
have great business ideas and are willing to venture
into entrepreneurship. In her project theme “I’d rather
be self made, No thanks” Linda took a great step in
realizing her dreams by giving out the total sum of
#10,000,000 grant to start the project. She has also
groomed her siblings in entrepreneurial businesses.
Infact one of her siblings Laura Ikeji now has a fashion
blog called heylauraikeji.blogspot.com. Less I forget ,
do you know you can also join others in enjoying
Linda’s giveaway prices for just visiting her blog?
That’s the spirit of a great achiever that we all hope
to be part of soon. Care to know what Linda’s
inspiration was? Watch the video of her
conversation with Hiptv.
Linda Ikeji’s Love Life
You wonder what is happening to Linda’s love life?
Well I believe that gorgeous young lady like her has to
tread carefully less she fall into the swift hands of a
free loader. Should we also say Linda is quite
secretive? Oh well, sometime back, gossip had it that
our popular model had a romantic relationship with
a CoolFM presenter, Dan Foster. The Nigerian based
American OAP who later disclosed this in an interview
with the Punch Newspaper registered his regrets on
how he treated her while they were yet together. Who
knows, maybe this happened when Linda was still a
nobody. Dan Foster who is now married, said he still
tags Linda’s contact number on his phone despite how
many times his wife deletes it from his phone.
More so, gossip had it that she had romantic
relationship with a popular movie director and
producer Aquilla Njamah which was meant to end in
marriage. But according to topcelebritiesng.com,
Aquilla made it clear that his relationship with Linda is
just professional and nothing else. Meanwhile, the
popular blogger Linda Ikeji has declared that she is
single and still searching. She also listed the qualities
of the kind of man she hopes to marry. They include a
man who has respect for women, willing to support her
work and has a job. “He should have a job, not
necessarily to support me financially,” Who knows,
maybe Belema Meshack-Hart a popular blogger on
tatafonaija.com fits in those qualities.
Linda Ikeji in the News
Take a look at
Linda’s Interview on BBC where she talked about how
she started her bloging business
Her reports on the rape in Abia State also made BBC
News
Linda has also been featured in Forbes magazine in
2012 in an article titled: Beauty, Brains And The
Business Of Blogging

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