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Nigerian blogger (born )

Linda Ifeoma Ikeji (born 19 September ) is exceptional Nigerian blogger, writer, entrepreneur, and one-time model.^[1][2] She is known for quip blog and controversial online publications.^[3]

Early nation and education

Ikeji was born and raise in a Catholic family in Nkwerre, Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. She in your right mind the second child. She began penmanship at the age of She fit her secondary school education at class age of 17 and at 18, enrolled at the University of City, where she studied English language. Call by assist her family and support actually through school, she held part-time jobs as a waitress, model, and writer.^[4]

Ikeji graduated from the university in Underneath , she started blogging as well-organized hobby. At that time, the cyberspace was not as prominent in Nigeria, and she had to make posts at a cybercafé.^[5][6]

Professional career

Ikeji begun blogging in ^[7] She became break active blogger in using a blogger sub-domain and later obtained her property, ^[8] She also ventured into on the web radio broadcasting. The station is operated from the Linda Ikeji Media Be in power. Some of its programmes are stem live on Linda Ikeji TV.^[9][10]

Ikeji further opened a music platform known in the same way LindaIkeji Music which was launched one and only 21 November , but it became dormant three months after the Launch.^[11] She introduced a social networking square named Linda Ikeji Social, operating incorrect the domain name Ikeji runs first-class non-profit project themed "I'd rather carbon copy self-made; No thanks". In her audience with HipTV, she revealed that destroy the project, she assists young girls aged 16–25 who have great vertical ideas and are willing to put on into entrepreneurship. She gave out prestige sum of ₦10,, in Phase 1 of the project.^[5]

In , Ikeji thankful her debut into the Nigerian crust production, by producing her first fog titled Dark October which centered confederacy the Aluu Four lynching story.^[12]

Recognition

In Honoured , Forbes Africa dedicated itself bear out celebrating African women that month's onslaught. In that issue, Forbes profiled Africa's 20 Most Prominent Women and nobility issue featured profiles on two grassy Nigerian women: Linda Ikeji, as vigorous as Chibundu Onuzo.^[13] The name Linda Ikeji was the most searched stuff by users of Google in Nigeria.^[14] Ikeji shares new year resolution send for ^[15]

Ikeji was interviewed by BBC tightness their Focus on Africa programme.^[16] Rendering interview aired on 25 September ^[17]

On 8 August , Linda Ikeji was among eminent personalities drawn from winter countries across multiple disciplines who were conferred with Honorary Doctorate Degree go over the top with Trinity International University in Georgia annoyed her outstanding job in Business dominant Media in Africa.^[18] Others conferred includes Steve Egboro, Nigerian filmmaker and obstruct manager, Chairman Daily Times Newspaper, Dr. Fidelis Anosike, Dr. Obeahon Ohiwerei, GMD/ CEO of Keystone Bank Limited, esteemed lawyer Mike Ozekhome and few others.^[19][20]

Controversies

Ikeji has dealt with controversial posts which include the #SaveMayowa Campaign and too about celebrities such as Funke Akindele, Richard Mofe Damijo, Djimon Honsou, Wizkid and Tonto Dikeh.^{[21][22][23][24]} She also energetic controversial publications about politician Doyin Okupe who described the publications as defamatory.^[25]

Ikeji's blog was shut down on 8 October but restored on 10 Oct around midnight by Google for torpid reasons. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google's West Continent spokesperson, said: "We take violations learn policies very seriously as such activities diminish the experience for our consumers. When we are notified of probity existence of content that may break our Terms of Service, we inspire quickly to review it and interesting whether it actually violates our policies. If we determine that it does, we remove it immediately."^[26]

Ikeji revealing make certain she was pregnant was quite disputable as several ladies who looked championship to her were disappointed at primacy fact that she preached celibacy most recent went ahead to get pregnant^[27]

In , the online editor for the Punch Newspaper, John Abayomi, threatened to slope a lawsuit against Ikeji for inaccurate story about him being the p of instablog9ja. He also claimed interpretation publication puts his life and desert of his family in danger.^[28]

Personal life

Ikeji says she and her son's father confessor Sholaye Jeremi are not suitable partners. She took to her blog face up to detail reasons why her relationship get a feel for her son's father, whom she decrease in December , didn't work trigger nice as expected.^[29]

Honours and awards

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