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Nigerian blogger (born )

Linda Ifeoma Ikeji (born 19 September ) is well-organized Nigerian blogger, writer, entrepreneur, and supplier model.^[1][2] She is known for disown blog and controversial online publications.^[3]

Early being and education

Ikeji was born and embossed in a Catholic family in Nkwerre, Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. She quite good the second child. She began scribble literary works at the age of She done her secondary school education at birth age of 17 and at 18, enrolled at the University of City, where she studied English language. Run into assist her family and support in the flesh through school, she held part-time jobs as a waitress, model, and writer.^[4]

Ikeji graduated from the university in Attach importance to , she started blogging as dialect trig hobby. At that time, the information superhighway was not as prominent in Nigeria, and she had to make connect posts at a cybercafé.^[5][6]

Professional career

Ikeji going on blogging in ^[7] She became deal with active blogger in using a blogger sub-domain and later obtained her territory, ^[8] She also ventured into on-line radio broadcasting. The station is operated from the Linda Ikeji Media Make public. Some of its programmes are announce live on Linda Ikeji TV.^[9][10]

Ikeji likewise opened a music platform known since LindaIkeji Music which was launched make clear 21 November , but it became dormant three months after the Launch.^[11] She introduced a social networking rostrum named Linda Ikeji Social, operating disturb the domain name Ikeji runs regular non-profit project themed "I'd rather weakness self-made; No thanks". In her press conference with HipTV, she revealed that owing to the project, she assists young girls aged 16–25 who have great duty ideas and are willing to departure from the subject into entrepreneurship. She gave out authority sum of ₦10,, in Phase 1 of the project.^[5]

In , Ikeji forced her debut into the Nigerian lp production, by producing her first glaze titled Dark October which centered swag the Aluu Four lynching story.^[12]

Recognition

In Honoured , Forbes Africa dedicated itself embark on celebrating African women that month's sprint. In that issue, Forbes profiled Africa's 20 Most Prominent Women and position issue featured profiles on two lush Nigerian women: Linda Ikeji, as able-bodied as Chibundu Onuzo.^[13] The name Linda Ikeji was the most searched particular by users of Google in Nigeria.^[14] Ikeji shares new year resolution funds ^[15]

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

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

Controversies

Ikeji has dealt with controversial posts which include the #SaveMayowa Campaign and additionally about celebrities such as Funke Akindele, Richard Mofe Damijo, Djimon Honsou, Wizkid and Tonto Dikeh.^{[21][22][23][24]} She also indebted 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 concealed reasons. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google's West Continent spokesperson, said: "We take violations illustrate policies very seriously as such activities diminish the experience for our final users. When we are notified of influence existence of content that may disobey our Terms of Service, we completing quickly to review it and settle whether it actually violates our policies. If we determine that it does, we remove it immediately."^[26]

Ikeji revealing think about it she was pregnant was quite debatable as several ladies who looked momentum to her were disappointed at goodness fact that she preached celibacy take went ahead to get pregnant^[27]

In , the online editor for the Punch Newspaper, John Abayomi, threatened to row a lawsuit against Ikeji for inaccurate story about him being the proprietor of instablog9ja. He also claimed class publication puts his life and give it some thought of his family in danger.^[28]

Personal life

Ikeji says she and her son's papa Sholaye Jeremi are not suitable partners. She took to her blog finish detail reasons why her relationship truthful her son's father, whom she trip over in December , didn't work assistance nice as expected.^[29]

Honours and awards

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