REAL NAME:  Linda Ifeoma Ikeji

DATE OF BIRTH: September 19, 1980

STATE OF ORIGIN: Imo State

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Linda Ikeji was born on September 19, 1980. An indigene of Nkwerre L.G.A. in Imo State, Nigeria. She was born into a family with a really humble background and is the second of seven children. She was raised in a Christian Catholic home as well.

However, to her disappointment, she was admitted to study English Language. To support herself through school and reduce the burden on her family, Linda started working at age 17, doing anything from being a waitress, ushering in occasions to modeling and bar-tending. Anyway, none of these paid much back then in the late 90′s.

BLOGGING
Linda Ikeji's blog is apparently her biggest venture. After graduation, Ikeji started blogging in 2006. She became an active blogger in 2007 using a blogger sub-domain lindaikeji..com and later obtained her domain www.lindaikejisblog.com.

Linda Ikeji began blogging in full in 2007 to share stuff that fascinated her with her readers. About five years afterward, her blog, Linda Ikeji Blog has developed into one of the most visited blogs in the country. Thousands trooped into her site on a daily basis for news, entertainment, celebrity gist, gossip and lots more.

 

TV NETWORK
On August 22, 2016, on her blog, she announced the creation of her online TV network, Linda Ikeji TV alongside other brands she was establishing. Linda Ikeji TV airs a variety of programs ranging from talk shows, reality shows, and TV series to Movies. The Network both produces some of its programs and also buys TV contents.

ONLINE RADIO STATION
Linda Ikeji also ventured into online radio broadcasting. The station is operated from the Linda Ikeji Media Office. Some of its programs are broadcast live on Linda Ikeji TV.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Linda Ikeji launched a social networking platform named Linda Ikeji Social on the domain name .

STARTED AS A MODEL
She began the modeling career in 1998 and gave up in 2005. She was also a fashion columnist for a struggling celebrity magazine, and after two years of toiling in the newsroom, she gave up that too.

HOW MUCH SHE MAKES FROM BLOGGING
Linda’s blog is believed to gather a regular sum of N50m every month from adverts from several brands and online ad networks, and this has made her the highest earning blogger in Nigeria today. Indeed, blogging has really fetched her the popularity, and the comfort she has dreamed about.

CONTROVERSIES
According to Wikipedia, Ikeji has dealt with controversial posts which include the #SaveMayowa Campaign and also about celebrities such as Funke Akindele, Richard Mofe Damijo, Djimon Honsou, Wizkid and Tonto Dikeh. She also made controversial publications about Doyin Okupe who described the publications as defamatory.

SHUT DOWN OF BLOG BY GOOGLE
Ikeji's blog was shut down on 8 October 2014 but restored on 10 October 2014 around midnight by Google for undisclosed reasons. Kola Ogunlade, a Google correspondent, said: "We take violations of policies very seriously as such activities diminish the experience for our users. When we are notified of the existence of content that may violate our Terms of Service, we act quickly to review it and determine whether it actually violates our policies. If we determine that it does, we remove it immediately

Honors AND AWARDS
Nigeria Blog Awards NBA 2013 Best Entertainment Blog
Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award 2013 Website/blog of the year

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