THE NIGERIAN BLOOGER;LINDA IKEJI
Linda Ifeoma Ikeji is a Nigerian blogger, writer and former model. She is known for her blog. She was born on the 19th of September 1980 to a Catholic parent from Nkwerre, a local government area in the south-eastern part of Imo State.She started writing fictional stories at a young age of 10. Her fascination about news and interviews was what endeared her into pursuing a degree in Mass Communication. She studied in UNILAG Nigeria[2004]. She is also the second child of her parents.
HER JOURNEY INTO BLOGGING
Linda Ikeji has proven that no hobby or past time is too ordinary or irrelevant to be unprofitable. She started her blog in 2006 with no particular intention of making money online. Her blog posts features the latest society gossips, celebrity talk and details of her personal life.
It was in the same 2006 that Linda Ikeji started blogging as a hobby using 'blogger.com' with her blog name, Linda Ikeji.blogspot.com. She started blogging when the internet was not as prominent as it is today and she made posts then from a cybercafe.
EARLY LIFE
Linda Ikeji was born and raised in a Catholic family. She began writing at the age of 10 like i said earlier. She finished secondary school at age 17 and at 18, enrolled at the University of Lagos, where she studied English Language. To assist her family and support herself through school, she had part-time jobs as a waitress, model and writer.She graduated from the university in 2004. In 2006, she started blogging as a hobby. During that period the internet was not as prominent as it is today and she had to make her post in a cybercafe.
AFTER BLOGGING
After she became an active blogger in the year 2007 using blogger sub domain, linda ikeji.blogspot.com and later obtained her domain www.lindaikeji'sblog.com
On 22 August 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 programmes ranging from talk shows, reality shows, TV series to movies. The network produces some of its programmes and also buys TV contents. She also ventured into online radio broadcasting. The station is operated from the Linda Ikeji Media office. Some of its programmes are broadcast live on Linda Ikeji TV.
Ikeji also opened a music platform known as Linda Ikeji Music which was launched on 21 November 2016, but it became dormant three months after the launch. She launched a social networking platform called Linda IKeji Social.com. Ikeji runs a non-profit themed i'd rather be self made, no thanks'. In her interview with Hip TV, she revealed that through her project, she assists young girls aged from 16-25 who have a great business idea and are willing to venture entrepreneurship. She gave out the sum of 10 million naira in phase 1 of the project.
And now Linda Ifeoma Keji is a well known blogger in Nigeria and around the world.
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