In this exclusive interview with one of Nigeria’s top bloggers Linda Ikeji, she reveals how she started blogging, the stories that made her blog popular, her recent face-off with Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD) and lots more.
Some facts about Linda Ikeji's blog....
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- Linda Ikeji‘s blog is a multi-million Naira business.
- She started off as a career model from about 1998-2006 but stopped because she felt she was too old for the business.
- Her first encounter of a blog was here on Bella Naija when an
article about her was a feature; she quickly became a regular reader
after that and fell in love with the interactive nature of the platform.
- She started her blog in 2006 but didn’t start making money until 2010.
- A few controversial stories really got her a lot of media attention, with run-ins with the likes of Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) and Toke Makinwa
- Using her blog as a platform, she was able to get a girl, Blessing Effiong, who was in Kiri Kiri Prison for four years without trial for allegedly stealing a phone, out of prison.
- She doesn’t have any staff and handles her blog solely by herself.
