Linda Ikeji is a famous blogger in Nigeria who in 2013 made it onto the list of Forbes influential bloggers which is no easy feat!
Her blog provides news, beauty tips, and celebrity gossip to her readers.
She started blogging when she was 17 years old with no background in journalism or writing experience.
Today, she has over 3 million followers on Facebook where she posts almost daily.
With so many people following her work, Linda Ikeji has been able to make a living for herself by running the blog as well as taking advertisements from various companies.
She has been able to launch her own beauty line as well as a clothing line via print on demand.
She was also named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2014 and awarded an honorary doctorate from Babcock University.
Linda Ikeji continues to work hard to provide her readers with the latest posts and information on entertainment news.
She has been in the spotlight for her success and achievements as an entrepreneur while being one of Nigeria's most successful bloggers to date.
Her blog began when she had just finished school with no further ideas about what career path to take until she discovered blogging.
Some people are still in shock. Some are just waking from the coma they have been since yesterday. Some people are still wiping their tears with boxes of tissue paper.
"Wasn’t she the one talking about celibacy and how bad sex before marriage was?"
"Ntoor! Shebi when she said celibacy, all of you were screaming ‘LOUDER!'"
But as a man always love to hear the other side of the story, I got on the phone with popular blogger and entrepreneur, Linda Ikeji, to ask her when celibate people started getting pregnant.
LINDA: Oh hi, Segun! Been hearing about you. Good to finally hear from you. How are you?
ME: I’m great. How’s the baby?
LINDA: [excitedly] Oh, he’s fine. You know he’s a he right?
ME: Of course. Gbenga Adeyinka mentioned it last night.
LINDA: Oh…you guys were together?
ME: Well, technically. He was in my TV box hosting Ali Baba’s night show. I was in my house watching it.
LINDA: Haha!
ME: Anyways, let’s cut to the chase. Why I called you.
LINDA: Oh OK. Please shoot.
ME: A lot of your younger sisters are screaming on social media. They say you are a snitch and a sly.
LINDA: Ah!
ME: They say you preach about how young women should be celibate, talk about how you don’t enjoy sex. But here you are. Pregnant. There are a lot of angry birds…sorry, women on the streets of social media.
LINDA: Hahaha!!! They will be alright. But the truth is I’m still celibate.
ME: Sir?
Linda Ikeji: I know it will come as a shock too but that is the truth. I didn’t have sex. I’m still celibate. What I had was artificial insemination.
ME: Ahdonbelieveit! So you mean to tell me what you had was transmission transmission?
Linda Ikeji: [laughs] Why are you mocking our IG nah.
ME: Couldn’t help myself o jare. And what you said couldn’t help me either.
Linda Ikeji: I know it’s hard to believe. But it’s also not too hard to believe either. Afterall, I am Linda Ikeji and I should be able to afford an insemination.
LINDA: I think sex is overrated. My man thinks the same too. More reason why I love him. And because of that, I don’t have a reason to not trust him or think he would go and sleep with other women. He’s the perfect man.
ME: [almost silently] Won ti paro fun aunty yi o! Oluwa o. [loudly] Perfect man you say?
LINDA: Yeah. He’s such the perfect guy. And that’s why I’m so excited to be having this child with him. He’s not a gold digger.
ME: Of course. I doubt he owns a shovel sef. But, wait, Linda Ikeji, who is this man? Is he someone we know?
LINDA: Of course. You all know him.
ME: Pray tell. Who?
LINDA: He’s been there all along. But a lot of you thought he was joking.
"How Can Linda Be So Sly?
як Jerrell Bordelon (2021-10-20)
Linda Ikeji is a famous blogger in Nigeria who in 2013 made it onto the list of Forbes influential bloggers which is no easy feat!She started blogging when she was 17 years old with no background in journalism or writing experience.
Today, she has over 3 million followers on Facebook where she posts almost daily.
With so many people following her work, Linda Ikeji has been able to make a living for herself by running the blog as well as taking advertisements from various companies.
She has been able to launch her own beauty line as well as a clothing line via print on demand.
She was also named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2014 and awarded an honorary doctorate from Babcock University.
Linda Ikeji continues to work hard to provide her readers with the latest posts and information on entertainment news.
Her blog began when she had just finished school with no further ideas about what career path to take until she discovered blogging.
Some people are still in shock. Some are just waking from the coma they have been since yesterday. Some people are still wiping their tears with boxes of tissue paper.
Some have been fighting on social media.
"How can Linda Ikeji be so sly?"
"Wasn’t she the one talking about celibacy and how bad sex before marriage was?"
"Ntoor! Shebi when she said celibacy, all of you were screaming ‘LOUDER!'"
But as a man always love to hear the other side of the story, I got on the phone with popular blogger and entrepreneur, Linda Ikeji, to ask her when celibate people started getting pregnant.
Our exchange, in my head, is below.
ME: Hi Linda Ikeji! Congratulations!
LINDA: Thank you! Who’s this?
ME: I’m called ‘Segun Odejimi. I work with TNS.
LINDA: Oh hi, Segun! Been hearing about you. Good to finally hear from you. How are you?
ME: I’m great. How’s the baby?
LINDA: [excitedly] Oh, he’s fine. You know he’s a he right?
ME: Of course. Gbenga Adeyinka mentioned it last night.
LINDA: Oh…you guys were together?
ME: Well, technically. He was in my TV box hosting Ali Baba’s night show. I was in my house watching it.
LINDA: Haha!
ME: Anyways, let’s cut to the chase. Why I called you.
LINDA: Oh OK. Please shoot.
ME: A lot of your younger sisters are screaming on social media. They say you are a snitch and a sly.
LINDA: Ah!
ME: They say you preach about how young women should be celibate, talk about how you don’t enjoy sex. But here you are. Pregnant. There are a lot of angry birds…sorry, women on the streets of social media.
LINDA: Hahaha!!! They will be alright. But the truth is I’m still celibate.
ME: Sir?
Linda Ikeji: I know it will come as a shock too but that is the truth. I didn’t have sex. I’m still celibate. What I had was artificial insemination.
ME: Ahdonbelieveit! So you mean to tell me what you had was transmission transmission?
Linda Ikeji: [laughs] Why are you mocking our IG nah.
ME: Couldn’t help myself o jare. And what you said couldn’t help me either.
Linda Ikeji: I know it’s hard to believe. But it’s also not too hard to believe either. Afterall, I am Linda Ikeji and I should be able to afford an insemination.
ME: Of course you should.
Linda Ikeji: Ehen!
ME: So you still don’t do the erm thing?
Linda Ikeji: Not at all. I told my man we wouldn’t and he agreed.
ME: Ah…
Linda Ikeji: I was serious when I said I don’t enjoy sex. I don’t see what people see in it. It’s boooring.
ME: Sex is boring? [mutters] Aiye ma nika o!
Linda Ikeji: You say?
ME: Never mind.
LINDA: I think sex is overrated. My man thinks the same too. More reason why I love him. And because of that, I don’t have a reason to not trust him or think he would go and sleep with other women. He’s the perfect man.
ME: [almost silently] Won ti paro fun aunty yi o! Oluwa o. [loudly] Perfect man you say?
LINDA: Yeah. He’s such the perfect guy. And that’s why I’m so excited to be having this child with him. He’s not a gold digger.
ME: Of course. I doubt he owns a shovel sef. But, wait, Linda Ikeji, who is this man? Is he someone we know?
LINDA: Of course. You all know him.
ME: Pray tell. Who?
LINDA: He’s been there all along. But a lot of you thought he was joking.