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blogger, Linda Ikeji is trending for acquiring a N600 million luxurious
mansion on Banana Island. According to her blog post with pictures of
the stunning property, the house is on 3 floors, has six en-suite
bedrooms, a master suite with a separate walk-in closet and a huge
bathroom suite, two living rooms, media room, gym room, laundry room,
fitted kitchen, boys-quarters, swimming pool, waterfall wall, changing
room, cabana and water-view.
Whilst the 35-year-old ex-model ecstatically gave full details of her new home, obviously in acknowledgement of her achievements, green-eyed monsters are out to dampen her happiness.
Negative comments were already afoot just hours following her post. Majority of which, were merely because she is a woman who dared to become a self-made billionaire. If they were not suggesting that she is a mule for the rich to hide their wealth, they implied she is a prostitute who slept her way into wealth.
Unfortunately, in their myopic minds, Ms Ikeji fits perfectly into the sultry mistress stereotype because; she is a single woman in her thirties without a wedding band on her finger and a man next to her. So, they took the easy way out by calling her unprintable names instead of calling her what she truly is; a formidable and passionate blogger whose hard work catapulted from the filthy street of Idi-oro Mushin to the posh curbs of Banana Island.
According to Ms Ikeji, she has “never...never ever in my life slept with a man for money” yet many blog commentators are claiming she acquired her wealth by sleeping around with rich men and governors.
A comment following a Vanguard article asking, “what do you make of Linda Ikeji’s N600m mansion? Stated as if it was factual that she became rich by being an escort and not through blogging.
“I don’t think she got the money from blogging but as an escort girl to politicians! Notable newspapers like Punch, Vanguard, etc didn’t make such money. I presume she is a high class lady.
Some men could dash N1 billion to a mistress.
Now that Buhari is in power, a lot of politicians will be dropping their properties/assets to anyone “who could claim them in order not to violate CCT asset declaration.” Commented an anonymous user named “OmoNaijaUK”
Other commentators did not spare her either.
Akintunde Adeyemo claimed to be one of her fans albeit sceptical of her wealth
“My dear, nobody is envious of her achievement. Moreover I am one of her fan, but let’s face the fact here and stop deceiving ourselves, she might be making money through another means. Blogging (copy and paste) cannot fetch that money. How many advertisment is she running on her blog compared to other dailies. Or is she making money more than all other media houses, with well experienced reporters, editors, writers, columnists, etc. This is 9ja where anything goes. Thank me later. There is more to this than meets the eye!!”
For Ikenna Ikeanyi, Ms Ikeji is vain; “600 million naira mansion, what will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul. Vanity upon vanity”
Rotimi Bamidele thinks it is financially wasteful to spend such amount on a house.
“Historically, nobody spends his hard-earned income with reckless abandon, especially by wastefully acquiring a gigantic mansion. The cost of maintaining this edifice is enormous. Legitimate incomes are usually invested in instruments or ploughed back into the business or divested to other lines of business to generate more monies. Look around at rich people in our society today, they secured multiple streams of income before showing off their wealth. If all this lady does is blogging like she claimed and she was able to amass this much money and then thought the next thing to do was to buy a mansion on Banana Island, then she’s financially reckless and lacks sound business acumen. That’s my honest take”
Interestingly, some comments both exalted and disparaged her at the same time. Ohazulike Ifeyiwa Lucia’s said.
“That is great to hear. At least as a single young lady you were able to make it on your own. Congrats. But I think that’s extravagant of you. My dear we have so many less privileged you can use N200m of that money to affect their lives and I bet heaven will never forget you. Think about it. All the same bigger you I pray and greater wisdom.”
Everyone is entitled to his or her views however, most people formed their views even without any shred of evidence to support their claims. They castigated though there was no evidence to suggest she got her wealth through doggy, fraudulent or any other means apart from blogging or other legitimate business ventures.
Ms Ikeji seems to know what to do with Nigeria but Nigeria on the other hand seems not to know what to do with her. In an era where Nigerian ladies are more interested in posting half naked selfie with a duck pouted mouth on different social platforms, she brought blogging to Nigeria and has kept busy ever since.
Using her blog as evidence, it is always current and up-to-date. Her blog is the first stop for all and sundry looking for Nigerian gossip.
In her own words “I’ve been blogging since 2006...November this year will make it exactly 9 years. God, consistency and hard work brought me here today”
She branded herself as a “grapevine” and became a household name, which has its perks, one of which is advertisement.
The status quo anytime Ms Ikeji posts things on social platforms is for people to disparage her status, as a single lady. People throw all kinds of shades at her, telling her to go get married. As a single woman, her ability to stand on her feet and fight for herself is an indication she knows who she is, her abilities and how to overcome her weaknesses a feat many of us can only dream of accomplishing in our life time.
It is a shame that even women criticised her for buying a house. Regardless of the amount involved, at the end of it all, it is just a house.
Her fellow female bloggers said nothing about her achievement however if she was feuding with someone, they would be the first to blog about it with the exception of Kemi Filani who featured her in her blog post as an inspiration to others.
Liala Ikeji also featured an article about it by Charles Novia but other prominent female bloggers were silent on the issue.
Both men and women have found it difficult to accept she made her money in a genuine way and the online congratulatory messages are like double-edged sword filled with vile coded messages. These comments shows we still hold on to archaic beliefs that women cannot fend for themselves or possess the ability to make wealth without the help of a man.
If it was the west,they will create a university course about her but for us, we criticise, scrutinise and seek to destroy her. You might not like her or even appreciate her journalistic style or skills but it is wise to respect her resolve because with such resolve, she will keep rising.
Whilst the 35-year-old ex-model ecstatically gave full details of her new home, obviously in acknowledgement of her achievements, green-eyed monsters are out to dampen her happiness.
Negative comments were already afoot just hours following her post. Majority of which, were merely because she is a woman who dared to become a self-made billionaire. If they were not suggesting that she is a mule for the rich to hide their wealth, they implied she is a prostitute who slept her way into wealth.
Unfortunately, in their myopic minds, Ms Ikeji fits perfectly into the sultry mistress stereotype because; she is a single woman in her thirties without a wedding band on her finger and a man next to her. So, they took the easy way out by calling her unprintable names instead of calling her what she truly is; a formidable and passionate blogger whose hard work catapulted from the filthy street of Idi-oro Mushin to the posh curbs of Banana Island.
According to Ms Ikeji, she has “never...never ever in my life slept with a man for money” yet many blog commentators are claiming she acquired her wealth by sleeping around with rich men and governors.
A comment following a Vanguard article asking, “what do you make of Linda Ikeji’s N600m mansion? Stated as if it was factual that she became rich by being an escort and not through blogging.
“I don’t think she got the money from blogging but as an escort girl to politicians! Notable newspapers like Punch, Vanguard, etc didn’t make such money. I presume she is a high class lady.
Some men could dash N1 billion to a mistress.
Now that Buhari is in power, a lot of politicians will be dropping their properties/assets to anyone “who could claim them in order not to violate CCT asset declaration.” Commented an anonymous user named “OmoNaijaUK”
Other commentators did not spare her either.
Akintunde Adeyemo claimed to be one of her fans albeit sceptical of her wealth
“My dear, nobody is envious of her achievement. Moreover I am one of her fan, but let’s face the fact here and stop deceiving ourselves, she might be making money through another means. Blogging (copy and paste) cannot fetch that money. How many advertisment is she running on her blog compared to other dailies. Or is she making money more than all other media houses, with well experienced reporters, editors, writers, columnists, etc. This is 9ja where anything goes. Thank me later. There is more to this than meets the eye!!”
For Ikenna Ikeanyi, Ms Ikeji is vain; “600 million naira mansion, what will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul. Vanity upon vanity”
Rotimi Bamidele thinks it is financially wasteful to spend such amount on a house.
“Historically, nobody spends his hard-earned income with reckless abandon, especially by wastefully acquiring a gigantic mansion. The cost of maintaining this edifice is enormous. Legitimate incomes are usually invested in instruments or ploughed back into the business or divested to other lines of business to generate more monies. Look around at rich people in our society today, they secured multiple streams of income before showing off their wealth. If all this lady does is blogging like she claimed and she was able to amass this much money and then thought the next thing to do was to buy a mansion on Banana Island, then she’s financially reckless and lacks sound business acumen. That’s my honest take”
Interestingly, some comments both exalted and disparaged her at the same time. Ohazulike Ifeyiwa Lucia’s said.
“That is great to hear. At least as a single young lady you were able to make it on your own. Congrats. But I think that’s extravagant of you. My dear we have so many less privileged you can use N200m of that money to affect their lives and I bet heaven will never forget you. Think about it. All the same bigger you I pray and greater wisdom.”
Everyone is entitled to his or her views however, most people formed their views even without any shred of evidence to support their claims. They castigated though there was no evidence to suggest she got her wealth through doggy, fraudulent or any other means apart from blogging or other legitimate business ventures.
Ms Ikeji seems to know what to do with Nigeria but Nigeria on the other hand seems not to know what to do with her. In an era where Nigerian ladies are more interested in posting half naked selfie with a duck pouted mouth on different social platforms, she brought blogging to Nigeria and has kept busy ever since.
Using her blog as evidence, it is always current and up-to-date. Her blog is the first stop for all and sundry looking for Nigerian gossip.
In her own words “I’ve been blogging since 2006...November this year will make it exactly 9 years. God, consistency and hard work brought me here today”
She branded herself as a “grapevine” and became a household name, which has its perks, one of which is advertisement.
The status quo anytime Ms Ikeji posts things on social platforms is for people to disparage her status, as a single lady. People throw all kinds of shades at her, telling her to go get married. As a single woman, her ability to stand on her feet and fight for herself is an indication she knows who she is, her abilities and how to overcome her weaknesses a feat many of us can only dream of accomplishing in our life time.
It is a shame that even women criticised her for buying a house. Regardless of the amount involved, at the end of it all, it is just a house.
Her fellow female bloggers said nothing about her achievement however if she was feuding with someone, they would be the first to blog about it with the exception of Kemi Filani who featured her in her blog post as an inspiration to others.
Liala Ikeji also featured an article about it by Charles Novia but other prominent female bloggers were silent on the issue.
Both men and women have found it difficult to accept she made her money in a genuine way and the online congratulatory messages are like double-edged sword filled with vile coded messages. These comments shows we still hold on to archaic beliefs that women cannot fend for themselves or possess the ability to make wealth without the help of a man.
If it was the west,they will create a university course about her but for us, we criticise, scrutinise and seek to destroy her. You might not like her or even appreciate her journalistic style or skills but it is wise to respect her resolve because with such resolve, she will keep rising.
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