The mother of one via her Instagram page talked about how young ladies should focus on being their boss rather than praying to marry rich men.

According to her, young women should find and fight for their dreams rather than praying to get a rich man. 

She took to her verified Instagram page with over 6.2 million followers and wrote:

”Dear young lady, instead of praying to God for a rich man to locate you, why don’t you pray to God to make you a ‘rich man’? Because what happens if the rich man leaves? ?? you start hustling for another one? C’mon, that’s too much stress ?.

Below is her post on IG:

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Taking to Instagram, the blogger stated that she is willing to help all female entrepreneurs, whose businesses have suffered, to get their sources of livelihood back up and running.

In a long note, she wrote:

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The events of the last few days has left me really sad and horrified. But Nigeria is our country, It’s the only home we have, so we have to make it work. We all have to do our parts. . And here’s my part! You’ll know I’m big on female entrepreneurship and women being financially independent, so it breaks my heart to see women who have strived for years to stay afloat lose their businesses overnight. Not fair! So If you’re a female entrepreneur residing in Lagos and your business was destroyed or looted and you need help to get back on your feet, pls send me an email lindaikeji1980@gmail.com. . I’m focusing on women with small scale businesses who lost their sources of livelihood. I’d like to help some of you get back on your feet and see if I can get some of my rich friends to also help. Covid-19 already made life difficult for some of us, the events of the last few days will make life unbearable and we can’t just sit back and do nothing. . I’d like to help some of you restart your businesses so if you were affected, send me an email ASAP with proof of what was destroyed (videos and photos) and also value of what you lost so we have an idea of how much to help with. . I have already set up a team to crosscheck all claims as we receive your emails. Once we confirm you’re truly a victim, I will do what I can and get others to also help. We are all in this together. We have to be our brothers keepers. . Anybody who wants to help can also contact me. We will all be helping these business owners directly after we compile a verified list. Nobody is collecting money on behalf of anybody. . Nigeria will not fail. God bless everyone ? . P.S: when all these dies down and it’s safe to move around, I and a few other female entrepreneurs will pay visits to women who lost their businesses.. and give hugs…among other things! ?. #womensupportingwomen #unitedwestand

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The mum of one took to her Instagram page to reflect on her life and count her blessings.

”This is what 40 looks like. Sexy. Successful. Happy. Almost fulfilled and super grateful for a beautiful life filled with amazing family and friends. God has been incredibly good to me and I don’t take my blessing for granted.

“Happy 40th birthday to me. I actually can’t believe I’m 40!  What? Lol. Thank you so much in advance for all the beautiful birthday wishes. God bless you and yours,” he wrote.

Showing off her 80 pairs of amazing designer shoes, she wrote:

”OK, let’s do this! Hehe. Surrounded by my birthday present from myself to myself. I was going to buy 40 designer shoes to celebrate turning 40 and then I started shopping and couldn’t stop! . Too many beautiful shoes to select from so I ended up buying 85 pairs… (80 in the pic, 5 on da way). And yes, I bought all of them at the same gaddam time!. Who does that?, ME, that’s who!.

“I’m so grateful, so thankful, so happy! Happy birthday to me!. P.S, These photos don’t do the shoes justice.”

The IGP made this revelation while speaking with state house correspondents after himself, the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, and the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, met with President Buhari this morning over the increasing incidence of rape cases.

The police chief said 799 suspects have been arrested so far, 631 cases conclusively investigated and charged to court, and 52 cases are left and under investigation.

He added that the COVID19 restriction is responsible for the spike in the number of rape cases.

We are here to brief you on sexual and gender-based violence and the action that the government has been taking, particularly the Nigeria Police. 

It has come to the public knowledge now that because of the COVID-19 restrictions, we have a surge in cases of rape and gender-based violence.

These are cases that are now coming up but we want to let members of the public know that, rape and gender-based violence have been there.

The law enforcement agents have been dealing with these cases, in most cases, members of the public are not aware of the actions that the law enforcement agents have been taking.

The Nigeria police so far from January-May 2020, we have recorded about 717 rape incidents that were reported across the country, about 799 suspects have been arrested, 631 cases conclusively investigated and charged to court and 52 cases are left and under investigation., he said.

He called on rape victims to always ensure they report the matter to the police.

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According to him, remaining silent gives a perpetrator another opportunity to prey on his next victim.

It is a very wicked offense, it is very serious offense, it is very wicked of an individual to engage in rape or defilement.

And there are a lot of causes, some are doing it for ritual purposes, some are doing it because they are within the family and they see the victims and have the urge to go into it and do it. But such people should not be allowed to go scotch free.

I am just to inform you that the government is doing something about it and you can see me with the ministries of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and Women Affairs Development, Pauline Tallen.

From now onward, national partnership with every stakeholder is what we are going into now and not only within the country but within the subregion.

We have to partner with organizations that are involved in this. We know we have been working seriously with UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) and other civil society organizations.

So just to tell you that government is doing something seriously to curtailed this type of offense, he added.

Her time in the industry has not been without controversy as her blog was shut down by technology giants Google in 2014 for unspecified reasons.

Speaking in an interview on Citi News, Ms. Ikeji indicated that, the business of blogging held so much untapped potential to which she was blind until she first received money for her work.

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“My first paycheck was a hundred and fifty dollars. It came to me when I didn’t know we could make money out of blogging. So I wasn’t advertising at that point,” she said.

She said a company came to her to advertise but she declined the offer and just asked that they sent their stories to be published for free.

“I think the company had budgeted for me so the people were keeping the money. So ‘Dena’ got to a point where he got uncomfortable so he insisted I take the money. So that was the first paycheck I got. And that opened my eyes to possibilities,” she added.

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According to Linda, other people started coming to her after her first advert and since then she started charging five dollars ($5.00) and ten dollars ($10.00),” she disclosed to Citi News.

The veteran in the industry was in Ghana to participate in the Ghana Bloggers Summit where she shared her expertise with some stakeholders and interested parties.

According to her, the blogging job has become common because people now have access to social media and that a lot of people can now blog too.

She said this in an interview on Brunch in the Citi on Friday, November 1, 2019, with host AJ Sarpong.

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“The standards have fallen because now everybody has a platform. Just like 20 years ago if you wanted to anything put out, you go to the OX magazine or People or Hello or if you just give birth to a child, they can sell your pictures but now you can put it on Instagram, nobody really cares about that anymore,” she said.

“Now everyone has a platform and they fell they can write anything about anybody and they will get people to criticize and troll,” she said.

Linda also talked about the Nigerian government’s plan to regulate blogging in Nigeria.

According to her, the decision is not necessary because she believes it will be difficult to regulate what people do in the cyberspace.

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She also advised people on social media to develop a thick skin against what bloggers write about them.

Linda Ikeji is a Nigerian blogger, writer, entrepreneur and former model.

She is currently in Ghana to speak at the Ghana Bloggers Summit organised by Avance Media.

Linda will be sharing her blogging story and mentor up-and-coming bloggers.

Source: citinewsroom.com