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The Story of Linda Ikeji

 Celebrity blogger Linda Ikeji is another multi-millionaire African who was born with a clay spoon in the mouth, but who believed in herself, in hard grinding and in God's help. As a student of English department at the University of Lagos, she kept part-time jobs as a waitress, model and a writer. She is a native of Imo State, South East Nigeria. Having worked her way through rejection, delays, turn-downs and all what not, her blog began to gather thousands then millions of followers till she became one of Nigeria's leading media channels. Today, she is arguably the highest paid. At one time in October 2014, her blog was shut down by Google. It was restored on October 10, 2014. She bought a house lately worth over N500 million Naira in one of Africa’s most exclusive neighborhoods, Banana Island in Ikoyi, Lagos, and thought to say some words of inspiration to her younger mentees. It came out from the heart and resounds with passion that could be felt by the fingers of

How Enyeama Became Nigerian Legend

Vincent Enyeama, Nigeria Super Eagles' most capped footballer in history, has announced his retirement from international soccer. FIFA.com describes him as Nigerian legend. And rightly so. Enyeama or Inem, as he is fondly called in Akwa Ibom, where he comes from, was born 29 August 1982. He began playing in the University of Uyo where he schooled, had a stint at Akwa United before moving on to Enyimba FC. He won the Nigerian Premier league 3 times and the CAF champions league 2 times with Enyimba. After 3 seasons with Enyimba FC, he moved to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv in Israel, stopping over for one season at Heartland FC (then Iwuanyanwu Nationale). In his first season with Bnei Yehuda, the team qualified for the final of the Israel State Cup and reached fourth place in the Israeli Premier League, which qualified them for the 2006 UEFA Cup. And then Enyeama signed for Hapoel Tel Aviv, a minor club in Israel, in 2007. With what was described as 'amazing physical and