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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.
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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.
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postheaven.netShe 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.
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Mukhtar Dan’Iyan, the Editor-in-Chief of US-based The 15 Past Eight Media Group, said he merely spoke up after the blog used his tweets about developments in the war against the Boko Haram insurgency without his permission.
"I spoke up about the unauthorised use of my intellectual property that was taken from my TL (time line)," Mr. Dan’Iyan, who tweets via @MrAyeDee, told PREMIUM TIMES in an interview, Wednesday.
"(I) filed a formal DMCA complaint to Google which hosted her site.
"One complaint is not enough.history.gov But safe to assume when Google looked through other examples of unauthorised IP usage and other IP owners filing complaints, it all added up.
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Google took down the blog on Wednesday following multiple allegations of copyright infringement.
Ms. [https://lindaikejinigeria.bravejournal.net/post/2021/09/03/Hi-Fashion-Online!:-Linda-Ikeji-s-Hermes-Bag-The-Cost-Of-Being-Successful-And-Single Linda Ikeji] did not respond to our enquiries Wednesday.
Mr. Dan’Iyan’s accusations and subsequent threats of organising a class action against the popular blogger drew the ire of the numerous fans who accused him of envy and hate.
In her response on Tuesday to the accusations, Ms. [https://www.wattpad.com/user/kevinroot5 Linda Ikeji] dismissed the plagiarism allegations and accused Mr. Dan’Iyan of using another name, Emmanuel Efremov, to stalk her, as well as register almost ten of her domain names.
But Mr. Dan’Iyan said Mr. Efremov is one of the directors in his company.
"15Past8.com has owners like any other company. He’s one of them," Mr. Dan’Iyan said.
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Efforts to reach Google on Wednesday were not successful.
While the class action against Ms. [https://anotepad.com/notes/mc38dj3p Linda Ikeji] (whose blog is still ranked No.bravejournal.net 10 on the Alexa rankings of Top 500 sites in Nigeria) and Google is still gathering momentums, Mr. Dan’Iyan said he had backed out.
"People are sending stuff in, but hopefully, when she bounces back, as I know she will, she will be the paragon of accountability when it comes to using material," he said.
"In other words, she’ll only use that which she got permission for, this way tempers would cool and lawsuit won’t proceed by aggrieved parties (of which I am no longer one).
"Personally, I want Linda to win and win big. Her story is a huge inspiration to many, and should continue to be, as long as she does things the right way."