The blogosphere is an ever-growing platform, with thousands of blogs opened per second of the day over the globe. As tons of bloggers are emerging on the globe many more are springing up in Africa and Nigeria in particular.
Blogs covering various topics such as lifestyle, fashion, news, food, etc are on the web and the female folk in Nigeria are soaring in the blogosphere.
Nigerians in the diaspora are also scaling high on the blogosphere. Here is a list of top Nigerian female bloggers in the blogosphere.
TOP 10 INFLUENTIAL NIGERIAN FEMALE BLOGGERS
1. LINDA IKEJI
The Nigerian influential blogger Linda Ikeji who revolutionalized blogging in Nigeria and Africa and has been awarded Doctorate degrees for her exceptional work in the blogosphere is Nigeria’s top female blogger. She has topped the chart for most influential Nigerian bloggers for over half a decade and has grown from the blogosphere into media with her TV show which is named after her. The new mum started her blog in 2006 and she is currently the highest-earning blogger in Nigeria.
She started her blog in November 2006 and ran the blog using Google’s blog-publishing service ‘Blogger’ and then her blog’s URL was http://lindaikeji.blogspot.com/ before she moved her domain to the current URL http://lindaikejiblog.com/.
Linda Ikeji had always wanted to be a journalist but she started out as a model and was a fashion model and photography model for 8 years but had too quit at 25 due to her age, she felt she had to leave the job for the young ones. At the end of her modeling career, going back to become a journalist was a difficult task for her as she was already known by many as a model.
Her love and desire for blogging kicked-in in the year 2006 after the Nigerian blog – Bellanaija wrote an article about her and her friend sent her the link to the article. After perusing the article and going through the content of the website, she fell in love with the blog and started visiting the blog every day. This inspired her to create her own blog that same year and she ran the blog for four years without making money off it.
She never really thought she could make money from blogging but her passion kept her going even when there wasn’t income flowing in. In fact, she was even helping her readers to run their ads for free during the early phase of her career. But in August 2010, she got a call requesting what her advert rate was and she had absolutely no idea what that meant. She put a call through to another blogger who explained to her what it meant and also gave her a copy of his blog rate.
Since then the money just kept on coming in. According to Linda Ikeji, the best days of her blog was when she helped a guy named Oke to travel to India for Kidney transplant. She posted about Oke’s condition on her blog and it got the attention of someone from the Delta State Government house and he was able to get the treatment he needed. Linda has also had her fair share of backlash from other celebrities due to the content of her blog. She had issues with RMD, Toke Makinwa, Wizkid, and many others. Her story is a justification for the fact that passion, dedication, and hard work pays.
You can follow her blog on Lindaikejiblog.com
2. UCHE PEDRO
Bella Naija as she is fondly called is an influential name in the blogosphere. She started her blog before Linda Ikeji and she is fondly known for her exciting blog series Bella Naija Weddings, Nigerian celebrity gist and entertaining contents.
Uche Pedro started blogging before Linda Ikeji and incase you didn’t know, Uche Pedro inspired Linda Ikeji to start blogging. Uche Pedro studied at the prestigious Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada where she bagged a bachelor’s degree for Honours Business Administration (HBA) and got her inspiration for blogging during her holiday visits from Canada to Nigeria.
She observed the impressive growth rate of the Nigerian entertainment sector, fashion, business, and politics and saw how young people were becoming a part of this growth and she saw the need to document these sectors and put them on the web.
She launched Bellanaija (www.bellanaija.blogspot.com) on the 1st of July 2006 using Google’s free blog-publishing service ‘Blogger’ before she later moved on to bellanaija.com.
This blogger has scaled heights, made a fortune in the blogosphere and impacted many including Linda Ikeji to blog.
To get exciting contents from Uche Pedro you can click on her blog BellaNaija.com
3. STELLA DIMOKO KORKUS
Nigerian lifestyle, entertainment and gist blog fondly called SDK by the blog visitors, is authored by talented and delectable blogger Stella Dimoko Korkus. The University Of Benin Alumni who resides in Germany with her family (husband and sons) and has received the Nigerian Entrepreneur Award For Online Blog Of The Year among others is a household name in the blogosphere.
Her blog engages her huge fan base with chronicles, stories, entertainment gist, and testimonies. Stella’s blog is more than just a blog but a community where love, wisdom, and news is spread abroad.
Stella had dreams of becoming a banker but that dream wasn’t actualized so she resorted to taking the job of a journalist. Stella saw an ad for content writers by hints magazine and applied for the job. She worked in the magazine hints and Encomium as a news writer before launching her own blog.
Stella is known for her lack of fear of scandals or fights and has been known to not having a cordial relationship with her fellow blogger – Linda Ikeji.
Click on her blog Stella Stelladimokokorkus.com to have a feel of her entertaining content and amazing community.
4. LAILA IJEOMA
Nigerian gist, news and celebrity blogger Laila Ijeoma who started her blog in 2012 and left her lucrative bank job to venture into full-time blogging is among the influential Nigerian female bloggers. She has grown a large community on the blogosphere and keeps engaging her visitors on her blog Lailasnews.com.
5. CASSANDRA IKEGBUNE
Dr. Cassie who is a medical doctor by profession, model and all-around creative has carved a niche for herself in the Nigerian blogosphere with her life, style, and fashion blog.
The blogger who started her blog on January 21st, 2013 is currently making waves on the blogosphere with her Cassie Dave’s blog planner and note pad which is first of its kind in the Nigerian blogosphere. She has also won awards for her creative work in the blogosphere
Visit Cassiedaves.com to get updated with Cassie Dave’s creative blog
6. TOSIN AJIBADE
Tosin is not far behind influential in the blogosphere. Her News and entertainment blog covers topics of interest that brings traffic per second of the day with exciting information.
Her blog can be followed at Olorisupergal.com
7. ONO BELLO
Ono Bello is a lifestyle, fashion, and entertainment blogger that blogs about happenings in Nigeria and fashion in general. The amazing blogger is one of the many influential Nigerian bloggers on the globe.
To get acquainted with her blog visit Onobello.com
8. YEMISI AIYEDUN
Influential bloggers in Nigeria cannot be mentioned without Sisi Yemmie. The CNN featured blogger, YouTuber, and mother of one who is expecting her second child with her hubby blogs about food, fashion, lifestyle, and reviews. Her savvy tales in her blog and YouTube channel keeps visitors engaged.
Follow her blog at Sisiyemmie.com for her savvy content.
9. SARAH ENUWA AUDU
Sarah has carved a delightsome niche for herself in the blogosphere with her fashion and style blog where she publishes engaging fashion contents. The Benue state blogger who resides in Abuja Nigeria is one of the influential fashion bloggers in Nigeria.
You can get exciting fashion information from Sarah’s blog here at Princessaudu.com
10. KACHI TILA ADESINA
kachee is an awesome blogger who has a unique style of writing and amazing content. The mother of one who is a lawyer by the day and blogger by night lives with her family in the UK and blogs about lifestyle, food, and career.
She started her blog in 2016 and has gained recognition over the years as one of Nigeria’s influential bloggers.
You can get entangled with her intriguing blog at Kacheetee.com
There are over a hundred talented influential Nigerian Female bloggers ruling and rocking the blogosphere in various niche areas but this is just a few of the top bloggers. Which influential blogger do you think is omitted from the list? Let’s discuss this in the comments.
Content Writer: Maryann Onosode
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