“I abandoned my N5million per annum bank job to become a full time blogger” – Laila Ijeoma, CEO, Lailasblog
In the Nigerian blogosphere, Laila Ijeoma commands a lot of respect, not just because she owns www.LailasBlog.com; an entertainment website that reports trending Nigerian news read by millions monthly. On June 30, 2016, Laila took a bold step of abandoning her over N5million per annum bank job to become a full time entertainment blogger; risking everything to take a gamble on her passion. She traded her lucrative job to pursue what was still at that time, just a hobby she was passionate about, but today, the decision has become one of her best turning points. In a chat with Vanguard Saturday Woman, she says she has no regrets a year after taking this huge leap of faith as she now has all the time to focus on her family and continue to grow her blog even bigger. Why did you dump your bank job for fulltime blogging? I started blogging as a joke in 2012; I wasn’t looking for money because I was already gainfully employed at that time. All I want...