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REPORTAGE<br />

Nengi<br />

Hampson<br />

Nengi Hampson is one influencer<br />

who became famous, again, thanks<br />

to social media. Gaining stardom<br />

with the Big Brother Naija<br />

Lockdown edition, Nengi has<br />

managed to maintain her<br />

supporters on Instagram. With<br />

millions of dedicated followers, this<br />

reality star turned actress, certainly<br />

gained the support necessary to<br />

grow her audience. Nengi who is<br />

Senior Special Assistant to Bayelsa<br />

State Government on the Girl<br />

Child, is also a well-known<br />

ambassador for beauty brands and<br />

teams up with a number of other<br />

lifestyle brands, to make the perfect<br />

content for her followers.<br />

Maryam Apaokagi<br />

One of the youngest influencers on this list,<br />

Maryam Apaokagi known professionally as<br />

Taaooma, has worked her way up to becoming<br />

one of the foremost social media comedians to<br />

watch today. Her keys to success have been<br />

showing off her talent with her very creative,<br />

educative and absolutely witty contents. Taking on<br />

multiple characters, Taaoma creates brands<br />

awareness for her clients via short comedy skits,<br />

which are often quite entertaining and informative to<br />

her followers. Her work has earned her about<br />

2million followers on Instagram and, more than a<br />

million on YouTube and still going strong.<br />

Toke<br />

Makinwa<br />

Media girl, author and entrepreneur,<br />

Toke Makinwa has become a powerful<br />

influencer thanks to her dedicated 4.3<br />

million followers. Also known as a<br />

fashion influencer, filling our instagram<br />

feed with bold, eye-catching images,<br />

Toke’s feed is the place to be for fashion<br />

inspiration. Bringing on her social<br />

intellect, she created the vlog ‘Moments<br />

with Toke’ where she engages her<br />

followers on different lifestyle issues,<br />

which endeared her to many and<br />

gaining more followers as a result.<br />

Being a versatile woman, she flaunts<br />

her socialite status, and fashion and<br />

beauty line through her Instagram posts.<br />

She also makes good money off<br />

sponsored posts.<br />

Samuel Perry<br />

Dabo Adebayo<br />

Dabo Adebayo, known by his stage name<br />

Mr Macaroni is the definition of internet<br />

success. Before YouTube, Facebook, and<br />

Instagram, no one had ever heard of this<br />

creator. Today he’s one of the most popular<br />

people on social media, best known for his<br />

comedy skits on Instagram and Facebook.<br />

He is also famous for marketing brands,<br />

products and services through his comedy<br />

skits, while passing the message to his<br />

numerous followers across various social<br />

media platforms<br />

Another internet personality who found<br />

fame through his comic videos on<br />

Instagram, Samuel Perry also known as<br />

Broda Shaggi with over 7 million<br />

followers, thanks to his posts that make<br />

people laugh. The University of Lagos<br />

theatre arts graduate, is famous for his<br />

comedy skits and other fun visuals.<br />

Everything he posts is designed to get<br />

you to laugh or smile, making life’s<br />

stresses easier to contend with.<br />

Today, Samuel is a strong influencer<br />

sponsored by many brands, and his<br />

fame has given him success offline, with<br />

him being a part of television adverts for<br />

communications giant Glo Nigeria<br />

amongst other top brands. His hilarious<br />

online antics have also landed him<br />

several movie roles in Nollywood. He is<br />

also known as one of the most influential<br />

personality on Instagram.<br />

March 28, 2021 / 5

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