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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 />
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