Social Media Sensation, Maryam Apaokagi Aka ‘Taaooma’ Is The Cover Star For Media Room Hub’s July Issue

Social media comedienne, Maryam Apaokagi, popularly known as Taaooma is the cover star for Media Room Hub‘s July 2020 issue.

Taaooma is popular for her funny and creative skits on social media.

In this issue, The 21-year-old Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Management graduate opens up on being an Instagram sensation, her vision for Taaooma, how she was sexually molested, her stand on rape and how she met her husband to be, Abdulaziz ‘Abula’ Oladimeji, who is a film director and the CEO of The Grenade Company amongst other things.

Taaooma has her hands in many pies as she is also the CEO of Chop Tao and the First Lady of The Grenade Company.

On making a living out with skits, creative process, and favourite character

I realized I can make a living out of it almost immediately. It was looking like it was too far but I kept on and in 2019, I started making money out of it. When I started I was just doing it for fun. I was not expecting anything out of it I was just doing it because I liked what I was doing. I was also learning editing which I really wanted to do that time as well.

Shooting and editing I do it myself, although sometimes when I need someone to help me behind the camera I always call on Abula to help for editing, I do that myself. I used to like Iya Tao but now I like Baba Tao.

I would describe them as a loving family. Baba Tao loves Iya tao and same for her too she loves her husband but they like fighting a lot and Iya Tao is a non-nonsense person she is always scolding Tao even for the least of things that is important. So basically, the family is a loving family.

On how she met her fiance Abula

He came to serve in Ilorin, he is my brother’s friend and he used to come to our house that was how we met. He is actually the CEO and I’m more of a partner. Basically we shoot music videos and movies, though we haven’t shot any movie yet that’s part of it.

Read her full interview here