Taaooma

Maryam Apaokagi, known professionally as Taaooma, is a Nigerian comedian, content creator, cinematographer, and social media influencer. She is the CEO, and founder of Chop Tao, a food company, and directs for The Greenade Company,

Early life Maryiam Apaokaigi spent most of her early years in Namibia. She studied Tourism and Travel Service Management at the Kwara State University. In 2022, she tells The Punch, “I wanted to be a doctor. Later, I changed it to a lawyer. I got to university and was offered Tourism.”

In 2015, she started online comedy after convincing her fiancé to teach her the basics of video editing. She rose to stardom in 2019 with a skit based on African parents taking their children to school. In 2019, she was the face of Media Room Hub’s July Issue. Her comedy skits are centered on exposing African mothers and their unique manner of disciplining African children with a slap.

Personal life In February 2020, Apaokagi became engaged to Abdulaziz Oladimeji (known as Abula) in Namibia, and married on 24 January 2021. The couple welcomed a daughter in 2024.

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