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With the increase in mobile phone users, the rise and rise of social media platforms and the relentless penetration of the internet in Nigeria which is expected to rise to 90.48 million users in the current year, up from 83.9 million people in 2022, skit makers and comic digital content creators have continued to hold their fort in spreading smiles and driving the skit making production market.
From hilarious crossdressers to perpetual imitators, new faces and new talents keep joining the growing list of the third largest entertainment industry in Nigeria worth over N50 billion – and many of them live up to the hype.
We, therefore, look at ten skit makers to watch out for in 2023.
Jay On-Air
Joseph ‘Jay On-Air’ Onaolapo has gone from honing his trade as a radio presenter and starting a thrift store to becoming a social media celebrity.
With his perfectly hilarious depiction of millennial mothers, Jay is turning his natural abilities and passions into streams of income and gaining more mainstream recognition one skit at a time.
Gilmore
Eliezer Paul-Gindiri, the versatile content creator who began his relatable content on TikTok, is showing that he might become the next big thing in the skit-making industry.
From reminding us of stories from our student life to recreating sibling relationships that we can totally relate to, Gilmore is wonderfully reliving our childhood – and we are all for it.
Layiwasabi
You should set an alarm to tug you out of Issac Ayomide Olayiwola’s addictive social media pages, or else you might be glued for hours.
Layiwasabi’s unique abilities mean that he can embody any role – from the overbearing CEO and the mean university professor to the silly gatekeeper in a typical Nigerian home. Layiwasabi possesses many generations, characters, and faces in one young body.
Realsophy
With over 2.6 million TikTok followers, model and influencer Sophia Chisom Ikemba is carving a unique path for herself. The only way to go is up for the lady with simple hair, ash tees and blue skirt dominating social media feeds.
Erkuah
The pandemic-induced content creator turned TikTok sensation has been making a positive impression on audiences in recent times. With her brown pinafore and childlike acts, it isn’t out of place to watch out for what the Ghanaian-born content creator has in store in the current year.
Funnybros
Onwuka Ugochukwu Richard is a fast-rising comedian from Anambra state. Known for his embodiment of an impoverished tenant, the new man on the block is definitely gunning for the top through “multiple grins”.
Nepa Boys
Double trouble, creative Akinyoola ‘Kamo’ Ayoola and Hussein ‘Ozain Ibadan’ Mubarak Kehinde “kept the lights on” throughout 2022.
With their reenactment of the defunct National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) officials, the duo are garnering a superb following one content at a time.
Goroso Ekiti
The Ekiti-born content creator is gaining a cult of following with his hilarious indigenous commentaries.
One of the things we love about Owolabi is how he’s promoting the Ekiti dialect with his skits and making young and old fall in love with the Afrian culture and identify with their African roots.
Modola Osifuwa
Actress and dancer Modola Osifuwa embodies different roles while cycling among an impeccable English accent, Pidgin and Yoruba language.
The content creator had an impressive year in 2022, and she’s on the right trajectory to continue her form in the current year.
Posho Tilly
Adetola ‘Posho Tilly’ Sijuade is the new cruise queen changing the narrative and carving a niche through content creation. Apart from her comic content, she’s also a scriptwriter and MC pushing inclusivity in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
Who else would you add to this list?
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Source: TheNet
