Gloria Oloruntobi

Gloria Oloruntobi (born February 6, 1997), better known as Maraji, is a Nigerian comedian.[1][2][3][4] She started her career making lip sync videos and miming songs.[5] Maraji role-plays in her comedy skits and switches between accents and vocal pitches to suit each character she plays.[6][7]

Education

Maraji is from Edo State. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Relations from Covenant University in 2016.[8][9]

Maraji was featured in the music videos for Falz's "Something Light" and Yemi Alade's "Single and Searching".[10][11]

Awards and nominations

Maraji was nominated for Prize for Comedy at the 2017 and 2018 The Future Awards Africa.[12][13][14] She was also nominated for Comedy Act of the Year at the 2018 City People Music Awards.[15]

References
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  2. Nwosu, I. K. (2018-09-11). "Get to Know Comedian/Content Creator Gloria Oloruntobi (Maraji) on #The25Series". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  3. "Maraji Says She Collects An Average Of N500,000 Per Skit And Nigerians Are Not Having It". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  4. "YNaija presents: The 100 most influential Nigerians In Film in 2019 ยป YNaija". YNaija. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  5. "The Future Awards Africa Prize for Comedy". The Future Awards Africa. 2018-12-02. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  6. "Top 10 people social media blew up". Pulse Nigeria. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  7. "Celebrities who became famous through Instagram - P.M. News". www.pmnewsnigeria.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  8. "The Business Of 60 Second Skits: How Your Favourite Comedians Are Cashing Out On Instagram". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  9. "See Who Made Top 25 Under-30 Nigerian Superstars - P.M. News". www.pmnewsnigeria.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  10. Reporter (2018-10-06). "20 Top Instagram Comedians Making Waves Online". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  11. "10 Nigerian comedians who became popular on Instagram - P.M. News". www.pmnewsnigeria.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  12. "#NigeriasNewTribe: The Future Awards Africa unveils nominees for 2017 edition". The Future Awards Africa. 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  13. "Burna Boy, Adesua Etomi, Maraji, others make 2018 The Future Awards nominee list". Vanguard News. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  14. "The Future Awards Africa 2018 Nominees List". guardian.ng. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  15. Pomaa, Precious (2019-03-19). "Meet 10 Guys Who Made Their 1st Million From INSTAGRAM". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2020-03-30.


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