Yil is a Humanitarian and a fast-rising Producer/Filmmaker from the beautiful city of Jos, Nigeria. She has a flare for creativity and diversification which drove her into working behind the scenes changing lanes from acting to filmmaking. She is a well-known humanitarian and activist back at home, her big heart and passion for social justice led her to found a non-governmental organization called Saphira Global Center for Social Development where she focuses on rendering basic humanitarian aid to vulnerable groups across different communities regardless of religion or social affiliation.
She has over the years been focusing on improving the lives of vulnerable groups such as widows, IDPs, Orphans and victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Interventions such as free medical aid and provision of relief materials, and psychosocial support for IDPs. Widows who are not displaced but financially incapable of taking care of their families get to benefit from the financial literacy training and are given small grants to start up small scale businesses to make them economically empowered and give them financial stability. Young girls are given platforms to undergo mentorship under her tutelage on leadership and career development.
As an activist, she has organized and participated in countless peaceful protests and demonstrations against bad governance, police brutality, rape, insurgency and injustice.
Away from community development, Yil is a professional film producer and as a creative, she uses her craft to tell compelling stories that are relatable to societal happenings.
She has worked on different film projects after getting her start on well-received and highly successful projects for giant media houses like EbonyLife TV Multi Choices’ Africa Magic, with stories like a compelling TV Drama focusing on the effects of the insurgency and set in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria, produced by Watershed Entertainment with support of the North East Regional Initiative (NERI). With several productions to her reels, showcasing her ingenuity and leadership prowess, Yil’s profile as a producer and filmmaker has been on a steady rise.
She went on to work on projects like “Sowing Hope,” a widely talked about documentary film about a real life Imam who gained wide recognition and was highly celebrated for hiding about 300 Christians in his mosque, putting his life on the line when the insurgents threatened to kill them in Nghar village of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, of Jos Plateau State. It was produced with the support of the American Embassy in Nigeria. She has also worked on many media projects for international donor agencies like Save the Children (SC), Oxfam and International Regional Committee. She has worked mostly on projects centered on women-affected issues like maternal health, nutrition and safety in areas affected by insurgency and conflicts.
As part of her training, Yil has also been a participant and one of the winners of a small grant film fund from the Mac Arthur and Equal Access International organized training for enablement in the area of production of anti-corruption themed films. These and other workshops have also helped to keep her in touch with new artistic visions and production techniques, something she is always interested in. She contributed to a short film contest on combating Trafficking in Persons in Nigeria, under a short film competition organized by The International Organization for Migration (IOM) as a Supervising Producer of the film entry titled ‘From a single city’ as a voluntary contribution to support and encourage emerging filmmakers.
Yil also partners with countless NGOs to bring help to women and children from various sections of the society, through Saphira Global Center for Social Development, the humane organization she helped found. She is currently the CEO of Film Content Media House Ltd. She is quickly rising through the ranks to where she is as one of the finest emerging female film producers in the entertainment industry today. As a team player and a nation builder, she belongs to some notable Associations and networks and has a number of awards, nominations and recognitions to her name.
