In 2020, Dayo (35) and Amaka (32) met at a mutual friend’s wedding. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about only realising their different backgrounds when family came into the picture, eloping when their families disapproved of their relationship and how moving in together made them question their compatibility.

Shola (59) and Eva (49) married in 1996 when she was barely 21. They divorced 22 years later, then they remarried in 2023. In this week’s Love Life, they share how they fell in love in 1993 despite their ten-year age difference, how things unravelled as Eva found herself and why they decided to remarry after everything.

Adeolu (31) and Jane (30) have been together since a mutual friend matchmade them in 2016. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about being each other’s soulmate from day one, navigating his healing period after a car accident in 2019 and how his painkiller addiction has affected their relationship.

Dare* (33) met Vanessa* (29) at a bar in 2017, and they swiftly rubbed each other the wrong way. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about bonding over Vanessa’s work struggles, how their current relationship thrives on their mutual annoyance with each other and why they’re in no hurry to plan for the future.

Tade (29) and Sonia (28) have known each other most of their lives, but it took them moving to different continents to realise their love was beyond platonic. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about swindling their parents to see each other, keeping their relationship secret from them and the ups and downs of living together.

Effiong (49) and Maryam (48) celebrate their “china” anniversary by telling us when she'll finally open his first gift to her, how it took five years for them to date, she converted to Christianity for him, and now, they’re non-religious, teaching their children to be humanists.

Ife (31) met Bash (32) when his phone was stolen in Computer Village during the heat of cash scarcity in January 2023. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about transitioning into long-distance two months into their relationship, syncing on movie watching and their pact to break up if they can’t fix the distance by their first anniversary.

Rasheed* (44) and Toyin* (38) are a power couple who met a decade after attending the same uni. On this week’s Love Life, they share how politics brought them together, distance makes the love stronger and why it took eight years to get married.

Alex (29) and Jola (28) met at a friend’s birthday party in 2016. Since then, they’ve been inseparable. On this week’s Love Life, they share why they only fight over text and aren’t in a hurry to get married.

Growing up as family friends, Zayyan (29) and Rabi (27) never imagined they’d be married. On this week’s Love Life, they share what made them decide to date, why their fathers were against their marriage and why this is their most memorable Eid as a couple.