Princess*, 26, & Bayo*, 37, have been dating for three years. In #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about navigating the 11-year age gap between them & transitioning from a medium-distance relationship to one where they both live in the same city. 

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Elizabeth, 29, and Samuel, 29, have been dating for eight months. Today on Love Life, they talk about meeting at work, deciding to date despite the threat of long-distance and getting engaged after one month of dating.

Ajoke, 28, & Solomon, 25, have been dating for three years. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about being coursemates, becoming friends with benefits & being in a relationship where they’re both allowed to date & have sex with other people.

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Jola, 25, and Oyin, 26, have been dating for a year. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about meeting on Twitter, becoming friends and talking for nine months before starting a relationship where they still haven’t had a fight.

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Bolaji, 30, and Fareedah, 30, have been dating for eleven months. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about meeting through a friend, texting their way into a relationship and how they got engaged after doing their traditional introduction.

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Kiki, 26, & Taiye, 26, have been dating for seven years. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about meeting at their school’s exco office, starting a friendship for four months before dating & how they dealt with the threat of infidelity.

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Seun, 23, & Àdìó, 26, have been dating for four months. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about meeting at Salt & Light church camp, how they flirted their way into a relationship & reuniting physically on Valentine’s day this year.

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Ope, 30, & Sandra, 27, dated for a year & 7 months before getting married. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about starting a relationship in the DMs, a horrible first date at Ope’s house & why their close friends found out they were getting married on Twitter.

Bisola*, 23, &Tunde*, 23, have been dating for a year. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about being in the talking stage while Bisola was in a relationship, being each other’s best friend & why they wouldn’t leave each other for ten million dollars.

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Yemisi, 24*, & Kelechi, 28*, have been dating for eight months. Today on #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about how detty December plans got them together, being in a long-distance open relationship where they’re both bisexual & how they learnt to argue better.

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Olayinka, 24, and Emma, 24, have been dating for four years. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about meeting in university, navigating a long-distance relationship from Ajah to Ibadan and almost breaking up over a chat.

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Being in the streets shuffles between being the best thing in the world and being the absolute ghetto. Join us as we explore the pros and cons. 

Cynthia*, 30, and Ezinne*, 29, have been dating for six months. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about getting in touch after reading each other’s stories on Zikoko and falling for each other despite being married.

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Naomi, 27, and Chiby, 28, have been dating for two years. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about meeting in secondary school, remaining friends and finding love in each other at South.

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Cynthia, 26, and Tomiwa, 30, finally started dating after nine months of being in the talking stage. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk meeting at work, considering getting in a relationship for the amount of time it takes some women to produce babies (nine months) and learning to understand each other better.

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Favour, 25, and Segun, 27, have been dating for two years. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk meeting via a matchmaking attempt by their friends, falling in love after five weeks of constant talking and living out their future plans.

Olanrewaju*, 27, and Temi*, 27, have been dating for a year. Today on Love Life, they talk about meeting on Twitter, starting a relationship after reading a Zikoko article and  their plans for the future.

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Uju, 45, and Sirry, 40, have been dating for five months. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about meeting on Twitter, navigating dating as older women with kids and being in an intercultural relationship.

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We covered a lot of love stories in 2021 — thriving love, toxic love, love gone sour and everything in between and we are looking forward to doing more next year but before then here’s a list of love life stories you absolutely must read.

Hadiza*, 35, and Zikora*, 40, dated for three years before they got married. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about being friends who travelled together for work, growing into a relationship and getting married despite living in Nigeria where same-sex marriage is illegal.

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Cassie, 28, and Mark, 28, started dating when they were sure they had the same goals. Today on Love Life, they talk about starting out from an Instagram DM, and how being unintentional kept them apart for two years. 

Sophie*, 23, and Ife*, 24, have been dating for two years. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about meeting at a cyber cafe, falling for each other because they lived together and finding themselves in a polyamorous relationship.

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Adeola, 29, and Temilayo, 24, became exclusive after a kiss. Today on Love Life, they talk about moving from office romance to getting engaged, and why there will be no “breakfast” in this relationship.

Ejiro*, 23, and Mimi*, 22, have been dating for over a year. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about running away from their homes to build a life together, learning to survive on their own and what a future looks like for them.

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