Nduka* and Ene* (both 36) met through a queer community in 2014. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about the surprising support they get from family, how they feel about Nigeria’s gay marriage laws and their plans for children in the near future.

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.

Nnamdi (46) and Favour (42) met through a popular on-air matchmaking show in 2023 and started dating two months later. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about assuming they’d only be friends at first, bonding over breakfast experiences and navigating an abusive ex.

Kola (72) and Wunmi (60) have been married for 35 years. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about navigating infertility in the 80s, giving up on evangelism and lying to everyone about adopting their children.

Dumebi* (27) and Oyin* (24) met and started dating in 2022. They decided on an open relationship three months later, until he met Peju* (26). In this week’s Love Life, the three talk about falling in love with two people, how easy it was to transition into polyamory and what it’s like to be a throuple in Nigeria.

Shola (29) and Damilola (26) just got married a year after she almost pooped herself on their first date. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about bonding over Twitter, catching feelings after their first fight and how the crazy first date helped them realise they were in love.

It took two years after Ben* (38) found out about Debby* (35)’s HIV status for them to date. Now, they’ve been married for four years. On this week’s Love Life, they share why it took so long and how they navigate intimacy and fertility with the virus.

Nan (67) and Ruth (63) met at university in 1986, and she left school to marry him after he graduated the next year. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about drifting apart thanks to the pressures of parenting and career, losing everything in 2001 and how accountability keeps them together.

Malobi (31) and Tunde (28) met in 2017 and have been together since. In this week’s Love Life, they talk about bonding over shared interests but struggling to stay exclusive after seven years of dating, five years of cohabiting and having a child together.

Lase and Doris (both 30) met in Canada shortly post-japa in 2022. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about starting off as housemates in a small apartment, helping each other through extreme loneliness and how navigating celibacy together transitioned into a relationship.