Obinna* (31) and Emem* (20) have been together for over a year. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about navigating their age gap, expecting a baby so early in their relationship and how marriage talks haven’t stopped the accusations that he groomed her.

Jamal (25) and Tomi (24) met at a party two years ago when they were both non-religious. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about struggling to commit, feeling empty in their individual lives and deciding to root their relationship in celibacy and faith.

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.

Muyiwa (34) and Banke (29) have been together for two years, and parents for almost as long. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about navigating an unexpected pregnancy, deciding to move in together to raise their child rather than get married and switching traditional gender roles.

Nneka* (54) and Daniel* (28) are in a sugar mummy-sugar baby situation that’s been on since 2022. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about caring for each other within a purely transactional arrangement, how their first fight made the power dynamics clear and what they don’t miss about traditional relationships.

Teju* (37) and Malin* (32) have been living together as a common-law couple in the US since 2021. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about being legally married to other people in their home countries, spending more than they bargained for on Teju’s kids back home and how they plan to remain lovers until they’re discovered.

Aliyu (59) and Mariam (53) have been married for 31 years. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about marrying young, drifting apart four years and three kids after because of their mutual infidelity, and navigating the Gen X Muslim version of an open relationship.

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.