Top 10 Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues

In Nigeria, there are so many Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues while still doing their acts and performing their roles without any hindrance.
In some corporate organizations, it is difficult for me to get married to their colleagues but unlike in Nigeria where most celebrities get married to their colleagues.
Like in the Nollywood industry most of the top actresses marry either their directors or producers and they live happily. They manage to keep up a relationship in the workplace and handle their career perfectly.
Some of these Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues met and got married after they both starred in the same movie.
This article will provide people who made up the list of these Nigerian celebrities who married their colleagues.

The table below shows the list of Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues:

1. Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva

Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs are among the Top 10 Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues. Olu Jacobs is a Nigerian Veteran actor and film executive who married a fellow actress named Joke Silva in 1989.

However, the two celebrity was said to have met on a production set which was how their journey of love began.

Their marriage has lasted for 37 years and it’s blessed with 3 children but only 2 are surviving. The marriage is said to be one of the most successful and long-lasting celebrity marriages.

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2. Funke Akindele and Abdul Rasheed Bello

Abdul Rashed Bello and Funke Akindele are among the Nigerian celebrities who married their colleagues. Funke Akindele popularly known as Jenifa is a Nigerian actress, producer, and Director who married Abdul Rasheed Bello who is also a Nigerian singer, actor, and film director popularly known as JJ Skillz.

JJ Skillz got married to Funke Akindele in a private wedding ceremony in London in May 2016. The couple met in 2013 when Funke Akindele was looking for a director for her comedy series “Jenifa’s Diary.” Their relationship was kept at a low for a while because they both are public figures and divorcees.

Their marriage was blessed with a set of twins which are two boys.

3. Banky W and Adesua Etomi

On the list of Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues are Banky W and Adesua Etomi.  Tolulope Adesua Etomi-Wellington professionally known as Adesua Etomi is a Nigerian actress and the wife of Banky W.

Olubankole Wellington popularly known as Banky W is a Nigerian singer and songwriter Nigerian-American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, entrepreneur, and politician

On 19 November 2017, they got married traditionally. Subsequently, the couple had their white wedding in South Africa on 25 November 2017.

Earlier in 2021, the couple was blessed with a son.

4. Richard and Jumobi Mofe Damijo

Richard Eyimofe Evans Mofe-Damijo, popularly known as RMD, is a Nigerian actor, writer, producer, lawyer, and former journalist married to Jumobi Adegbesan, who later left TV personality after the death of his first wife.

In 2000, RMD remarried a fellow celebrity and currently, the two celebrities have two children together.

The couple is among the top Nigerian celebrities who married their colleagues.

5. TChidi Chikere and Nuella Njubigbo

Among the Top 10 Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues are Tchidi Chikere and Nuella Njubigbo.

Traditionally, the two top Nigerian celebrities tied the knot in 2014 in Anambra and had their white wedding in Lagos in 2018.

Tchidi Chikere is a Nigerian movie director who is also a movie producer, scriptwriter, actor, music video director, and singer. While Stella Njubigbo is a Nigerian actress and scriptwriter, model, and television personality.

6. Razaq Olayiwola and Moji Afolayan

Rasaq Olayiwola is married to Nollywood actress and producer, Moji Afolayan. They got married on the 4th of December, 2004.

Razaq Olayiwola popularly known as Ojopagogo is a Nigerian actor, producer, and director. Moji Afolayan is a Nigerian actress, film-maker, producer, and director

Moreover, Being in the same career made them among the Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues. Moreover, their union is blessed with 4 kids.

7. Ibrahim Suleiman and Linda Ejiofor

Linda Ejiofor is a Nigerian actress, model, and the wife of Tinsel actor Ibrahim Suleiman. Ibrahim and Linda Ejiofor got married in 2018, and currently, they are blessed with a son.

Both of them met on the set, after which they became interested in each other and today they are among the Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues.

8. Mide Martins and Afeez Abiodun

Mide Funmi Martins is an accomplished Nigerian actress, film producer, director, model, brand ambassador, brand influencer, and philanthropist.

She is married to Afeez Abiodun, popularly known as Afeez Owo who is a film producer and actor.

Nollywood couple, Afeez Abiodun, and his wife, Mide Martins have been married for almost 20 years,

Mide Martins and her husband Afeez Abiodun were blessed with children.

9. Norbert and Gloria Young

Norbert Young and his wife Gloria Young are on the list of  Nigerian Celebrities Who Married Their Colleagues.

In 2002, Gloria got married to a fellow Nollywood actor, Norbert Young. Both couples are colleagues in the Nollywood industry, and they are blessed with three children.

10. Simi and Adenkule Gold

Simisola Bolatito Kosoko popularly known as Simi is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress, and the wife of Adenkule Gold. Adekunle Almoruf Kosoko, known professionally as Adekunle Gold and AG Baby, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter