A wedding is commonly known as a marriage ceremony. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vows by the couple, presentation of a gift (offering, ring(s), symbolic item, flowers, money), and a public proclamation of marriage by an authority figure.
Some Nigerian celebrities have defied all odds by exchanging vows with their spouses away from public eye.
1 Regina Askia
One of Nollywood’s hottest and oldest actress, Regina Askia, inย ย the early 90s secretly married Rudolph Williams, an American who flew to Lagos for the secret ceremony. At this time the Internet wasn’t popular in Nigeria so it took about a week for people to find out. Shortly after her wedding Regina Askia relocated with her husband.
2 Adaeze Yobo
Yobo was crowned the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria in 2008. She married Joseph Yobo in 2009 in a private ceremony at night.
3 Toke Makinwa
The vlogger cum author was in a long term (12 years) relationship with Maje Ayida. The relationship had a lot of ups and downs but they secretly got married on January 15, 2014. The marriage crashed in 2016.
4 Uche Jombo
Uche Jombo secretly married Kenny Rodriguez in a low key wedding ceremony in America after her failed relationship with Ikechukwu Uche.
5 Di’ja
Reports had it that Mavin singer Di’Ja had gotten married in December 2015 but Di’Ja did not give a hint. On July 1, 2016 Di’Ja finally revealed that she had gotten married months ago and had given birth to a boy.
6 Goldie Harvey
Late Nigerian singer and BBA star who died on February 14, 2013 had been secretly married toย ย Andrew Harvey, an engineer based in Malaysia, in 2005. This was made known after her unfortunate demise.
7 Funke Akindele
Multiple award-winning actress secretly got married to her beau JJC Skillz Bello in London on August 27, 2016.
8 Stella Damasus
The actress who is based in UK has been secretly married for 4 years to her live-in lover, Daniel Ademinokan. Ademinokan announced this on February 14, 2017.
9 Agbani Darego
Top Nigerian model, Agbani married Ishaya Danjuma in a quiet ceremony in Morocco on April 8, 2017. It was reported that only 35 people were in attendance.
10 Woli Arole
On April 13, 2017, Woli Arole posted a photo of himself in a well-tailored Agbada and captioned it, ‘Taken’ while his friends and colleagues shared the same photo, congratulating him.
