We asked over 10,000 people across the country.
50% have cheated. 59% have been cheated on. 7 in 10 are fine with sex before marriage.
But that’s not all we found out. Zikoko’s State of Love Report is now live. Full report here:
https://t.co/NuwQtAQelI
In late 2025, we surveyed over 10,000 Nigerians across the country about love, marriage, sex and relationships. The findings show that the old rules are shifting.
Zikoko’s State of Love Report is out now.
Click below to access the full report:
https://t.co/NuwQtAQelI
In late 2025, we surveyed over 10,000 Nigerians across the country about love, dating, sex, marriage and more.
Our findings will surprise you.
Zikoko’s inaugural State of Love report drops this Saturday.
Be there!🫵🏾 #zikokomag#zikokostateoflovereport2026
Let’s get the hard stuff out of the way before we get to know each other.
Our newest dating show, Dealbreaker, drops every Saturday this February at 3pm.
Every week, a new couple skips the small talk and sets their boundaries first, but will it be a deal… or a dealbreaker?
#ZikokoShips #ZikokoDealbreaker
In 2017, Adeniyi* (41) and Idera* (36) met at a New Year’s carnival in Surulere, where a drink request turned into years of partnership.
https://t.co/ldQ0cDRbC7
On this week's Love Life, they talk about finding an unexpected connection in a crowded party, navigating pregnancy and parenthood outside traditional marriage, and why they're unbothered about tying the knot after 9 years and 3 kids.
Debo* (29) met Itunnu* (27) at his mum’s 50th birthday in 2024. She was his mum’s close friend, which made the attraction unexpected and complicated from the start.
https://t.co/vVt54NPsez
On this week’s Love Life, they talk about how an unlikely meeting turned into a serious relationship, what dating with his mum already in the picture was like, and how they’re planning a future together.
After matching on Tinder in November 2024, Anu* (27) and Paul* (29) spent the next year stuck in an exhausting cycle of texting, fizzling out, and reconnecting whenever he visited Lagos from Port Harcourt.
https://t.co/bnWmT3pKB5
On this week's Love Life, they talk about the frustrating uncertainty of almost-relationships, how getting intimate changed everything, and if they can finally commit when distance has been the problem all along.
Subomi* (28) and Derinsola* (27) are university mates who went from enemies to lovers. For years, they couldn't stand each other until the NYSC camp forced them into the same space and changed everything.
https://t.co/im6rSHWRcZ
On this week's Love Life, they talk about campus politics, realising they had more in common than they thought, and why they've had to ban all talk of politics to keep their relationship intact.
“It felt like someone had read my diary. She saw everything I’d typed into ChatGPT, from the replies I asked it to create for her long messages to advice on our relationship.”
https://t.co/QmF9u8chhy
Ahmad* (27) started using AI as an intermediary in his relationship, never imagining it would backfire. Nothing prepared him for the fallout when his girlfriend discovered his private conversations.
When you're done reading, you decide if he fucked up or not.
Gboyega* (30) and Charles* (28) met at a rave in March 2025. Months later, a steady run of casual sex turned into something neither of them could fully define.
https://t.co/uAdOYLGGxq
On this week’s Love Life, they open up about navigating mismatched expectations and the chances of building something real when one person is still healing from old emotional wounds.
Wahab* (34) and Derin* (31) met at a secondary school mate's wedding in 2018. Four weeks into their marriage, a gas explosion burned down their home and hospitalised them for months.
https://t.co/wlyFS1dfrg
On this week's Love Life, they talk about falling in love, building a life together, and how a tragedy that almost destroyed everything ultimately made their bond stronger.
When Gaffar* (35) and Memunah* (28) joined the welfare unit at NASFAT mosque in 2023, neither expected their bond to grow beyond mosque duties. One spirited exco meeting later, they were inseparable.
https://t.co/03BmN1rgxh
On this week’s Love Life, they talk about falling for each other in the middle of service, navigating family expectations, and why they believe their story will break his family’s history of failed marriages.
Adura* (27) and Faith* (28) were university acquaintances who reconnected at NYSC camp in 2022. What started as a friendship between two familiar faces in an unfamiliar place soon blossomed into a serious relationship.
https://t.co/YcZQq4NI5J
On this week's Love Life, they talk about transitioning from friends to lovers, building a life together in Ibadan, and navigating the one issue that's threatening their future: Faith's hygiene.
Deola* (29) and Hassan* (31) first met as secondary school classmates and rekindled their connection years later at a singles event in 2024.
https://t.co/V0JTIx6NNj
On this week’s Love Life, they talk about their whirlwind teenage romance, the messy breakup in university, and what it’s like giving love a second chance after nearly a decade apart.
Fikayo* (28) got married at 22 and thought marriage would look like the fairytales she grew up watching abroad.
https://t.co/nJ4dwl54Tu
Seven years later, she’s learning that marriage is less about romance and more about growing up, choosing peace, and finding yourself all over again inside a partnership.
Subomi* (28) and Damilola* (27) met on a WhatsApp movie club in 2023 and sparked a connection through a shared love for good banter and quality films.
https://t.co/eX9DDsSN3D
On this week’s Love Life, they talk about falling for each other after a brief friendship phase, surviving long-distance, and how one awkward bedwetting incident nearly ended their relationship.
The wait is finally over! 💃💃
From dating apps to long distance, family pressure to the 'bare minimum crisis', we asked 100 people to share what it's really like searching for love in Nigeria right now.
It's the ghetto!