Nollywood actor Stan Nze and his wife,
fellow actress Blessing Obasi, marked five years of marriage with a vow-renewal ceremony held at a waterfront garden venue in Lagos on Friday, September 11, 2026 the couple hosted an outdoor celebration at a waterfront garden venue in Lagos, with guests gathered under a tented reception area to witness the occasion.
The pair, who tied the knot in a traditional ceremony in Abia State followed by a white wedding in Lagos on the same date in 2021 before announcing their engagement in 2021, with their traditional wedding taking place in Abia State followed by a white wedding in Lagos attended by family, friends and entertainment colleagues, used the occasion to reaffirm the promises they made half a decade ago. Speaking during the ceremony, Stan made it clear this wasn’t a mere repetition of old words but a renewal shaped by five years of shared lifehe acknowledged how much both he and the union had evolved, saying he wasn’t just repeating the vows he made five years earlier but making them with a deeper understanding. He described the years since their wedding as filled with sweetness, joy, bliss and harmony, crediting his wife’s endless love for that journey his years with her had been five years of sweetness, joy, bliss and harmony, and five years of her endless love toward him.
Blessing’s response was equally moving. She pledged never to grow too familiar with her husband to stop discovering and honouring him, calling him her home and one of the clearest evidences of God’s kindness in her lifeshe vowed never to become so familiar with him that she’d stop discovering and honouring him, describing him as her husband, friend, home, and one of the greatest evidences of God’s kindness to her. She closed her vows with a promise to keep choosing him for the rest of her life she said she had always loved him, loved him even more now, and would keep choosing him all the days of her life.
The couple also took to Instagram to celebrate the milestone. Stan captioned his post with a declaration of enduring love, saying that if given the choice again, he would pick his wife over and overhe wrote that if he had to choose again, he would choose her over and over, calling her his sweetness and his “ride or die”. Blessing, in turn, expressed gratitude to God for the life they’ve built together, calling her husband her “whole heart”she expressed gratitude to God, describing him as her whole heart, and said waking up beside him every day felt like a dream she was forever grateful for.
The ceremony drew warm reactions from friends and colleagues across the entertainment industry. Fellow actress Osas Ighodalo and celebrity designer Veekee James were among those who sent congratulatory messages, while gospel singer Moses Bliss offered a prayer for the couple’s continued blessingOsas Ighodalo wished them a happy anniversary and prayed for God to continue blessing their union, celebrity designer Veekee James called the moment beautiful and congratulated “the Nzes,” and gospel singer Moses Bliss prayed for them to go “from glory to glory”.
Nze and Obasi, who dated for three and a half years before marrying, welcomed their first child in 2023, announcing the pregnancy during their second wedding anniversary celebrationsthe couple welcomed their first child after announcing the pregnancy during celebrations for their second wedding anniversary, and Nze had earlier revealed that he and Obasi dated for three and a half years before getting married. Both were already established names in Nigerian cinema before their relationship became public, having kept their romance largely private until their 2021 engagement announcementbefore they became a couple, both were already established actors in the Nigerian film industry, and they kept their relationship fairly private before announcing their engagement.
Five years on, the vow renewal stands as a public reaffirmation of a marriage that began quietly and has since grown into one of Nollywood’s most talked-about love stories.
