A well-known saying goes, “Love knows no bounds,” and several Nollywood celebrities have proven that love can transcend religious differences.
While some have openly expressed their willingness to convert to a new faith, others either keep their religious beliefs private or identify as nonreligious.
However, questions have been raised about the motivations behind certain celebrity conversions, whether to Christianity or Islam.
Famous9ja examines well-known Nigerian celebrities who have courageously converted to another religion because of love.
noted some celebrities who have openly stated or been rumoured to have accepted a new religion for the sake of love.
Mercy Aigbe admits converting to Islam because of her husbnd
Shortly after her marriage to her second husband, Kazim Adeoti, also known as Adekaz, Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe changed her religion from Christianity to Islam.
In an old interview with TVC, Aigbe revealed that she converted to Islam because of her love for her husband. She said:
“I love my husband so much. I don’t think any woman would have gone through what I went through if it wasn’t for love.”
The actress and her husband sponsored a Ramadan lecture in March 2023, where she spoke about accepting Islam and disclosed her Islamic name, Hajia Minnah.
Sound Sultan’s Igbo wife converts after marriage, changes her name
Late Nigerian singer Sound Sultan’s wife, Chichi Morah, converted to Islam and changed her name to Farida Fasasi after marrying the deceased in 2009.
In 2014, the late Naija Ninja boss cleared the air over his Christian wife, Chichi Morah’s, conversion to Islam.
Sound Sultan revealed that he never coerced her to adopt Islam, but that her love for the religion led her to change her religious beliefs.
Actress Adebimpe Oyebade changes to Islamic name after Muslim marriage
Nollywood star Adebimpe Oyebade aka Mo Bimpe switched to Islam when she wedded her Muslim colleague AbdulLateef Adedimeji, and officially announced her Islamic name as RAHMATULLAH.
Adebimpe Oyebade, now Rahmah Adebimpe Adedimeji, is from a Christian family. She got married to Lateef on December 22, 2021, in Lagos, Nigeria.
A few days after their wedding, Rahmah Adebimpe took to social media to publicly declare her Islamic name.
Laide Bakare leaves her Christian husband for her Islamic lover
Nigerian actress Laide Bakare changed from Christianity to Islam after her breakup with her first husband.
The movie star has since moved on with Alhaji Tunde Orilowo, who is fondly known as ATM. Not long after she moved on with the man, she converted to Islam
Liz Da Silva leaves her Christian background for Muslim
Nigerian actress Elizabeth Omowunmi Tekovi Da-Silva, aka Liz Da Silva, was thought to be Christian until she allegedly had a child with former NURTW Oshodi president Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo.
When their relationship did not work out, she married a Muslim man named Olaoye. Liz converted to Islam and took the name Aishat after the birth of her son, Roheem as she joined her new family.
Fathia Balogun leaves Roman Catholic for Islam
Popular actress Fathia Balogun was born into a Roman Catholic family, but marriage changed her faith.
The movie star converted to Islam and adopted the Muslim name Fatia. This was after she expressed her beliefs in cherubim and seraphim, until her marriage to actor Saidi Balogun brought a new shift in her life.
Fathia currently holds an Islamic chieftaincy title called Atesin Se Adinni.
Priscilla Ojo bears Muslim name after marriage to Tanzania husband
Renowned Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo’s daughter, Priscilla Ojo, spurred rumours about converting to Islam after she tied the knot with her Tanzania husband Juma Jux on February 7, 2025, in a Muslim wedding.
Priscy made a post online, revealing her new name to her fans. According to her, she is now known as “HADIZA MKAMBALA”.