Photo: Nkechi Blessing and Opeyemi Falegan in the early reports of their peace talks — The Naija Wide
Nollywood actress Nkechi Blessing Sunday has made peace with her former partner, Ekiti politician Opeyemi Falegan, four years after their bitter public split — but she has firmly rejected reports that the two are back together.
The peace was sealed on a TikTok Live on Saturday night, where Falegan apologised publicly — a condition Blessing said she had set when talks between them began in February 2026, because remarks he made in 2022 were still being used by trolls against her.
"I told you in February that if we must do this, you have to apologise to me because what you said years ago, some irrelevant nitwits still used it to insult me yesterday. That is to tell you that the internet never forgets," she said on the Live.
Falegan replied: "From the bottom of my heart to the depth of my soul, I'm sorry, Nkechi. That's in the past."
- The pair split in April 2022 in a public fallout; Blessing said at the time they were never legally married
- Playful lines on Saturday's Live sparked "back together" and wedding headlines
- Both have since clarified separately: peace, yes — a rekindled relationship, no
Nkechi Blessing reacts to the reunion reports
As the reunion framing spread, Blessing addressed it directly on her Instagram page, in capital letters: "FORGIVENESS DOES NOT MEAN RECONCILIATION!!!"
"Making peace with someone from my past does not mean I want that person back in my present. Forgiveness is not a relationship announcement. Being cordial does not mean rekindling old flames… I have forgiven, I have healed, and most importantly, I HAVE MOVED ON," she wrote.
In a further post reported on Tuesday, she added that there is "nothing like coming back together, not in this life or the next life," and that she is not back with any of her exes. She also apologised to Falegan for her own part in the old feud.
What Falegan says
Falegan posted his own clarification on Monday: "We are happy to let you know that we have resolved our differences and are in a very good place now." He appealed to supporters on both sides to let the matter rest.
What happens next
Both parties say the matter is closed. For followers who watched one of Nollywood's messiest public breakups in 2022, the story ends not with a wedding, as the early headlines suggested, but with an apology, a handshake and two separate statements asking the internet to move on — as they say they have.
Credit: Punch and Daily Post reports of November 8–9, 2026, and statements on the verified Instagram pages of Nkechi Blessing Sunday and Opeyemi Falegan.
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