Nollywood actress and social media personality Regina Daniels has declared that she is done with marriage but far from done with motherhood.
In a candid and wide-ranging livestream alongside popular TikToker Jarvis, the 24-year-old actress opened up about her plans following her highly publicized split from estranged husband, billionaire politician and Senator Ned Nwoko, making clear that while she has closed the door on the institution of marriage, her desire to expand her family remains firmly intact.
“I want to have six children, and I have two already, two boys. It’s so crazy, but for some reason I have checked my mind out of getting married. But I am going to have a girl, and I must have a girl,” Daniels told the online audience in remarks that have since gone viral across Nigerian social media platforms.
Central to Daniels’ declaration is a deeply personal conviction, one rooted in her views on family, loyalty, and the bonds between parents and their children in old age.
The mother of two boys explained that her determination to have a daughter stems from a belief held by many across Nigerian culture: that daughters tend to remain closer to home and to aging parents long after sons have moved on to build lives and families of their own.
Men will grow, get married, and focus more on building their family. But for women, she will always remember home,” Daniels said, articulating what, for her, is not mere sentiment but a life plan.
It is a telling statement from a young woman who has, by her own account, been through the worst that marriage can offer and emerged with her maternal instincts not just intact but sharpened.
To understand the weight of Daniels’ words, one must revisit the story of how she arrived at this point.
In 2019, a teenage Regina Daniels, just 19 years old at the time, married Ned Nwoko, a wealthy former lawmaker and business mogul. The union immediately ignited a firestorm of public debate.
The arithmetic alone was enough to raise eyebrows: a 40-year age gap between a fresh-faced actress barely out of her teens and a man old enough to be her grandfather. Critics were vocal. Supporters, fewer in number, urged the public to respect the couple’s choice.
For a time, the marriage appeared to weather the storm of public opinion. The couple welcomed two sons and maintained a visible, if occasionally scrutinized, public presence. Daniels continued to build her brand, leveraging social media to connect with millions of fans across Nigeria and beyond.
In late 2025, what had simmered beneath the surface boiled over in the most public of fashions. Reportedly, one of Nwoko’s wives made explosive allegations against Daniels, claiming she was battling substance abuse involving drugs and alcohol and asserting that she required rehabilitation.
The allegations landed like a thunderbolt. For a woman who had built a carefully curated public image, the accusations were not merely damaging; they were, in her telling, an act of warfare.
Daniels did not stay silent. She fired back swiftly and forcefully, denying every claim and launching her own serious counter-allegations against Nwoko.
She accused the senator of psychological manipulation, emotional abuse, and what she described as a pattern of control designed to diminish her.
Shortly thereafter, she made her move literally. Daniels packed up and left the marital home, relocating to her own residence. Since then, she has been consistent and unequivocal in her messaging: she is single, she is free, and she is not looking back.
In a society where a woman’s value is often tied to marital status, she is choosing a different script, one where she raises her children, pursues her career, and builds her legacy entirely on her own terms.
Whether the court of public opinion will afford her the grace to do so without judgment remains to be seen. Nigeria has never been short of opinions about Regina Daniels, and it is unlikely to start now.
What is clear, however, is that the actress who once walked into marriage as a teenager is walking out of it as a woman who knows precisely what she wants and what she does not.
Six children. At least one daughter. No husband. She said.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Following a bitter and very public separation from Senator Ned Nwoko, marked by allegations of abuse, manipulation, and substance misuse, Regina Daniels has made a definitive break from marriage, declaring herself done with the institution entirely.
