Blessing CEO confirms she has broken up with IVD

Social media personality Nkiru Blessing Okoro, known as Blessing CEO, has confirmed that her relationship with businessman Ikechukwu Ogbonna, known as IVD, is over.
What she said
During an Instagram Live session on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, Blessing CEO was asked about her relationship status. She said she and IVD had broken up, adding that many of her fans had told her to leave him and that she now respects her fans' views. She said she had picked up the pieces of her life and described herself as back to being a single mother.
Background
The pair went public with their relationship in January 2025, and IVD proposed in April 2025. Their relationship drew strong reactions online because IVD's late wife, Bimbo, had died in a fire months earlier, and Blessing CEO had first met him as his relationship counsellor. In recent weeks Blessing CEO has been mourning the death of her nine-year-old son, who died while she was in custody, and this week she issued a tearful public apology to people she had hurt with her words. IVD also posted an emotional plea online earlier this week. Some critics responded to her apology by referring to IVD's late wife.
How people reacted
Many fans welcomed the news and wished her peace and healing, while others said she should focus on her children and her recovery.
- Blessing CEO says she and IVD are no longer together.
- She said she listened to her fans.
- She is mourning the recent death of her son.

