Toke Makinwa is trending because the nolllywood star has announced her first pregnancy at 40, just three months after saying she didn’t mind being a fifth-wife.
While fans are celebrating her, some are doubting if the pregnancy is real. Because..
On her 36th birthday, she hinted she had issues with childbirth, because she had hoped to celebrate the 36th with a child. But .. it is what it is. Yet, she remained grateful for life.
Fans have trolled her for being single and barren, after a first failed marriage, to Maje Ayida in 2014, which ended in 2017, over infidelity issues.
Since then, she has remained unmarried, and turned feminist, perhaps due to the trauma from Ayida. She choose to remain single, but hoped for love eventually.
In March 2025, on her YT show, she admitted she’s 40, unmarried and childless. But, has zero regrets. As she has built a global empire, with a supportive family and good health.
The following month April, she jokingly said; at that point in her life she didn’t mind being a 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th wife.
Today, four months later, she announces her first pregnancy, with a strongly worded gratitude to God for promoting her to a parent.
— By November 3rd, she’d be 41.
This has caused some fans to doubt her ability to conceive. Some alleged AI, others adoption or surrogacy.
Actually, menopause fully begins around 45, not 40. Although, the chances of conception go slim from 35-40.
Yet, fans remain happy and anticipating her new role, mom.
