The Real Housewives of Lagos is a new franchise of The Real Housewives, an international reality television franchise that consists of 11 series in the United States and 21 international series. It is a new reality show based in Lagos with full Nigerian woman casts to keep all the audiences entertained and hooked up.
Check Out The Cast Members & Characters
The Real Housewives of Lagos cast members include actress Iyabo Ojo, fashion designer cum stylist Toyin Lawani, socialites Carolina Hutchings, Chioma Ikokwu, Maryam Adeyemi Timmer, and influencer Laura Ikeji. Many fans are excited and waiting for the show to be aired as all the cast members are considered famous and pretty popular for their influence in the Nigerian community.
The series will showcase their abundant lives in the Nigerian capital serving high fashion, luxury lifestyles, boss business moves, and many dramas.
Here are some of the cast members of the reality series.
• Carolyna Hutchings
Carolyna Hutchings is one of The Real Housewives of Lagos cast members. She is known as the CEO of 'Hutchings Limited,' a real estate, oil and gas, and agriculture company. She is also the founder of 'Hopeville Foundation,' an NGO that provides care for women and children. Furthermore, Carolyna is a mother of three beautiful kids.
• Laura Ikeji
The series also has an influencer member named Laura Ikeji, reports glamour.co.za. Laura has two beautiful kids, and her husband is former 'Super Eagles' star Christopher Kanu. There is also a lawyer in the cast, and her name is Chioma Ikokwu, who is also the co-founder and CEO of luxury hair brands 'Good Hair Ltd' and 'Brass and Copper Restaurant & Lounge.' She is not married and runs women- and a children-focused charity called the 'Goodway Foundation.'
• Toyin Lawani-Adebayo
Toyin Lawani-Adebayo is a renowned celebrity stylist, fashion designer, and business mogul. She is the CEO of 'Tainnah's Place Empire' and a mother of three kids. Her spouse's name is Segun Wealth, and he is a musician and creative photographer. Another beautiful cast member is Iyabo Ojo, famous as a Nollywood actress, producer, TikTok sensation, brand influencer, and entrepreneur. She is also the CEO of Ferris Limited and a divorced mother of two kids.
• Mariam Timmer
Mariam Timmer is the last cast member of The Real Housewives of Lagos, and she is also an exceptional woman with loads of talents and skills. She is a PR expert and chief executive director at 'Lure Fashion Limited,' an online retail fashion line. Moreover, she is also a Youtuber and a mother to a beautiful daughter. She has a husband named John Timmer.
Release Date On Showmax & Trailer
The Real Housewives of Lagos is the most anticipated Nigerian edition of NBC's Universal's The Real Housewives show. It is set to release on 6 April 2022 on channel Showmax.
The trailer for the show was released on 16 March 2022 via Youtube from Showmax's official channel, where six women from different backgrounds gathered together to showcase their power as a businesswoman and their lifestyles as socialites. The trailer introduced all the cast members with their respective names in a short form.
The show will take the viewers on a journey of six socialites and businesswomen from Nigeria, where three of them are married women. The show was inspired by the success of the first two African editions - The Real Housewives of Johannesburg and The Real Housewives of Durban. The show promises viewers to keep them all anticipating as it was in production for most of 2021.
Moreover, The Real Housewives of Lagos is the 16th international version of the Real Housewives format and the third to be adapted in Africa, produced by Livespot 360.
According to pulse.ng, the show will debut officially on Showmax from Friday, 8 April, with new episodes dropping weekly. The Showmax's head of content, Candice Fangueiro, shared that they were eager to show the continent and the world- another side of Lagos with all the drama, high fashion, and luxury expected from The Real Housewives franchise.