Entertainment of Saturday, 6 September 2025

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How Femi Otedola bought two houses in Dubai to celebrate daughter's wedding

Femi Otedola (R) with Mr Eazi (L) and Temi (M) at the wedding Femi Otedola (R) with Mr Eazi (L) and Temi (M) at the wedding

Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has shared a touching story of how he bought two houses in Dubai to celebrate the marriage of his daughter Temi, to Nigerian singer, Mr Eazi.

In a heartfelt speech at the wedding reception of the couple, Otedola recounted how for 15 years, he had toured about 70 properties in Dubai without making a purchase.

Then, on a spontaneous trip to Dubai Hills with Temi, she pointed out a beautiful house and suggested he buy it for the wedding.

"So, we saw this beautiful house, and Temi said to me, 'Papa, you know, I can have an engagement ceremony at this house. Why don't you buy it?' That's what she said. So, I got home. I slept on it. I said, 'Eh? I'm going to spend all this money on this house. Something else struck me that 'Come on, money you don't spend is not yours. Life is for the living.' So I bought it," he said.

The engagement ceremony was held there.

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Remarkably, according to Otedola, they didn’t stop at one. About eight months later, the agent called again about a newly completed home on the same street.

"Temi came to visit me. Again, I said, 'Temi, there's one house. Let's go look at it.' We got there, and Temi said, 'Papa, you know, this will be nice for the afterparty.' I said 'you are very unserious.'

"But I bought it. And we had the afterparty there," he added.

A fairytale wedding

In 2025, Temi Otedola and Mr Eazi crafted what many are calling the most memorable multi-continental wedding to date.

The journey began on May 9 in Monaco, chosen intentionally as it falls on the birthday of Mr Eazi's late mother.

Two months later, the couple honoured their Nigerian roots with a lavish Yoruba traditional ceremony in Dubai, held at the Otedola family home.

The grand finale unfolded in Iceland on August 8 with a breathtaking white wedding at Hallgrímskirkja Church in Reykjavik.

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