Few Nigerian weddings of 2025 drew stronger reactions. Six months after announcing the end of his marriage to Annie Idibia, music legend 2Baba married Natasha Osawaru, a member of the Edo State House of Assembly, in a private traditional ceremony on 25 July 2025.
From “African Queen” to a new chapter
Innocent Idibia, known first as 2face and later as 2Baba, became a continental star with “African Queen” in 2004. He married actress Annie Macaulay in 2012, and their 2013 Dubai wedding was one of the most watched of its time. In January 2025 he announced that he and Annie had separated.
Natasha Osawaru is a Peoples Democratic Party politician and a member of the Edo State House of Assembly. The two had been linked by rumours before 2Baba confirmed the relationship. He proposed in February 2025, and around two months before the wedding he presented her to elders in his Idoma homeland in Benue State.
A Benin-style ceremony
The traditional wedding took place on 25 July 2025 with only close family present. Photos and videos that spread on social media showed Natasha in a red beaded wrapper with coral beads, and 2Baba in coral beads and a red wrapper with a matching beaded cap, a look that pointed to a Benin traditional wedding. A backdrop read “Welcome to our wedding: Innocent & Natasha” beside a tiered cake.
Most reports placed the ceremony in Abuja; a later report described it as taking place in Benin City. Neither 2Baba nor Natasha issued a formal statement at the time, and the wedding drew mixed reactions online, much of it tied to his previous marriage.
A son in November
In November 2025 the couple welcomed a son, marked with a private naming ceremony. They have kept the child out of public view. WePostWeddings has also covered 2Baba’s earlier marriage to Annie Idibia, from their 2012 registry wedding to the Dubai white wedding.