“From lovebirds to locomotives, we’re keeping things on track,” the Nigerian Railway Corporation posted in October 2025. Nollywood actor Shawn Faqua had just married event planner Sharon Ifunanya on a moving train.
The bride’s idea
Sharon Ifunanya Maduekwe, a professional event planner, came up with the idea herself. A coach was decorated at Mobolaji Johnson Station in Alagomeji-Yaba, Lagos, and the wedding party boarded the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge train.
Vows on the rails
The ceremony took place on a Sunday in October 2025, with vows, a ring exchange and a kiss inside the moving coach. Actor Stan Nze was among the guests. The couple had already held their traditional wedding.
The railway corporation called it “the first-ever wedding on a moving train in Nigeria” and shared the videos on its own pages, which spread them far beyond the usual wedding audience.
Why people remember it
Lists of 2025’s biggest Nigerian weddings, dominated by Miami mansions and Monaco town halls, made room for a wedding on public transport. It showed that a memorable wedding could come from one good idea rather than a big budget.