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Oshiokenoya Kenneth
Nene Veronica
Oshiokenoya Kenneth
Nene Veronica
December 20, 2025
How We Met
We met online in a WhatsApp group created for the children of people from our village in Nigeria to connect with each other. The group was created in 2017, but we did not meet until October 2023 when Oshioke put out a call for help with a spelling bee competition he was trying to plan for local schools. My brother and I had just started the DJUI Memorial Foundation and Library that July, so I got in touch to see if we could co-sponsor or co-host the event. We didn't end up meeting or getting the spelling bee off the ground that December. I left Nigeria, but we stayed in touch. When I returned in October 2024, we immediately reconnected and met up in the village. We planned and hosted a read-a-thon event at the Library last December, and decided to start planning our life together -- including our wedding!
Schedule
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Court Registry
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
28 Borno Street, Area 10 Garki, Abuja, FCT 900103, Nigeria
Travel
Travel Note
Where to stay
The airport is located in the outskirts of the city, so we would advise finding a hotel close to the city center where the Ministry of the Interior is located. We would like to reserve a block of hotel rooms for your convenience by the end of the week. These rooms would need to be booked by December 1st. Please check out the hotel options and let us know which accommodations you might prefer. We will add additional hotel options when we finalize the reception venue. If you would like to search for yourself in the meantime, we stay in an area called Gwarinpa, so that's probably the furthest from the city center you will want to be. Also outside of the city center are Jahi and Jabi. Jabi is nice, with a large mall, a lake and plenty of hotel options. The city center should have other great hotel options in the central business district; Wuse and Wuse I; Maitama; and the court is in Durumi, close to Garki and Garki II.
Travel Note
Visa Requirements
Use the link to create an account and use it to fill out the Visa application online I will provide the required Host documents for the visa via WhatsApp. Necessary documents: Current passport (with at least 6 months validity) Completed visa application form --> must be submitted in person: https://nigeriaembassyusa.org/ois-office-locations/ Confirmation of online payment receipt Confirmation of online acknowledgment slip 2 passport size pictures Letter of invitation from Host accepting full immigration responsibility --> Nene will provide Data page of Host passport --> Nene will provide Confirmed hotel reservation, if the applicant is not staying with Host --> Nene will provide address Valid return airline ticket. Evidence of funds to cover stay in Nigeria (letter from bank etc.) Holders of non–U.S passports must provide proof of legal residency (photocopy of the Green Card). For children: Photocopies of parents’ passports (bio-data page) or valid ID must accompany the application as well as proof of payment to Innovate1 Service. Copy of child’s birth certificate Notarized letter of consent jointly signed by both parents
Aso Ebi
Registry
Gallery
Just a few photos of our time together so far:)
Things To Do
ALMAT Farms
Oshioke has been for a work retreat, but I have never been - we're planning a trip!
Jabi Lake Mall
There is also a park, resort, and boat house connected to Jabi Lake!
Bwari Pottery Village
We recently passed by here on the way to visit an aunt. When I asked Oshioke about the clay pots I saw from the road, he told me about the tours. It's on our list of places to go now!
Abuja Arts and Crafts Village
Also on our list of things to do! This is across from the Abuja Continental Hotel.
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