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She met Olusegun Obasanjo in the Owu Baptist Church Choir when she was aged 14 and they courted for eight years. [3] They married on 22 June 1963 at Camberwell Green Registry, SE London, when she was 21, without the knowledge of their families. [1] [4] She obtained training in institutional management in London. [4]
Stella Obasanjo (14 November 1945 – 23 October 2005) was the First Lady of Nigeria from 1999 until her death. She was the wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, although she was not the First Lady in 1976, when Obasanjo was military head of state. She died while undergoing elective liposuction abroad. [1]
The first lady of Nigeria is an informal, but accepted title, held by the wife of the president of Nigeria. The current first lady is Oluremi Tinubu who has held the title since 29 May 2023. [1] The Constitution of Nigeria does not create an office for the country's first lady or potential first gentleman. [1]
Obasanjo did well academically, [15] and at school became a keen Boy Scout. [16] Although there is no evidence that he was then involved in any political groups, [16] it was at secondary school that Obasanjo rejected his forename of "Matthew" as an anti-colonial act. [9] Meanwhile, Obasanjo's father had abandoned his wife and two children. [17]
Iyabo Obasanjo (born 27 April 1967) is a former Nigerian senator and the daughter of former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo and his wife Oluremi Obasanjo. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Early life and education
She was born on 23 May 1941 in British Nigeria. [2] Ajoke married Murtala Muhammed in 1963. [3]She trained as a dental therapist but developed an interest in plants. [2] She set up the Murtala Muhammed Memorial Botanical Garden, a 30-hectare garden along the Lekki–Epe Expressway in Lagos in 1991.
Yar'Adua was born in Katsina into a titled family. His father, Musa Yar'Adua, was a teacher who later became the Minister for Lagos Affairs from 1957 to 1966 [1] during Nigeria's First Republic and held the chieftaincy title of Tafidan Katsina before he was appointed to the title of Mutawallin Katsina (keeper of the treasury). [2]
Fatima Lami Abubakar CON [1] (born 12 April 1951) is a Nigerian jurist who was the First Lady of Nigeria during the term of Abdulsalami Abubakar from June 1998 to May 1999. . After her reign as First Lady, Abubakar was the Chief Judge of Niger State from 2013 to