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  • Aisha Babangida’s love for women’s empowerment

    Aisha Babangida’s love for women’s empowerment

    Aisha Babangida, the first daughter of Nigeria’s former president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi (retired), and the late Maryam Babangida,  is one woman, who has continued to win more hearts with her unfailing love for humanity, her passion for growth, and her uncommon devotion to development in all strata.

    The 53-year-old Aisha seems to have lived all her life devoted to the empowerment of women and the girl child. This is aside from her obvious decision to consistently contribute towards human capacity building and more.

    Recently, she displayed one of the reasons she has continued to soar and remained a source of joy to her father and the late mother.

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    Quick to always dedicate most of her achievements to her parents – majorly her late mother – Aisha decided to celebrate International Women’s Day, with women in the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises sector. To this end, she had an intimate mentoring session with 50 SMEs from the WenA Community initiative in Abuja.

    Aisha and other facilitators delved into strategies for empowering women in business under the theme: ‘Inspire Inclusion: Raising Women Leaders in Business.’

    Impressed by the commitment, Aisha noted that she would continue to champion inclusivity and gender equality in the business world.

  • Aisha Babangida inducts new Sarauniya Zazzau Suleja

    Aisha Babangida inducts new Sarauniya Zazzau Suleja

    Aisha Babangida is one woman, who has continued to win more hearts with her unfailing love for humanity, women empowerment, passion for growth and her uncommon devotion to development in all strata.

    Her decision to consistently contribute towards human capacity building – a trait attributed to her mother by many – and more has continued to endear many to her personality.

    Despite her numerous chieftaincy titles, humanitarian and business activities, one of the roles that is dear to the heart of Aisha Babangida is her role as Iyan Zazzau Suleja of the Suleja kingdom.

    This title has had two holders, the first being Hajiya Ladi Kwali, and the second was her mother HE Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim Babangida. Aisha stands tall as the third defender of peace, uplifters of women empowerment and education.

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    And after a decade of holding the title and contributing immensely to the development of the kingdom under the reign of HRH Mallam Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim, CON, Aisha has again inducted the second Sarauniya Zazzau Suleja (Queen of Zazzau Suleja).

    On Saturday, October 14, 2023, when the Emirate witnessed a mammoth crowd to celebrate the 30th anniversary of HRH Auwal Ibrahim’s rule as Emir, Aisha joined the emir in turbaning the new Queen of Zazzau Suleja.

    Aisha’s love for culture and history is legendary and with a firm belief that traditional title holders are very important to the development, her passion to support, uplift and just support or create a friendly productive ecosystem continues growing with every achievement.

  • Aisha Babangida resonates late mom’s passion

    IT is no news that Aisha Babangida has encountered myriad of numbing defeats especially on the love front, but she has refused to be defeated or allow the strife and storms of life define her otherwise enviable life. Married in her youth to Basheer Nalado Garba, a relative of the Sani Abachas, the marriage went sour after three years over accusations of intolerance and arrogance. In 2008, she found succour in the then Zamfara State governor, Alhaji Aliyu Shinkafi, who, at the time, already had two wives. Under the wings of Shinkafi, Aisha seemed to flourish and it seemed only death would do them part. However, constant confrontations from Shinkafi’s older wives and a failed re-election bid put the union asunder.

    Incidentally, her parents, Ibrahim and Maryam, were the epitome of an enduring marriage. They got married in 1969 and remained together till death took the former first lady in 2009. The former military president has refused to remarry despite multiple speculations to that effect.

    Today, Aisha is single but doesn’t wear her status on her sleeves. You would not miss her glow and grace as she steps out whenever occasion demands. Aisha was among the women at the wedding rites of Fatima Dangote in Kano. She concentrates her energy on her Better life for Rural Women, a women empowerment organisation she inherited from her late mom, as well as promoting girl-child education.

  • Aisha Babangida brightens up Yuletide for the needy

    Aisha Babangida brightens up Yuletide for the needy

    Although merrymaking and giving to the needy have become long-established traditions for the Yuletide period, many people tend to concentrate on the merrymaking part while ignoring the aspect of giving. They give themselves over to wild orgies of wining and dining while their next door neighbours roam around in search of crumbs.

    One woman who has been able to see the deeper significance of the festive period is Hajia Aisha Babangida. From an early age, she learned that happiness comes not only from being able to wine and dine but also from the knowledge that you are the reason others are also able to eat and drink. Like a leaf absorbs sunlight, she imbibed this lesson and has made it the cornerstone of her adult life.

    Thus, she has been going about, putting smiles on the faces of the less-privileged during the Yuletide period. Over the past few days, a lot of impoverished women have become beneficiaries of Aisha’s generosity as she has been doling out bags of food, cash gifts and other items to the overjoyed women and their families.

  • Aisha Babangida set to relaunch Better Life

    There are few better ways to pay tribute to the departed than by taking something they loved and grow it bigger than they left it. For Aisha Babangida, the daughter of IBB’s late wife Maryam, this is the rationale behind the plan to relaunch of the Better Life for Rural Women programme, a pet project of her late mother, which positively impacted the lives of hundreds of women living in the hinterlands of the country. Now, as she flies the flag of humanitarianism her mother left behind, Aisha is determined to take the programme to the next level. Come March 9, Aisha will reach another milestone on her journey towards accomplishing this lofty goal, as the Better Life NGO will be relaunched with a sparkling new logo and new initiatives that will expand on the programmes already on the table.

    The daughter of General Ibrahim Babangida is leaving no stone unturned to ensure a hitch-free occasion, especially as the matriachs of the high society have signified their readiness to grace the occasion in their droves in support of one of their own. And she is succeeding in her mission too. Under her stewardship, the Better Life for the Rural African Woman programme, founded by her mother, has expanded into a behemoth of an organisation catering to a large swath of needs and interests. From establishing a new microfinance bank, Egwafin Bank, catering to the needs of SMEs, establishing scholarships for indigent youths, empowering rural women, funding cooperative societies and supporting small scale agriculture with grants and lots of other life-changing initiatives, Better Life has become a buzz word for transformative humanitarianism.

  • Aisha Babangida’s new move

    Aisha Babangida’s new move

    Aisha Babangida is one woman who has seen the eye of the storm and lived to tell the tale to enraptured and attentive audiences throughout the length and breadth of the country. The delectable daughter of the late former Nigeria’s first lady, Maryam Babangida, has weathered many storms, especially since her mother departed the planes of existence. She was married twice, but each time, ‘Hurricane Misfortune’ visited her shores and left her devastated in the ruins of divorce. Undaunted, Hajia Aisha picked up the pieces of her life each time and strode confidently forward, secure in the knowledge that her mother’s foundation still provides her with something to live for.

    Having grown up watching her mother Maryam pilot the affairs of Better Life for Nigerian Women programme, Hajia Aisha was nurtured from a young age to understand the value of service to humanity. She has since taken up the reins and is determined to take the foundation to greater heights.

    In pursuit of her noble goals, she recently founded a microfinance bank opened mainly for the lower class to ease the economic burdens on their sagging shoulders. Aisha, daughter of former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida, has developed into one of the foremost advocates of women rights in the country.

  • Aisha Babangida trudges on

    One of a mother’s greatest gifts is to teach her child that to grow is not to timidly sit on some safe shore at water’s edge and clumsily grab whatever floats by. Rather, it is to deliberately step into the waters in calm and turbulent times in order to wrestle great things to shore. It is a lesson that is better taught by a mother who stands before her child in soaked apparel.

    Hajia Aisha Babangida has received this great gift from her late mother, Dr. (Mrs) Maryam Babangida; an icon of a woman who fought for better life for African rural women and Aisha sat and learnt at her feet. Today, she has grown into a hardworking woman who is determined to accomplish more than her mother did. She is the Chairperson of the Better Life Programme for the African Rural Woman, a non-profit organisation founded by her late mother.

    The foundation recently floated a new bank called Egwafin Micro Finance Bank in Suleja. Hajia Aisha Babangida’s vision is to empower and support rural African women and give them a sense of purpose and development in their various communities. She has since altered the modus operandi of the organisation to soothe the prevailing economic climate. Some of her impactful activities include job creation, scholarship programmes for youths from primary school to the university, financing women cooperative societies and clusters involved in agro processing such as the groundnut and Shea butter value chain, empowerment of Rural Woman through skill acquisition and entrepreneurial training, rehabilitation of prisons, provisions of relief materials to victims of disasters, youth empowerment and Adult Literacy programmes for rural dwellers.

    In order for to carry out some of the above activities, Aisha Babangida has partnered with both local and global agencies. She is also a member of the Governing Council of University of Abuja, the Globa Shea Alliance, Mentor and Mara foundation.

  • Aisha Babangida keeps mum’s flag flying

    Former First Lady of Nigeria, the late Mrs. Maram Babangida, is not one that would be forgotten in a hurry. Her memories are cherished by her friends and family members while his feats as wife of former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, continue to resonate within and outside the shores of Africa. One of the many things she is remembered for is her Better Life for Rural Women programme, a venture believed to have transformed the lives of many rural women in Africa.

    After her death, her daughter, Aisha, has tried to wear the shoes her mother left behind. The iconic daughter of Gen. Babangida has been doing well in this regard. Last Saturday, the memory of Maryam Babangida was honoured by her daughter at Tungan Ashere Adult Literacy Centre, Gaku District, Zuba Abuja-FCT Abuja as about 52 women graduated from the African Rural Woman Adult Literacy Programme. The 52 women, who initially could not read or write, completed their 12-month course. Not only can majority of them now read and write, they can also express themselves in English.

  • On Aisha Babangida’s Better Life Project

    Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. Aisha Babangida picked her path decades ago and has since been toeing the path of doing something for the down-trodden. Thousands wake up each day with a prayer on their lips for Aisha, who is known for her big heart and determination to leave a lasting impact in the lives of rural women. For Erelu Aisha Babangida, daughter of former Nigeria Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, giving back to the society has become her second nature. For years now, she has dedicated her life to giving back to her society and her influence has transcended the shores of Africa. Aisha, through the Better Life Programme for the African Rural Woman, embarked on the Adult Literacy Education Programme in Tingan Ashere Community, Gaku district of Zuba Abuja.

    The Non-Governmental Organisation has successfully empowered 62 graduates to improve their earning opportunities via diversified empowerment sources. The 2016 Basic Literacy ceremony and celebration of the two years impact on Gaku has been scheduled for the 12th of March, 2016. The basic tenet of this event is designed to showcase the impact of the organisation’s two-year strategic ideals, implementation and progress. The organisation also intends to create the necessary awareness that will promote innovative solutions to support rural communities in attaining self-dependence. The event will hold at the Aungan Ashere Adult Literacy Centre, Gaku District, Zuba Abuja-FCT Abuja.

  • Aisha Babangida impresses guests at CUISINE KRAFTERS Magazine launch

    Aisha Babangida impresses guests at CUISINE KRAFTERS Magazine launch

    One word best describes Hajia Aisha Babangida: phenomenal. This word best describes her poise, elegance, grace and respect for African culture and tradition. All these were on display once again as Aisha, the daughter of former Nigeria military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, was spotted at an event in Abuja where she skillfully played the role of the chairperson.

    The event was the launch of a magazine that celebrates and promotes Nigerian food and culture. The event held at the Sandralia Hotel Abuja. Aside Hajia Aisha Babangida, who was the chairperson and guest speaker, other high class guests were present. They include the Head of Corporate Marketing of Dana Air, Sam Ogbogoro and Kingsley Nwachikwu (Hotel Majestic actor).

    The new publication, Cuisine Kraft, was pioneered by Shade Osibo, who has been a caterer for almost eight years. Osibo also happens to be the personal caterer of Aisha Babangida and other top celebrities in Abuja.