The Nation Newspaper

Tag: Aisha Babangida

  • Aisha Babangida: A tale of daddy’s girl

    Aisha Babangida: A tale of daddy’s girl

    The love between a father and his daughter is impossible to replicate. Former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, once recounted how fond he was of Aisha while she was growing up. What is not yet public knowledge is Aisha’s reciprocal love for her father, who had given her everything she needed to become the woman she is today.

    Although it would be hard for anyone to fill the void left in the heart of the former military president by his late wife, Aisha has sacrificed so much to make it less pronounced. According to those who should know, since Gen. Babangida returned from his medical trip to Germany, Aisha has practically relocated from her base in Abuja to Minna to take good care of her father.

    Since her mother’s demise, Aisha has kept her mother’s legacy alive by ensuring the survival of the Better Life for African Rural Women programme. Her activities in this regard include travelling to the nooks and crannies of rural settlements across the country to empower indigent women. She spread the scope of the organisation’s activities to cover the entire continent a few years ago after partnering with several other development agencies.

  • Aisha Babangida’s new love

    Aisha Babangida’s new love

    Rather than devoting her time to brooding over the losses of the past, Aisha Babangida has chosen to tuck her heartbreaks into the dustbin of history and embrace a new love. But it is not one that could lead her to marital vows any time soon. The pretty first daughter of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) has done away with all amorous entanglements for now to devote her mind to philanthropy.

    CelebWatch gathered that she has found solace in helping the masses with her Better Life for Rural Women project. She is no longer regular on the social space as she has been spending the best of her time combing through the nooks and crannies of the nation in a bid to better the lots of rural women like her late mother did.

    Aisha has widened the scope of the initiative began by her mother by taking it beyond the shores of Nigeria. Some African countries have been brought into the scheme, necessitating its rechristening from Better Life for Nigerian Rural Women to Better Life for African Rural Women.

  • Aisha Babangida gets busy

    Aisha Babangida gets busy

    Months have rolled into years since Aisha Babangida’s second shot at marriage with former Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Shinkafi, caved in. The former First Lady of Zamfara State appears to have consigned that episode into the trash can of history. The best way out of her emotional cul-de-sac was to retrace her steps in search of happiness.

    As such, the delectable daughter of former head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has gone back to the family business. Not one to be held down by the devastating blows of two crashed marriages at such a young age, Aisha was practically schooled in business management and she has since been deploying her skills to take some of her father’s businesses to new heights. She is also said to be doing well in oiling her mother’s NGO, Better Life for Rural Women. With the support of her father, plans are reportedly at advanced stage to restore the activities of the humanitarian organisation. Little wonder she has been off the social scene lately.