Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has been conferred with the traditional title of ‘Jagaban Matan Zamfara’ by the Zamfara State Council of Emirs during her visit to Gusau for the All Progressives Congress North-West Women’s Mega Rally.
The title was bestowed on her on Friday as the APC intensified its mobilisation efforts ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The conferment was announced in a statement by Busola Kukoyi, Special Assistant on Media to the First Lady.
“Behold the Jagaban Matan Zamfara, Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the statement said.
The statement said the traditional council conferred the honour on Tinubu during her visit to the state for the APC women’s rally and empowerment programme.
The rally is part of the party’s efforts to consolidate grassroots support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
The First Lady’s visit comes amid a series of women-focused mobilisation activities by the APC across the North-West.
Earlier in the week, the party’s women mobilisation directorate extended its outreach to markets, hospitals and communities in Jigawa State to strengthen grassroots engagement ahead of the elections.
The statement, however, did not disclose the specific reasons behind the Zamfara traditional council’s decision to confer the title on the First Lady.
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The honour comes days after President Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, was turbaned as Dan Zaki Gwandu by the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar, in Kebbi State.
Seyi Tinubu received the title on November 11 at the historic Abdullahi Fodiyo Palace in Birnin Kebbi.
The title, which translates to “Son of the Lion of Gwandu,” was described by the Emir as the first of its kind in the history of the emirate.
He was also installed as the Okanlomo of Yorubaland by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, in December 2025.
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