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The former minister reportedly died in Egypt. Ms Al-Hassan served as minister in the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari but expressed loyalty to a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, when the latter fell out with Mr Buhari. She later left the cabinet to contest the governorship seat in her home state of Taraba. In his reaction to the death, President Buhari said he is deeply saddened. “The demise of the notable politician, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan has left many saddened. Both in office...

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-minister of women affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead, the African Examiner has learnt. Reports say she died Friday at a Cairo hospital in Egypt. She was 61 years old. Alhassan contested the Taraba 2015 governorship election under the Platform of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) but lost to incumbent Governor Darius Ishaku, who ran under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). President Muhammadu Buhari later appointed her...

Vanguard News Translate Home » News » Taraba elders rebuke Bwacha for linking Gov Ishaku, brother to detention of 14 youths Taraba elders rebuke Bwacha for linking Gov Ishaku, brother to detention of 14 youths On By Femi Bolaji – Jalingo Concerned Southern Taraba Elders has faulted the claim by the Senate deputy minority leader and senator representing Taraba South, Emmanuel Bwacha, that a fracas with Governor Darius Ishaku’s brother led to the detention of 14 youths ...

Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan Former Nigeria women affairs minister Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead. Al-Hassan was aged 61. She died in Cairo, Egypt. Multiple sources including members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State also confirmed her death. Al-Hassan, a former women affairs minister, was also a former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Taraba North Senatorial District. She was also the All Progressives Congress�...

Mama Taraba: Ishaku reacts to death of ex-minister Published Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State, has joined the leagues of mourners lamenting the death of the former Minister of Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan. Fondly called ‘Mama Taraba’, Aisha who has been in and out of hospital, on Friday gave up the ghost in Cairo, the capital Egypt. In a statement made available to newsmen on Friday by the governor through his Special Senior Adviser on Media and Publicity, Bala ...

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  Former Minister of Women Affairs of Nigeria, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead. Her media aide, Bala Maina, confirmed the incident to Channels Television via the telephone on Friday. The ex-minister was said to have passed away at an undisclosed hospital in Cairo, Egypt. She was  61 years old. Al-Hassan was appointed the Minister of Women Affairs by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. She, however, resigned her position on July 27, 2018 and thereafter dumped th...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The death of Hajiya Aisha Jumai Alhassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba, has been described as a great setback to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Aisha, who has been in and out of hospital, as observed by DAILY POST, died on Friday in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. As at the time of filing this report, plans to fly her remains back to the country for internment, according to a member of her family who confided in our correspondent, are being put in place Though n...

Aisha Jummai Alhassan, popularly called Mama Taraba is dead Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Former Women Affairs Minister, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, also called Mama Taraba is Dead, the Leadership has reported Jummai Alhassan was a member of the 7th Senate having been elected on the platform of the PDP. She later dumped the party for APC and was the governorship candidate of the party in the 2015 elections in Taraba State. She died in a Cairo hospital, Egypt. Details Later

Daily Post Nigeria Published FBI Legal Attaché, Uche Ahamdi, made the remark while commending the anti-graft agency for its professionalism. The official led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the office of the EFCC Enugu Zonal Head, Oshodi Johnson, at the Independence Layout area. “EFCC is a critical partner to the FBI. They have certain capacities in this fight against crime and are doing very well. We believe that if more values are added to their work, they would do even more”, he sai...