Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has been honoured with the traditional title of ‘Jagaban Matan Zamfara’ by the Zamfara State Council of Emirs.
The title was conferred on her on Friday, November 13, 2026, during her visit to Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, where she attended the All Progressives Congress (APC) North-West Women’s Mega Rally and Empowerment Programme.
The development was announced in a statement issued by Busola Kukoyi, the Special Assistant on Media to the First Lady.
The statement formally presented her as the new holder of the title, describing her as Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
According to the statement, the traditional honour was bestowed on her by members of the Zamfara State Council of Emirs during her visit to the state.
The APC women’s mega rally was organised as part of the party’s political mobilisation efforts ahead of the 2027 general elections, with a focus on strengthening grassroots support for President Bola Tinubu and his re-election ambition.
The First Lady’s visit to Zamfara is also part of a broader series of women-focused mobilisation activities being undertaken by the ruling party across the North-West region.
Earlier in the week, the APC women mobilisation directorate extended its outreach to markets, hospitals and communities in Jigawa State as part of efforts to increase grassroots participation and political engagement ahead of the elections.
However, the statement announcing the traditional title did not disclose the specific reasons behind the Zamfara Council of Emirs’ decision to honour the First Lady.
The conferment comes just days after President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, received a traditional title in Kebbi State.
Seyi was turbaned as Dan Zaki Gwandu, meaning ‘Son of the Lion of Gwandu’, by the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar, on Wednesday, November 11, at the historic Abdullahi Fodiyo Palace in Birnin Kebbi.
The Emir reportedly described the title as the first of its kind in the history of the Gwandu Emirate.
Seyi Tinubu had earlier received another traditional honour in December 2025 when the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, installed him as the Okanlomo of Yorubaland.
The latest honour for the First Lady further adds to the series of traditional recognitions received by members of the Tinubu family from different traditional institutions across the country.
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