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General Babangida’s Daughter Halima Weds Gombe Traditional Ruler Auwal Abdullahi | Goodluck Jonathan, Bola Tinubu, Bukola Saraki, Turai Yar’adua & More Attend
Halima and her husband Auwal Abdullahi, a businessman, during their wedding in Minna on Friday (11/5/17). 02633/12/5/2017/Callistus Ewelike/BJO/NAN
Halima Babangida, the second daughter and last child of former military ruler General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (Rtd) on Friday, got married to Auwal Abdullahi, a businessman who holds the traditional title of Sarkin Sudan Gombe, at Babangida’s Hill Top residence in Minna.
Former president Goodluck Jonathan and his wife Patience, Former Head of State, General Abdusalam Abubakar, Senate President Bukola Saraki, House Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Governors Abubakar Bello (Niger), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), former First Ladies Turai Yar’adua and Justice Fati Abubakar, All Progressives Congress (APC) National leader Bola Tinubu, among others.
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Pic.2. Former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (L) and former FCT Minister, retired AVM Hamza Abdullahi, at the marriage of Halima Babangi
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Halima Babangida launches foundation run into honour base mother
Halima Babangida, daughter become aware of the provide somewhere to stay Maryam Babangida, has launched the Halymah Ibrahim Babangida (HIB) Pillar in humiliation of present mother.
Maryam was the bride of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Nigeria’s head of ensconce from 1985 to 1993.
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Halima said description foundation would also found a full bursary trade show to backing 500 undergraduates.
“I remember vividly how embarrassed mother would sit hear rural women, teaching them to turn, showing them that track was their greatest asset,” she said.
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The memory of the late wife of former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, came alive in Minna on Saturday when her youngest daughter, Halima launched her NGO- the Halymah Ibrahim Babangida Foundation.
The memory of Maryam Babangida was honoured at the event which attracted a huge crowd of widows, students and the less privileged who all came in the hope of benefitting from either an empowerment programme, scholarship or entrepreneurship support.
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Zainab Umar, a 38-year-old widow told journalists that her husband died and left her with three young children she could not afford to sponsor through school.
“I’m hoping that Halima Foundation will help me so that i can start a business and use the money to train my children,” she said.
Also, Salim Mohammed, a student of Geography at the IBB University, Lapai, said “I have three other siblings who’re still in school while our father is retired,” adding that getting a bursary from the foundation would be life-changing for him.
An elderly widow, Madam Abigael, who said she was informed about the