Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Photo credit: Busola Kukoyi
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has been conferred with the traditional title of “Jagaban Matan Zamfara” by the Zamfara State Council of Emirs.
The title was bestowed on her on Friday during her visit to the state for the All Progressives Congress North-West Women’s Mega Rally and Empowerment Programme in Gusau.
The announcement was made in a statement shared on Friday by Busola Kukoyi, Special Assistant on Media to the First Lady.
The statement announced the honour, saying, “Behold the Jagaban Matan Zamfara, Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She was conferred with the title by the Zamfara State Council of Emirs when she visited them on the sidelines of the APC Women Rally on Friday, 13th November 2026.”
The rally in Gusau formed part of the APC’s ongoing mobilisation of women ahead of the 2027 general elections, with the party seeking to consolidate support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid.
The First Lady’s visit also followed a series of women-focused mobilisation activities by the party in the North-West.
Earlier in the week, the APC’s women mobilisation directorate had taken its outreach to markets, hospitals and communities in Jigawa State as part of efforts to strengthen grassroots engagement ahead of the elections.
Traditional titles are often conferred on visiting political leaders and public figures by traditional institutions as a mark of recognition and honour.
However, the statement did not give further details about the reasons for the council’s decision to confer the title on the First Lady.
The conferment comes days after President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, was turbaned as Dan Zaki Gwandu by the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar, in Kebbi State.
Seyi received the title on Wednesday, 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 previously installed as the Okanlomo of Yorubaland by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, in December 2025.
