Zamfara Emirs Confer ‘Jagaban Matan Zamfara’ Title On Remi Tinubu

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has been conferred with the standard title of “Jagaban Matan Zamfara” by the Zamfara State Council of Emirs.

The title was bestowed on her on Friday throughout her go to to Gusau for the All Progressives Congress North-West Women’s Mega Rally and Empowerment Programme.

The conferment was introduced in an announcement 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 assertion mentioned.

It added that the title was conferred on her by the state’s council of emirs throughout her go to on the sidelines of the APC ladies’s rally.

The rally fashioned a part of the social gathering’s mobilisation efforts forward of the 2027 basic elections, because the APC seeks to consolidate assist for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid.

The First Lady’s go to adopted a collection of women-focused mobilisation actions by the social gathering within the North-West.

Earlier within the week, the APC ladies mobilisation directorate had taken its outreach to markets, hospitals and communities in Jigawa State to strengthen grassroots engagement forward of the elections.

The assertion didn’t present additional particulars on the explanations behind the standard council’s resolution to confer the title on the First Lady.

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 obtained the title on Wednesday, November 11, on the historic Abdullahi Fodiyo Palace in Birnin Kebbi. The title, which interprets to “Son of the Lion of Gwandu”, was described by the Emir as the primary of its form within the historical past of the emirate.

He was additionally put in because the Okanlomo of Yorubaland by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, in December 2025.