Hajiya Turai Umar Musa iar'Adua (born July 1957) is the widow of former Nigerian President and former Katsina State Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. She served as the First Lady of Nigeria from 2007 until the death of her husband, President Yar'Adua, on May 5, 2010.
Turai Yar'Adua was born in the Katsina metropolitan area of northern Nigeria in July 1957. She attended Government Girls Secondary School in Kankiya as a child.
Turai Yar'Adua attended G...
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Hajiya Turai Umar Musa iar'Adua (born July 1957) is the widow of former Nigerian President and former Katsina State Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. She served as the First Lady of Nigeria from 2007 until the death of her husband, President Yar'Adua, on May 5, 2010.
Turai Yar'Adua was born in the Katsina metropolitan area of northern Nigeria in July 1957. She attended Government Girls Secondary School in Kankiya as a child.
Turai Yar'Adua attended Garama Primary School in Katsina and Government Secondary School in Kankia, both in Katsina State. She later enrolled at Katsina College of Arts, Science and Technology in Zaria, Kaduna State, where she was reportedly named "best student" in 1980. In 1983, Yar'Adua received a bachelor's degree in Language from Ahmadu Bello University.
Turai married Umaru Yar'Adua in 1975, and they have five daughters and two sons. One of their daughters, Zainab, is married to Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari, Governor of Kebbi State.
In September 2007, Turai was...
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