JUST IN: Mama Taraba passes on

Former Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead.

She died at 61 in Cairo, Egypt, officials of the Peoples Democratic Party in Taraba State said. She was a former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Taraba North Senatorial District and also All Progressives Congress’ Gubernatorial Candidate for Taraba State in the 2015 general elections.