Hafsat Abiola: Difference between revisions

| alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]<br/>[[Tsinghua University]]

| spouse = {{marriage|Nicholas Costello m.|2005}}

| children = Khalil<br>Anabella2

Abiola-Costello is the eighth child of Nigeria's [[1993 Nigerian presidential election|uninaugurated]] [[president-elect]], the late Chief [[Moshood Abiola]] and late [[Kudirat Abiola]]. Her father, Moshood Abiola, was put in prison by the dictator Gen. [[Sani Abacha]] for [[treason]] after declaring himself president. The elder Abiola later died while in detention in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN – Nigerian opposition leader Abiola dies – July 7, 1998 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9807/07/abiola/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=edition.cnn.com}}</ref> While her mother was murdered<ref>{{Cite news |last=Driscoll |first=Margarette |title=They shot my mother. She fights on through me |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/they-shot-my-mother-she-fights-on-through-me-mm0w9tl93z0 |access-date=2022-09-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> during a demonstration for the release of her husband in 1996.<ref>[http://naijarchives.com/the-brutal-assassination-of-kudirat-abiola/ The Brutal Assassination of Kudirat Abiola] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062355/http://naijarchives.com/the-brutal-assassination-of-kudirat-abiola/ |date=6 October 2017 }}, NAIJArchives, Retrieved 8 February 2016</ref><ref name="Chideya">{{Cite magazine |last=Chideya |first=Farai |date=1998-06-22 |title=Nigeria's Orphan |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,988574,00.html |access-date=2022-10-16 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> In June 2018, President [[Muhammadu Buhari]] bestowed the title of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on her father, late Chief Moshood Abiola, the supposed winner of the presidential election on June 12, 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-07 |title=Buhari declares June 12 Democracy Day, honours Abiola with GCFR |url=https://punchng.com/buhari-declares-june-12-democracy-day-honours-abiola-with-gcfr/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-12 |title=Buhari formally confers GCFR on Abiola |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/06/buhari-formally-confers-gcfr-abiola/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Abiola-Costello studied at [[Queen's College, Lagos|Queens College, Yaba, Lagos]] and then [[Phillips Academy]], [[Andover, Massachusetts|Andover]], Massachusetts <ref>{{Cite web |title=Hafsat Abiola '92 |url=https://www.andover.edu/people/hafsat-abiola-92 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Andover {{!}} An independent and inclusive coed boarding high school |language=en-US}}</ref> where she graduated in 1992. She then studied for degree in [[Development economics|Development Economics]] receiving a degree from [[Harvard College]] in 1996, and later earned her [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] in International Development from [[Tsinghua University]], [[Beijing]].<ref name="KIND">{{Cite web|title=Our Board|url=https://kind.org/whoweare/board/|access-date=2021-06-08|website=KIND|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hafsat Abiola-Costello |url=https://www.globalteacherprize.org/person/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Varkey Foundation |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>