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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 |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], NAIJArchives, Retrieved 8 February 2016</ref> In June 2018, President [[Muhammadu Buhari]] bestowed the title of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic on her father, late Chief Moshood Abiola, the supposed winner of the presidential election on June 12, 1993. (GCFR).<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 has her high school at [[Queen's College, Lagos|Queens College, Yaba, Lagos]]. She graduated from [[Phillips Academy]], [[Andover, Massachusetts|Andover]],<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> in 1992 and [[Harvard College]] in 1996 where she received a degree in Development Economics and later earned her [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] in International Development from [[Tsinghua University]], [[Beijing]].<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>
== Career ==
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*''Global Leader of Tomorrow Award'', World Economic Forum, 2000
*''Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Global Award'', 2001
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*''Andover Alumni Award of Distinction,'' 2013<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andover Alumni Award of Distinction |url=https://www.andover.edu/alumni/alumni-recognition/andover-alumni-award-of-distinction |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Andover {{!}} An independent and inclusive coed boarding high school |language=en-US}}</ref>
*''Goi Peace Award'', 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-01 |title=2016 Goi Peace Award Laureate {{!}} The Goi Peace Foundation |url=https://www.goipeace.or.jp/en/work/award/award-2016/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=www.goipeace.or.jp |language=en-US}}</ref>
*''[[Foreign Policy]] Diplomat of the Year Award'', 2016<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=F. P. |title=Watch FP's Diplomat of the Year Awards |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/17/watch-fps-diplomat-of-the-year-awards/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref>
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