The wife of the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, Hajiya Maryam Ado Bayero, popularly called Mai Babban Daki, is dead.
The Emirate Council announced her death on its timeline, saying she died on Saturday in Egypt where she was taken for treatment following a protracted illness.
Hajiya Maryam was also the mother of the current Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and the Emir of Bichi Alhaji Nasiru, Ado Bayero.
According to the family, burial arrangements will be announced later.