{"id":2489,"date":"2026-10-28T15:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/times-change-friendship-remains-abdulsamad-rabiu-hails-ex-wife-musawa\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T15:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:30:49","slug":"times-change-friendship-remains-abdulsamad-rabiu-hails-ex-wife-musawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/times-change-friendship-remains-abdulsamad-rabiu-hails-ex-wife-musawa\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Times change, friendship remains,\u2019 Abdulsamad Rabiu hails ex-wife Musawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"50.540599853694\">\n<p>Billionaire businessman and Chairman of the BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, has hailed his ex-wife, the Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, describing her as someone who is passionate and dedicated to Nigeria\u2019s culture and creative economy.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire businessman posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday after the minister paid a surprise visit to his Abuja office, wishing her continued success.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cHad a lovely surprise visit at my Abuja office today from someone I once called my wife, the Honourable Minister Hannatu Musawa (Hannatu Musawa)\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2285609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2285609\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2285609\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Billionaire businessman and Chairman of the BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu and his ex-wife, the Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa\" width=\"1108\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-scaled.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-2048x1536.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-960x720.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-313x235.webp 313w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-640x480.webp 640w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-255x191.webp 255w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-60x45.webp 60w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28161443\/869940947_17934909087409478_4848300651881586170_n_1793200483-1200x900.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1108px) 100vw, 1108px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2285609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Billionaire businessman and Chairman of the BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu and his ex-wife, the Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTimes change, but friendship and respect remain. Wonderful to see the passion and dedication she continues to bring to Nigeria\u2019s culture and creative economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWishing her continued success!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>A report published by Premium Times in January 2026 said the minister described her failed marriage to the billionaire businessman as \u201cthe greatest experience\u201d she has ever had.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#0e7a666b6b6a677a617c4e7e7b606d666069206d6163\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"97e3fff2f2f3fee3f8e5d7e7e2f9f4fff9f0b9f4f8fa\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire businessman and Chairman of the BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, has hailed his ex-wife, the Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, describing her as someone who&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}