A mụrụ oriakụ Maryam Babangida n'onwa Novemba n' afọ 1948. ọ bụ nwunye Jenaral Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida,onye isi ala obodo  Nigeria bido n'afọ 1985 rue n'afọ 1993. Jenaralụ a nwetara ọtutụ nkọtọ banyere mpụ na aghụghọ di n'ọchịchị ya mgbe ọ na achị. ọ  bụ ya bidoro ọnọdụ ana akpọ First Lady of Nigeria ma mee ya o kwụru chim. Dika  first lady, O bidoro ọtụtụ ihe di iche iche iji nyere ụmụ nwaanyị aka. Ihe ndia mere ka "Maryam bụrụ onye ama ama ma na ewu ewu tumadi nihe gbasra mma ya, ekike ya na ebube ya, ọ bụ onodu a ka ọnọgidere tupu onwa a nakwa mgbe di ya rituru n'okwa . A mụrụ Maryam King n'afọ1948 n' Asaba (present-day Delta State),ebe o gụrụ akwụkwọ praimari .  Nne na Nna ya bụ  Hajiya Asabe Halima Mohammed from the present Niger State, onye Hausa, na Leonard Nwanonye Okogwu onye Asaba, bụrụkwa onye Igbo.O mechara gaa na north na Kaduna n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndiri nke  Queen Amina's College.