Born in Kaduna, Nigeria on the 25th of April, 1979 to Sir Patrick Ibrahim and Dame Amina Elizabeth Yakowa, Theresa Kyola Olajide, fondly called Kyola, completed her primary education in 1990 and proceeded to the Federal Government Girls College, Zaria, Kaduna where she obtained her Senior School Certificate.
First amongst four siblings, the respected and charming Kyola trained as an Accountant, obtaining the Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Abuja. She returned to the classroom in 2003, this time to the prestigious University of Glasgow in Scotland where she obtained a Master’s Degree in Accounting to solidify the foundation for her successful career.