She was the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation of Maldives, and a national council member of the Jumhooree Party.

[4] On 17 November 2018, president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih appointed Nahula as the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation.

[5] During her ministerial term, she was accused of corruption along with a senior employee at the ministry for registering vehicles against regulations, in addition to allegedly obtaining financial gains through these means.

[6][7] In addition, she was also fined by the Health Protection Agency due to not quarantining for 14 days after she came back from Dubai.

[9][10] She also ran for the South Hulhumale' constituency during the 2024 Maldivian parliamentary election, but she lost to Ahmed Shamheed, an MDP member.