Tag: Sani Abacha
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Late Sani Abacha’s family drags president Tinubu to court over revoked Property
Abacha family, including Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Mariam Sani Abacha, and her son, Mohammed Sani Abacha, has appealed to the
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France to return $150m Abacha loot – Presidency
The Presidency has said France will return $150 million looted by former Nigerian military leader, General Sani Abacha. The presidency in a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said President Bola Tinubu commended the European country for the decision. Receiving the Minister of Europe and…
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Why court ordered Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari govts to give account for $5bn Abacha loot
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in a landmark judgment, has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about USD$5 billion Abacha loot by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.”
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BREAKING: Abacha’s ex-Chief of Staff, Oladipo Diya is dead
Former Chief of Staff in General Sani Abacha’s military junta, Lt-General Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya (retd) is dead.
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2023: Abacha’s son wins Kano PDP governorship ticket
Alhaji Muhammad Abacha, son of former military leader, Sani Abacha has emerged governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano State.
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Abacha’s former Chief of Defence Staff, Dogonyaro is dead
The former Chief of Defence Staff to late Gen. Sani Abacha, Lt-Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro has died. He died at the age of 80. Late retired Lt. Gen. Dogonyaro, a soldier and an administrator, was born on Sept. 12, 1940 in Vom, Plateau State, though a native of Taroh in Langtang North Local Government Area. Dogonyaro…
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Supreme Court rejects request to unfreeze Abacha’s accounts in UK, Switzerland, others
The Supreme Court has declined the request by a brother to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, Alhaji Ali Abacha, to unfreeze the accounts traced to him and relatives of the late Abacha in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-man panel of the court,…
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Buhari mourns Sani Abacha’s younger sister
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Hajiya Fatima (Fanta) Garba Mohammed, younger sister of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha. Hajiya Fatima was also the mother of Senator Basheer Mohammed (Lado), Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). In a condolence message Buhari sympathises with…
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Ken Saro-Wiwa: 25 years After – Ajiri-Oghene Oreh
By Ajiri-Oghene Oreh The 10th day of November, 1995 was an unusual fateful day. The world froze! The world stood still as agony filled throbbing hearts. Lamentations rented the air. Hopes and aspirations were dashed. Eyes became tear-glazed. Ground reeled. The “wretched of the earth” shuddered with cold just as the atmosphere was eerie. Why…
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SERAP gives FG 7 days to disclose spending of recovered Abacha loot since 1999
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to “disclose within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of our Freedom of Information requests the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha and details of spending of about $5 billion recovered loot since the…