Buhari renames 15 airports after Diete-Spiff, Danfodio, Awolowo, Idiagbon, other prominent Nigerians, hours before leaving office

By Abdulsalam Abdullah Opeyemi The outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerians. This was contained in a by the Head of Press and Public Affairs of the Ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi made available to the media on Sunday. According to the statement, the airports include Akure […]

Abacha died on eve of dad’s planned execution – late Lt-Gen. Oladipo Diya’s son

Abacha died on eve of dad’s planned execution – late Lt-Gen. Oladipo Diya’s son By Adekunle Dada Dr Babatunde Diya, a son of a former Chief of Defence Staff, the late Lt-Gen. Oladipo Diya, said late military dictator, Sani Abacha died on the eve he was supposed to carry out his dad’s execution in 1998. […]

‘Abacha’s son, Abdullahi, dies at 36

Abdullahi Abacha, one of the sons of the late military head of state, General Sani Abacha is dead. The wife of Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, Mrs. Abacha-Buni announced this on Saturday via Instagram. Abdullahi died at the age of 36. According to reports, he died on Saturday at the family’s Nelson Mandela Street […]

FG, US sign agreement for return of fresh $23.4m Abacha loot (It will be re-embezzled – US should keep the money and use it to train Nigerian students at US universities)

FG, US sign agreement for return of fresh $23.4m Abacha loot By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Federal Government, on Tuesday, signed a fresh agreement with the Government of the United States of America, USA, for the repatriation of a total sum of $23, 439, 724 that was allegedly looted by the late former military Head […]

Durbar hotel: Court rules in favour of Abacha family

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo • Says Nobody’s misled referring to KASUPDA as Agency instead of Authority Justice Hannatu Balogun of the Kaduna State High Court on Monday ruled that nobody was misled when one of the parties in the case of Durbar hotel Plc Vs Kaduna State government was referred to as Kaduna State Urban Planning […]

8th coup staged to topple Abacha at the time he died – Al-Mustapha

From L-R: Late General Sani Abacha, his wife, Hamza Al-Mustapha and Muhammadu Buhari By Ibrahim Hassan – Wuyo Again, former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to late Nigerian military ruler Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha has risen in defence of his boss. He said the former head of state died at a time a coup was being […]

Don’t vilify Abacha, query those who stole the billions he left – Al-Mustapha

Abacha’s former Chief Security Officer (COS), Major Hamza Al-Mustapha By Ibrahim Hassan – Wuyo In defense of Nigerian former head of state, General Sani Abacha, his former Chief Security Officer (COS), Major Hamza Al-Mustapha said instead of blaming the late military ruler for the billions looted during his regime, Nigerians should instead query those who […]

Abacha’s son reveals current relationship with President Buhari, IBB’s families

  By Seun OpejobiOne of the sons of Nigeria’s late Head of State, Sani Abacha, Sadiq, has disclosed how the family relates with President Muhammadu Buhari.  Sadiq said his family relates fine with President Buhari’s family. Speaking with BBC Hausa service on Wednesday, the son of the late dictator said his family also relates well […]

Abacha’s son cries over airport scrutiny

…says “we are delisted from the black book” Alleges late father’s friends abandoned them By Ibrahim Hassan Son of former Nigerian military ruler, Sadiq Abacha, has alleged that even though a travel ban on the Abachas has been lifted since during the Yar’adua era, members of the late General Sani Abacha family were still harassed […]

Nigeria shames itself by posthumously honouring Abacha

Gen. Sani Abacha By Olu Fasan Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s kleptomaniac and despotic former dictator died in office in 1998. But if anything reminds us of him, it is Shakespeare’s famous words: “The evil that men do lives after them.” For 22 years after Abacha’s demise, he is still talked about in local and international media. […]

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