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Corruption Politics, Latest Politics, NNP Spotlight, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Friday, May 1st, 2020
Ejiofor Alike with agency reports The United States thursday warned the federal government to be prepared to “replace” the $308 million to be repatriated from funds looted by a former military ruler, the late General Sani Abacha, if it failed to expend the cash on public projects agreed upon. The United States and the British […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Presidency, Raw Politics, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Sunday, April 12th, 2020
Abacha and Fani-Kayode …………….. Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode has revealed reason he liked late Nigeria’s despotic leader, Gen. Sani Abacha, in view of the maltreatment of Nigerians in China. He said he liked the despotic leader because he would have acted and sent Chinese out of the country in the midst of alleged inhuman treatment meted […]
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Corruption Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
-Sun — 11th April 2018 •Adeosun admits FG’s receipt of money from Switzerland in December, denies writing President on lawyers’ fee Godwin Tsa, Abuja More controversies have continued to trail the Federal Government’s handling of the $322.51 million Abacha loot repatriated to the country by the Swiss government in December 2017. The new twist to the recovery […]
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Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Thursday, July 13th, 2017
The World Bank says it played a limited role in the spending of loots recovered from Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s military head of state from 1993 to 1998. The bank stated that it could not comprehensively audit how the money was spent, due to the structure of the programme adopted by the government at the time. […]
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Headlines, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Sunday, October 2nd, 2016
By Bashir Adefaka Chief of General Staff (Vice President) under the Abacha regime, Lieutenant General Oladipo Diya, says every citizen has a role to play to make the country great as Nigeria celebrated its 56th independence anniversary, yesterday. Diya also speaks on the Abacha regime’s handling of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo and Adelani Adepegba Switzerland has given conditions for repatriating $321m looted by a former military ruler, the late Gen. Sani Abacha, to Nigeria. Part of the conditions is that the fund would be used for projects that would benefit Nigerians and they (the projects) must be monitored by the World Bank. The Minister […]
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Latest Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
The World Bank has said it needs additional time to provide comprehensive information on the funds looted by the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha. The World Bank told a human civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) seeking information on the loot that for now, it is compiling information on the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Friday, December 5th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday met behind closed-door with Mohammed Abacha, a son of a former Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha, on issues suspected to bother on the forthcoming primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party. Abacha is a governorship aspirant of the PDP in Kano State. Governorship primaries of the party hold […]
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Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
he Federal Government on Thursday said it would, on June 25, receive the sum of €167m or $227m (About N35.2bn) from the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein as part of the looted funds recovered from the family of the late Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha. The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, confirmed […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
Former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta | credits: leadership.ng A former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta, said he was fired by a former military Head of State, late Gen. Sani Abacha as IGP because of his suggestion that political detainees including Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and others should be […]