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 […]
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 […]
Retired General Oladipo Diya Retired General Oladipo Diya was accused of planning a coup by the late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha. In this interview with ADEOLA BALOGUN and TUNDE AJAJA, he talks about how he escaped death and opens up on the arrest of late Chief MKO Abiola, his death and other sundry […]
By Dr. Philip A. Ikomi | NNP | March 16, 2014 – It is hard to sit down quietly while Sadiq Abacha, the son of a Nigerian dictator who died in action; and as a result, the fortunes of Nigerians changed for the better, engages in revisionism. If he does not know it, the country […]
late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha | credits: https://www.google.com.ng The Presidency has defended the centenary award given to the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, saying the award was not a glorification of corruption. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, who defended the posthumous award given […]
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: blogs.cfr.org The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has explained how the Olusegun Obasanjo administration spent the loot recovered from the late maxiumn dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. She said that contrary to reports that the sum of $2bn was recovered from Abacha’s loot, only $500m was […]
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said he rejected the centenary award to be conferred on him by the Federal Government because the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, was included in the list of awardees. In a statement entitled, ‘The canonisation of terror,’ Soyinka said it was an […]
Mohammed Abacha, son of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. | credits: http://www.nairaland.com/ The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the retrial of Mohammed Abacha, son of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. He had sought to stop the Federal Government from trying him for allegedly receiving and concealing stolen funds. The […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Jonathan administration not to take Nigeria back to the dreaded and calamitous days of the late Gen. Sani Abacha, when perceived opponents of the government were targets of rampaging murderous gangs and Nigeria was turned to a pariah nation through unbridled human rights abuses. In a […]
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