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The return of Sani Abacha via his bagman

The return of Sani Abacha via his bagman

Minister Agabi put a gun to the head of the Swiss bank man but he still refused to reveal the secret vaults. Agabi became convinced that the man can be trusted. He then brought out his briefcase packed full with five million dollars and promptly asked the bank manager to help him bank his own looted Nigerian funds
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Abacha’s son cries over airport scrutiny

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 […]

Breaking: SERAP faults Buhari, says Abacha stole far more than $1b

Breaking: SERAP faults Buhari, says Abacha stole far more than $1b

In response to reported statement by President Muhammadu Buhari, that former dictator, Sani Abacha, ‘stole close to $1billion’, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Saturday faulted Buhari’s submission, saying that Abacha stole far more than $1billion.

Nigeria shames itself by posthumously honouring Abacha

Nigeria shames itself by posthumously honouring 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. Not for any […]

Buhari and Abacha: The matter of double vision

Buhari and Abacha: The matter of double vision

By Emmanuel Aziken The news of the return of another $311m loot linked to the erstwhile military dictator, General Sani Abacha was received by Nigerians with comic relief. With the nation’s economy threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic and revenue inflow diving to unprecedented low levels, an alert at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN of […]