Sani Abacha

FG, US Sign Agreement For Repatriation Of $23m Abacha Loot

FG, US Sign Agreement For Repatriation Of $23m Abacha Loot

August 24, 2022 6:54 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that it has signed an agreement with the United States for the repatriation of the sum of $23 million, in assets allegedly looted by past leaders of Nigeria, including late General Sani Abacha.

Africa Daily Newsthat the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), signed the agreement on behalf of the Federal Government, while the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, signed for the  United States government.

Read Also: UK Recovers $23 Million Fresh Abacha Loot

The AGF, in his speech shortly before signing the agreement, said the …

Exposed: General Useni Loses £2m In Foreign Accounts

Exposed: General Useni Loses £2m In Foreign Accounts

May 23, 2022 1:55 pm

The long arms of the law has finally caught up with General Jerry Useni, a right-hand man of late dictator Sani Abacha as the Royal Court in Jersey laid claims to and seized nearly £2m of some embezzled funds which he had transferred into some local bank accounts.

Jeremiah Timbut Useni who was a well known figure under Nigeria’s military rule has also been a significant public figure in Nigerian politics for a quarter of a century as he held the position of the second most senior officer under the rule of General Abacha between 1993 and 1998.

Gen Useni …

UK Recovers $23 Million Fresh Abacha Loot

UK Recovers $23 Million Fresh Abacha Loot

May 6, 2022 12:25 am

Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday revealed that it has recovered more than $23 million stolen from Nigeria by the country’s late military dictator Sani Abacha, becoming the latest in a series of similar recoveries around the world.

Abacha ruled Africa’s most populous nation and top oil exporter from 1993 until his death in 1998, a period during which he stole up to $5 billion of public money, according to Transparency International. He was never charged.

The money recovered in Britain forms part of a larger pool of funds identified by the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) as …

The Killers Of Bola Ige Should Be Exposed – Soyinka To Buhari

Gambari Was Abacha’s Man – Soyinka Makes More Revelations

June 6, 2020 6:27 am
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s new Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, was in the circle of late Head of State, Sani Abacha.

Soyinka made these claims in an interview with Plus TV Africa.

Gambari was announced as replacement for the late Abba Kyari, who died due to complications of COVID-19, last month.

Read Also: Soyinka Told To Apologise Immediately Over Statement On Buhari

However, according to Soyinka, he is “part of the structure” and will not “make any difference here”.

“I know Gambari, he’s part of the structure.

“Gambari was an Abacha man which means

…
Fani-Kayode Vs Daily Trust: Presidency Mocks Ex-Minister

FG Clarifies Projects To Be Funded With Abacha Loot

May 14, 2020 6:02 am
The Presidency on Wednesday made clarification on the projects to be funded by the repatriated Sani Abacha loot.

In a statement on Wednesday by the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, he said the recently repatriated loot will go towards only three of the Federal Government’s five priority projects.

He said the Mambilla power and East-West road projects were not included as he stated in an earlier statement.

Read Also: Abacha Loot: Buhari Opens Up On How $311m Will Be Spent

“In an earlier statement, I had mistakenly noted that the Mambilla was one of

…
The Buhari-Abacha Romance Story

The Buhari-Abacha Romance Story

May 11, 2020 6:52 am
General Buhari was a member of General Sani Abacha’s cabal. He was not just a member, he was a prominent member. He was Abacha’s right-hand man. Abacha is the world’s biggest thief, EVER. It is difficult to believe he pulled off his heist without Buhari’s knowledge.

And when you take into account General Buhari’s insistence that Abacha did not steal, though his thievery is of world record-breaking savagery, you begin to see his incredible assertions in a new light. I am not sure Buhari is protecting Abacha when he says that. Perhaps he is protecting himself.

As the adage goes, …

Abacha Breaking - FG Gets $311.7m Abacha’s Loot From US

Breaking: FG Gets $311.7m Abacha’s Loot From US

May 4, 2020 1:08 pm

The Nigerian government on Monday said it has received $311.7 million looted by the late despotic leader, Gen. Sani Abacha from the United States.

The loot was reportedly repatriated from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

A statement issued by Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Monday stated that the government received approximately $311,797,866.11 of the Abacha loot from the US and Jersey.

Read Also: US Senator Vs EFCC On Abacha’s $300m Loot

The statement said the amount increased significantly from …

Maltreatment Of Nigerians - Why I like Sani Abacha – FFK

Maltreatment Of Nigerians: Why I like Sani Abacha – FFK

April 11, 2020 12:45 pm

Chief 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 out to Nigerians in China.

Several reports had it that some Nigerians in China were being sent out of their houses and in hotels.

According to him, one thing he knew was that Abacha would not have taken this nonsense from the Chinese.

Read Also: ‘You Must Not

…
General Sani Abacha

11 Times Sani Abacha Has Sent Nigeria Money

February 22, 2020 9:31 am

The figures keep increasing, and the money keeps on rolling in. The well of funds looted by the former military dictator, General Sani Abacha doesn’t seem to dry up as more funds are being unearthed every other year.

With the discovery of fresh funds, some Nigerians have taken it as a blessing in disguise. As hilarious as it sounds, Abacha is sending us money from heaven at a time when we need it, and people are pleased. So we have curated all the times Abacha loot was discovered in some bank somewhere.

Read Also: US Opposes Plan To Hand Abacha

…
Court Dismisses Sack Of Seven Councillors In Kano State

Court Won’t Unfreeze Foreign Accounts Belonging To Abacha

February 8, 2020 9:44 am

The Supreme Court, yesterday, declined a request by family members of the late Head of state, General Sani Abacha to unfreeze accounts belonging to him and other members of the family in foreign countries.

The accounts, which are in banks in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechenstein and Luxembourg, were frozen following mutual judicial assistance agreements entered with the countries by the Nigerian government during the administration of the then President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in 1999.

Dissatisfied with the government’s action, the Abacha’s family dragged the federal government to court to reverse the said directive.

Unfortunately their request both at the …

Abacha

Abacha Loot: Agreement Reached On Return Of $318,460,329

February 4, 2020 3:52 am

The Federal Government, the United States of America (USA) and the Island of Jersey on Monday signed a tripartite agreement on the return of $318,460,329 looted by late former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement made available to Daily Sun in Abuja by its spokesperson, Ferdinand Nwonye, said the agreement was signed at the United States’ Department of States, Washington DC.

Nwonye added that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, signed on behalf of the Federal Government, while an Assistant Solicitor-General of the Island of Jersey, …

Abacha

Nigeria, Jersey, US Sign To Recover $321m Abacha’s Loot

January 30, 2020 6:35 am
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the signing of an agreement with the Island of Jersey and the United States of America for the repatriation of $321m stolen assets recovered from the former military ruler, late Gen. Sani Abacha.
Addressing State House Correspondents after a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Mohammadu Buhari, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said council okayed the tripartite agreement to be signed next week for the purpose of repatriation of the looted assets.Malami disclosed that the recovered funds will be expended on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,
…

TRENDING

Breaking

𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤, is a nonpartisan online news portal founded on the truth to provide you with weekly, insightful articles written with precision and current updates on current events from Africa in particular and the rest of the world in general. All of our reports undergo extensive fact-checking to ensure their veracity, and we adhere strictly to the facts, no matter whose ox is gored.

follow on social media

Facebook Twitter Youtube Telegram Linkedin

subscribe to newsletter

© 2018 - 2020 Africa digital news, New York
Powered by

People and Polity