Diya was sentenced to death by a military tribunal which found him guilty of taking part in a coup planned to topple the Abacha government. Diya, the de facto second in command to the former Head of ...

Nigerian citizens were met with the unexpected news of the passing of former president Muhammadu Buhari; and within hours up until now, the reactions that have followed are reminiscent of the ...

Justice Department officials have frozen nearly $500 million belonging to the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha in the largest-ever embezzlement forfeiture of a foreign ruler. Abacha died in 1998.

Fatima Gumsu Abacha Buni, the wife of the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, is yet to completely get over the loss of her brother, Adullahi Sani Abacha, who passed away in the early days of March ...

A JPMorgan Chase account in London was used to send roughly $900 million to government officials involved in a scheme to profit from an offshore oil field. By Emily Flitter An effort by the United ...

Prof Wole Soyinka was born on July 13, 1934, in Abeokuta in Western Nigeria.Soyinka has published 21 works of art ranging from drama, novels and poetry. He studied at the University College, Ibadan ...

Renowned comedian Ali Baba has shared his encounter with former military leader Gen Sani Abacha, describing it as a “near-death experience”. He revealed this on the Leadership Podcast with Stephen ...

GENERAL (rtd.) Jeremaih Timbut Useni (16 February 1943 – 23 January 2025), alias Jerry Boy, who answered the final call in Paris, France, was partly a fulfilled man. The then Head of State, Major ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - The security chief of former Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha was sentenced to death on Monday for the murder of the wife of one of his main political rivals. Hamza al-Mustapha, ...