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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Prophet Haruna Musa, General Overseer of Kingdom Dominion Outreach Ministry International (also known as Grace Land Church), ...

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 ...

FATIMA Gumsu Abacha, the wife of Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni, is grieving, and rightfully so following the loss of her brother, Abdulahi Sani Abacha. Though Gumsu has accepted the loss of her ...

The British police are probing an allegation that a $1.3 billion Nigerian oil bloc deal involving Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's Eni SpA may have involved money laundering. Most of the money was ...