The family of the former military ruler, General Sani Abacha, has exonerated their late patriarch from any blame regarding the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election, urging ex-Head of State, ...

Former Military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) said he did not retire late General Sani Abacha for lack of courage but for his safety and that of those dear and close to him. He ...

The family of late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, has dismissed former military President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s claim that their patriarch was responsible for the annulment of the June 12, 1993 ...

By Michael AdesinaThirty years after the controversial 1995 coup trial that shook Nigeria under the late General Sani Abacha’s military regime, retired Colonel Frank Omenka, the former Commander of ...

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 ...

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon says he pleaded with late Gen. Sani Abacha not to execute former President Olusegun Obasanjo for an alleged coup plot in 1995. Gowon said this at the maiden ...

At 56, activist Shehu Sani has seen the good, the bad and ugly sides of Nigeria. Exactly 30 years ago, he was sentenced to life in prison along with some prominent activists on trumped up charges of ...

Raees Abacha, grandson of late Nigerian military Head of State, Sani Abacha, has launched a scathing attack on General Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, over claims made in his memoir, “Journey In Service”. He ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed gratitude to former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, for his efforts in pleading with the late General Sani Abacha not to execute him. Gowon, at ...

More than three decades after Nigeria’s most tyrannical military era, retired Colonel Frank Omenka, former Commander of the dreaded Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) Security Group under ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - The United States and the British dependency of Jersey have agreed with Nigeria to repatriate more than $300 million in funds stolen by former military ruler General Sani Abacha, the ...