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The Presidency has announced that France will return $150 million looted by former Nigerian military leader, General Sani Abacha.   Visiting France Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna who disclosed this in Abuja, said she has informed President Bola Tinubu about the planned return of the seized fund. …

Justice Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari to give an account of the $5 billion Abacha loot so far recovered.   Vanguard reports that in a judgment delivered last …

Former Chief of Staff under late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Oladipo Diya, is dead.    His death was announced in a statement released by his son, Prince Oyesinmilola Diya, on Sunday morning,  March 26.     It reads “On behalf of the entire Diya family home and abroad; …

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed a bid by the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, to stop moves by the Federal Government to reopen criminal forfeiture proceedings against the ex-Head of State.   The fresh move to reopen the fraud probe is targeted at some …

Sadik Wali has been sacked as the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday, December 22.    An aspirant in the primary election, Mohammed Abacha had asked that the court declare him the winner of the primary lawfully conducted by the PDP and certified by …

The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has repatriated more than $20.6 million worth of assets linked to former Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha and his associates.   The DoJ in a statement on Thursday, November 17, 2022, said that the transfer of funds “is in accordance …

How it happened: This is in accordance with the agreement signed by both the U.S and Nigerian government on August 23. This was contained in a statement published on the DoJ website on Thursday, November 17, 2022, which also added that the fresh repatriation has brought the total …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to court over the agreement between Nigeria and the United States for the repatriated $23 million stolen by Sani Abacha. Naija News reports that the United States government had in …

Dachung Musa Bagos, a lawmaker representing Jos south/Jos east at the house of representatives has said that the recovered $23 million Abacha loot should be channelled into settling the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).   Recall that Abubakar Malami, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, …

Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former aide to the late General Sani Abacha has said that he has no regret working with the late military dictator.    The presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2023 general election, said this while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, July …