Sani Abacha became Nigeria's head of state in a military coup in 1993 When Nigeria's then-head of state Sani Abacha stole billions of dollars and died before spending his loot, it prompted an ...

Babangida notes: “Surprisingly, with the possible exception of the Abacha coup of November 1993, each of these military takeovers was welcomed with jubilation and relish and subsequently ...

Mrs Waziri served in the legal team that worked with the special investigative panel (SIP) set up by Mr Abacha on the alleged coup. She said in her newly released memoir, Farida Waziri ...

Two security agents were killed in the blast and one week later Diya was arrested, accused of plotting a coup against his senior. He was sentenced to death but released after Abacha died in still ...

In Being True To Myself, Sule Lamido, ex-Jigawa governor, detailed his transition from a close ally of ex-Head of State Sani ...

PRC in the Abacha regime; Chairman, Supreme Military Tribunal, ST, that tried the last batch of officers involved in the Gideon Orkar abortive coup of 1990; and Minister of Communication ...

Malu told the country's human rights panel he stood by the finding of tribunal he chaired in 1998 which said Abacha's deputy Oladipo Diya and other officers were guilty of coup plotting. "There is no ...

The duo, alongside over 200 individuals, were arrested in 1997 for plotting a coup against Abacha. He narrated how Diya and his co-conspirators planned to abduct Abacha and force him to resign in ...

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to ex-Military Head of State, late General Sani Abacha, has described ... he advised coup agitators to channel their energies into investing ...