When General Sani Abacha deceptively seized power in 1993 from the interim government led by Chief Ernest Shonekan, one thing he pretended about was returning power to the people. First was that ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has disclosed that ex-military Head of State, Sani Abacha, vowed he, late Shehu Yar’Adua, and MKO Abiola will not come out of prison alive. Obasanjo ...

Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has recounted his dramatic journey from being a close ally of the late General Sani Abacha to becoming one of his political detainees. The story ...

Former Jigawa State governor and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has revealed an account of how the late Chief Bola Ige openly challenged northern politicians ...

Several prominent figures were forced into exile during Abacha’s regime, including pro-democracy icon Chief Anthony Enahoro, Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, President Bola Tinubu, NADECO’s ...

An explosion sound was heard on Monday near the Abacha Barracks located along the Nyanya-Maraba road in Abuja, causing panic among residents and passersby. Sources told The PUNCH that one person ...

By Sebastine Obasi Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has explained how he was able to survive what he described as evil plan of former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, to kill him, after his ...

Lagos - Sani Abacha, the late Nigerian military ruler, attempted to assassinate his then-number two with a bomb blast at Kano airport in 1997, a packed hearing here was told on Wednesday.

PUNCH Online had reported that a suspected suicide bomber was killed on Monday in an attempted infiltration into the Mogadishu Cantonment (popularly known as Abacha Barracks) in Abuja, after an ...

Undoubtedly, the most infamous looter in Nigerian history was General Sani Abacha. He was indisputably, the ‘Looter-in-Chief’. However, despite over $5 billion being recovered from the funds ...