The supreme court has dismissed an appeal to unfreeze several accounts linked to Sani Abacha, former head of state, in banks in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg blocked by the federal government in 1999. In the judgment prepared by Chima Nweze, a supreme court justice, the court held that the appeal which was filed in 2010 was “statute [...]
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Nigeria has signed an agreement with the governments of the Island of Jersey and the United States for the repatriation of over $308 million looted by Sani Abacha, former head of state. The sum was recovered and frozen in 2013 but the repatriation process was stalled, following a lawsuit filed by the Abachas. The agreement was signed on Monday by Mark Temple, [...]
Bolaji Owasanoye, chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says Nigeria is awaiting the return of $400 million Abacha loot stashed away in the US. The ''Abacha loot'' are monies stolen and concealed in foreign accounts in 12 countries by the late Sani Abacha. In 2017, Nigeria received $322 million of the loot repatriated from Switzerland after years [...]
Maryam Uwais, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on social investment, says 80 percent of funds for social investments come from the recovered Abacha loot. Uwais spoke on Thursday during a training and advocacy programme on tracing and recovery of illicit funds and assets in Abuja. The training was organised by Human Environmental Developmental Agenda (HEDA) supported by MacArthur Foundation and Open [...]
The federal high court in Abuja has dismissed Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF)’s suit against Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), saying the foundation did not produce certified true copies (CTCs) of its registration documents. The foundation had in January 2018 sued the AGF over his failure to respond to a freedom of information (FoI) request on the engagement of [...]
The Abacha family thought they had done Nigeria a favour by giving up $1.3 billion but the Goodluck Jonathan administration soon discovered that they still had $1 billion hidden in various accounts in Europe, according to Mohammed Bello Adoke. Using the Nigerian legal system, Mohammed Abacha, the eldest surviving son of the late head of state, had tried to stop the [...]
Inibehe Effiong, one of the lawyers advocating the release of Omoyele Sowore from custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), says "despite using taxpayers money to treat ear infection abroad", President Muhammadu Buhari does not listen to the cries of the people. In 2016, the presidency had announced that Buhari would proceed on a 10-day vacation to the United Kingdom [...]
A coalition of civil society organisations have resolved to approach the court to stop the reappointment of Abubakar Malami as a minister. The coalition had on Wednesday sent a letter to the senate to reject Malami, citing the outcome of an audit done on him which detailed the “shady actions” of the former AGF. Malami had engaged Oladipo Okpeseyi and Temitope Adebayo, [...]
A coalition of civil society organisations has asked the senate under the leadership of Ahmad Lawan to reject the nomination of Abubakar Malami as a minister. Malami is one of the ministerial nominees currently undergoing screening at the senate. While serving as the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) in President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term, he had engaged Oladipo Okpeseyi and Temitope Adebayo, [...]
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to apologise to Nigerians over his comment on funds diverted by Sani Abacha, the late military dictator. Buhari had said Abacha did not loot the country. Last year alone, the federal government recovered $321 million Abacha loot from Switzerland. Speaking at a conference organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) [...]
The office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and ministry of justice, has again refused to provide information on payment of lawyers hired for the recovery of Abacha Loot. Abubakar Malami, former AGF, had engaged Oladipo Okpeseyi and Temitope Adebayo, two Nigerian lawyers, for the recovery of $321 million Abacha Loot from Switzerland. But Enrico Monfrini, a Swiss lawyer who had [...]
The federal high court sitting Abuja has set September 23, 2019 to deliver judgement on the case filed against the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) by the Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF). The foundation had sued the AGF over his failure to respond to a freedom of information (FoI) request on the engagement of lawyers for the recovery of the $321 [...]
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), a civil society group, has asked the federal government to identify and sanction those who assisted Sani Abacha, former head of state, in "looting the nation's treasury". The group said the federal government has the moral obligation to explain to Nigerians questions surrounding illicit funds traced to Abacha. Recently, the British crown dependency of Jersey seized £211 million said [...]
Some international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) have backed the social investment programmes (SIPs) of the federal government. Africa Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Action Aid and the National Economic Summit Group (NESG) are among the organisation that endorsed the SIPs. A presidential source said the validation by the NGOs is important to President Muhammadu Buhari [...]
The British crown dependency of Jersey has seized £211 million said to have been laundered from Nigeria by former head of state Sani Abacha. UK’s Metro is reporting that Abacha had stashed the money in accounts held in Jersey by Doraville Properties Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company. It was said to have been laundered through the US into the Channel Islands, while [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has re-emphasised commitment to the welfare of army veterans, whom he noted, remain key stakeholders in the discharge of Nigerian army's constitutional roles. He said this during a meeting with members of the Nigerian Legion, Zamfara state chapter in Gusau, the state capital, on Wednesday. The COAS, who was represented by Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim, deputy director, [...]
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