ABACHA LOOT

Amount of money stolen by late General Sani Abacha and his cronies which have been repatriated to Nigeria by the United States has hit over $334.7 million, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, said on Tuesday. According to…

A deal has been reached between Nigeria and the US government on the return of more than $23 million in Abacha loot. The agreement was signed on Tuesday, August 23, at the office of Mr. Abubakar Malami, Minister of Justice and…

Supreme Court has on Friday dismissed another suit filed by Sani Abacha’s family seeking access to the looted funds which they and the late Nigerian dictator stashed in foreign bank accounts. The suit filed in the name of Ali Abacha, son…

Ireland has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Government to return €5.5 million looted by Sani Abacha, the late head of state, to Nigeria. Following an application by the Nigerian authorities last year, the High…

Barely a week after recovering $311m (N118bn) stolen by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, the United States has said there is a fresh $319m (N121bn) Abacha loot in the United Kingdom and France. The US Embassy in Nigeria in a…

Federal Government has confirmed the receipt of $311m looted by late military dictator, General Sani Abacha. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, confirmed this on Monday in a statement by his…

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has on February 22 refuted the United States' allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari, was planning to hand over about $100m out of the…

The United States has opposed plans by Nigeria’s government to handover about $100 million stolen by deceased former dictator Sani Abacha to Kebbi state Governor Abubakar Bagudu. According to reports by Bloomberg, the disagreement may…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the commencement of the return of stolen assets from the United States. The agreement on the repatriation of looted funds is expected to be signed next week.  While the looted assets of…

The Federal Government says it will commence disbursement of the recovered $322 million dollars Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states in July. Mr Tukur Rumar, of the National…

Switzerland said it has returned all the money kept in the country by late Nigeria’s Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, with 1.5 million dollars interest.Amb. Pio Wennubst, Assistant Director-General and Head,…