#abacha loot

Tinubu Orders Probe of Halima Shehu Over Alleged N44bn Fraud

Touchaheart – President Bola Tinubu has suspended the National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, and the Director of Finance, Hamza Buwai, over allegations of massive corruption and embezzlement of public funds. A whistle-blower from NSIPA, who spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity, revealed that Halima Shehu and Hamza Buwai had…

SERAP asks Presidency to publish agreement with US on $23m Abacha loot

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Presidency to make public the agreement it entered with the United States government to return the over $23 million looted by late dictator Sani Abacha. Last Tuesday, Nigeria and the United States reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. The rights group in a letter addressed to President…

$23m Abacha Loot: SERAP Writes Buhari, Seeks ‘Copy Of Agreement With US’

As the United States government plans to return the over $23 million looted by the late dictator Sani Abacha, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded a copy of the agreement. Last Tuesday, Nigeria and the United States reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. Five days after, the rights group wrote a letter to President Muhammadu…

WHY CAN’T WE CHANNEL ABACHA LOOT TO SETTLE ASUU? LAWMAKER ASKS

A member of the House of Representatives Dachung Musa Bagos has suggested that part of the recently returned $23m Abacha loot should be used to settle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Members of the union have been on strike since February 14 over improved welfare, revitalisation of public universities among others. But one bone of contention for academics is the non-payment of…

Recovered Abacha loot hits $334.7m, US condemns corruption

The 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 her, the US government had been keenly aware of the devastating impact of corruption on societies, including eroding trust and the ability of governments to deliver…

The United States (US) government has signed an agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria to return $23 million of the General Sani Abacha loot. According to the Attorney-general of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, who signed the agreement on behalf of the federal government, said the money was part of the looted stolen funds traced to former Military…

‘Additional $23.4m Abacha loot recovered’ — UK

It has been made public by the government of the United Kingdom that $23,439,724.98 loot believed to have been siphoned out of Nigeria in the 1990s by the associates and family of former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has been recovered. According to a communique issued by the National Crime Agency, NCA, the funds formed part of a larger pool of monies identified by the United States…

Abacha loot: Court dismisses suit against Malami, over appointment of consultant

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed  against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and others, challenging the appointment of a consultant to monitor the spending of the $311 million repatriated loot of the former Head of State, Sani Abacha. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the suit lacked merit as there was…