Last week, President Bola Tinubu renewed the Nigerian government’s perennial, often fruitless interest in the notorious Ajaokuta Steel Project. He talked about investment prospects that may never come — as usual. The steel plant, built on 24,000 hectares of land in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, was started by the Soviet Union in 1979 under a cooperation … Read more
Oladipo Diya died on Sunday at 78. The Abacha regime sentenced him to death in 1997 for treason, but he luckily escaped execution. Sanwo-Olu has joined several Nigerians mourning his demise. Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of former Chief of General Staff, Lt.-General Oladipo Diya. … Read more
Oladipo Diya is dead at 78. The Abacha regime sentenced him to death in 1997, convicting him of treason for allegedly plotting a coup. He, however, escaped death after Abacha died unexpectedly. Eko Hot Blog reports that retired Lieutenant General, Oladipo Diya, has died. He was 78. EDITOR’S PICKS FULL LIST: Winners And Losers Of … Read more
Supreme court has dismissed Abacha’s family bid to stop reopening of Forfeit processings. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja dismissed the bid by members of the family of the late General Sani Abacha to stop moves by the Federal Government to reopen the criminal forfeiture proceedings against … Read more
The US has repatriated $20m looted by Abacha to Nigeria to help fund infrastructure projects. Eko Hot Blog reports that the United States has transferred over $20.6 million to the Federal Government of Nigeria as part of efforts to repatriate assets stolen by late Military Head of State, Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
Shettima Reveals Why He Compared Tinubu’s Leadership To Abacha EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima has clarified the reason he compared his principal Bola Ahmed Tinubu to former autocratic ruler Sani Abacha. This online media platform recalls that the former governor of Borno stated earlier … Read more
Two leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State have been arraigned for alleged perjury and conspiracy EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police AIG Zone One Kano, has charged the Fagge Local Government Chairman and Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Muhammad Auwal and Umar … Read more
INEC names Wali as PDP guber candidate ….the commission monitored only the primaries conducted by the Shehu Wada Sagagi-led state executive which produced Abacha as its governorship candidate. EDITOR’S PICK: BREAKING: INEC Declares PDP’s Adeleke Osun Gov-Elect BREAKING: Yemi Osinbajo Undergoes Leg Surgery Governor Sanwo-Olu Charges Officials Over Poaching Of State Athletes EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
Abacha’s Son Wins PDP Governorship Ticket In Kano State Abacha garnered 736 votes to defeat his closest rival Jafar Sani-Bello EDITOR’S PICK Many Feared Dead As Explosion Rocks Kano 2023 Presidency: Ohanaeze Threatens Boycott Of Polls Over Zoning Niger-Delta Youth Group Sends Strong Warning To Wike Over Dagogo Detention EKO HOT BLOG reports that Alhaji Muhammad … Read more
The funds formed part of a larger pool of monies identified by the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) as having been misappropriated by Abacha and his allies The NCA revealed that the funds have now been transferred to the Home Office for onward transmission to the USDOJ EDITOR’S PICK 2023: PDP Govs Reject Atiku’s … Read more
Ex-Head Of State, Abdulsalami has opened up on how late Sani Abacha was discovered dead. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has opened up and revealed what he knew about the death of Nigeria’s late dictator, Gen Sani Abacha, in 1998 and how the events of that time unfolded. … Read more
“Former President Obasanjo travelled to Zanzibar on August 1.” EKO HOT BLOG reports that former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has reportedly met with Beninese President, Patrice Talon, over the arrest and detention of popular Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo fondly known as Sunday Igboho, in the Francophone West African nation. Obasanjo, EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
A former Nigerian minister is dead. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the former Minister of Agriculture, Malami Buwai, is dead. It was gathered that the former minister was pronounced dead on Monday in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital following a protracted illness. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Buwai served as Minister of Agriculture under the … Read more
Al-Mustapha said Abacha did not die after eating an apple from his concubines, as widely speculated. Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha has recounted how his former boss died. Al-Mustapha said Abacha did not die after eating an apple from his concubines, as widely … Read more
Hamza Al-Mustapha, the chief security officer to the late head of state, Sani Abacha, said the the former military dictator decision to keep Nigeria money overseas was informed by the need to save for rainy days. He said the despot, who died in 1998, kept the money overseas so that Nigerians would not suffer. Mustapha … Read more
Gen. Oladipupo Diya, right-hand man of late Nigeria dictator, General Sani Abacha, has lost his junior wife, Chief Mrs Deborah Folashade Diya Diya was also Nigeria’s former Chief of General Staff and defacto Military Vice President, Gen. Oladipo during Abacha’s regime between 1993 and 1998. The announcement of her demise was contained in press release … Read more
Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari and kitchen cabinet member of Sani Abacha, has revealed why the late military dictator, kept his loot in foreign bank accounts. Galadima said Saddam Hussein, the late military ruler of Iraq, and Muammar Gaddafi, deceased supreme ruler of Libya, advised Abacha to save money in foreign … Read more
The federal government on Monday announced that it now had in its custody $311,797,866.11, part of the money siphoned by former military despot, Sani Abacha. The funds, which are parts of the recovery assets of the dictator, were repatriated from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey. The federal government disclosed the receipt of … Read more
The British crown dependency of Jersey has held down £211 million (N72,708.,005,227) said to have been laundered from Nigeria by the former Head of State, Late General Sani Abacha. According to the UK Metro, Abacha had stashed the money in accounts held in Jersey by Doraville Properties Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company. According to … Read more