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Nigeria: Court Orders Govts of Ex-Presidents to Account for U.S.$5 Billion Abacha Loot
Vanguard, 10 July 2023
For failing to provide details of the projects executed or being executed with the $5 billion returned Abacha loot, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, weekend, ordered the… Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S.$3.65 Billion Abacha Loot Recovered By Govt in 24 Years
This Day, 26 August 2022
The total amount of looted funds recovered from late Head of State, General Sani Abacha in the past 24 years has been put at $3.65 billion. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt, U.S. Sign Agreement for Return of Fresh $23.4m Abacha Loot
Vanguard, 24 August 2022
The Federal Government yesterday entered into a fresh agreement with the government of the United States of America, USA, for the repatriation of a total sum of $23, 439,724… Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S. to Repatriate Fresh U.S.$23m Abacha Loot to Nigeria
Premium Times, 23 August 2022
Added to the $312 million Abacha loot repatriated from the U.S. to Nigeria last year, the expected $23 million will rack the loot of the late dictator recovered from the U.S. in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt, U.S. Sign Agreement On Repatriation of $23m Abacha Loot
This Day, 23 August 2022
The Federal Government of Nigeria and the United States of America (USA) on Tuesday signed an agreement for the repatriation of $23 million, being assets looted by late Head of… Read more »
U.S. to Return U.S.$23 Million Looted By Abacha to Nigeria
The Nigerian government has signed a new agreement with the U.S. government for the return of over U.S. $23 million looted by the late dictator Sani Abacha.
Justice Minister Abubakar Malami signed on behalf of Nigeria, while the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Leonard signed the agreement on behalf of her government. Malami said the funds to be repatriated "soon" will be spent on infrastructure development.
Abacha, who lived a lavish lifestyle, is reported to have stolen over U.S.$4 billion during his five years in office through his family and allies. In recent years, the Nigerian government has secured the release of part of the loot from several countries including Switzerland and the UK.
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UK's National Crime Agency has announced the recovery of about U.S.$23.5 million in looted funds from the allies and family of a former Nigerian dictator, the late Sani ... Read more »
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The U.S. has said aside from the U.S.$311 million Abacha loot returned to the Nigerian government recently, another separate amount of U.S.$152 million was still in active ... Read more »
