Sani Abacha GCFR ((listen); (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria with an iron-fist as the...
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Abacha // , also known as African salad, is a type of food originating with the Igbos in the south eastern part of Nigeria. Abacha is a product of cassava...
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Abacha is a town in Anambra State in the southeastern part of Nigeria. It is bordered by Abatete, Nimo, Oraukwu and Eziowelle towns. It forms part of the...
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Mohammed Abacha is the eldest surviving son of Nigeria's former military ruler, the late general Sani Abacha, and his wife Maryam Abacha. During his father's...
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Maryam Abacha ((Listen); born 4 March 1949) is the widow of Sani Abacha, Nigeria's military ruler from 1993 to 1998. In 1999, Maryam Abacha said that her...
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Abacha is a town in Nigeria. Abacha may also refer to: Maryam Abacha ((born 1949), widow of Sani Abacha Mohammed Abacha, son of Sani Abacha Sani Abacha...
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Sanni Sari Abacha (26 October 1978 – 3 October 2013) was a Nigerian footballer who played as a sweeper. He died in 2013. He began his career 1996 by Shooting...
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The Sani Abacha Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It is mostly used for football matches and athletics. The stadium is the...
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also Chief of Defence Staff from 1997 to 1998. He succeeded General Sani Abacha upon the latter's death. During his leadership, Nigeria adopted a modified...
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replace him. Ernest Shonekan was named as interim head of state. General Sani Abacha seized power from Shonekan on 17 November 1993, and became head of state...
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Hamza al-Mustapha (section Abacha era)
politician who served as Chief Security Officer to Head of State General Sani Abacha from 1993 until his death on 8 June 1998. Hamza Al-Mustapha was born into...
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officer Sani Abacha attained this rank before becoming head of state. Eight of them served as Chief of Defence Staff, two heads of state (Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami...
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General Sani Abacha became head of state in Nigeria after a coup in November 1993 that ended the Nigerian Third Republic. He dismissed the elected civilian...
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withdrawal from ECOMOG's peacekeeping mission in Liberia. General Sani Abacha, was the minister of defence and chief of defence staff who had full control...
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Ibrahim Abatcha (redirect from Ibrahim Abacha)
Ibrahim Abatcha (1938 – February 11, 1968) was a Muslim Chadian politician reputed of Marxist leanings and associations. His political activity started...
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Lawan Gwadabe (section Sani Abacha regime)
planning a coup against General Sani Abacha in 1995, for which he was jailed, tortured and convicted of treason. After Abacha's death he was granted a state pardon...
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Maryam Abacha American University of Niger, acronym (MAAUN). It is the first English speaking university in the Republic of Niger and also the first bilingual...
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November 1993 when the Armed Forces, headed by Defence Minister General Sani Abacha, forced Interim President Chief Ernest Shonekan to resign. Shonekan assumed...
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January 2000 18:30 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin) 25 January 2000 17:00 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance:...
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Sani Abacha regime. He was sentenced to death by a military tribunal in 1995, after calling on the Nigerian military government of General Sani Abacha and...
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Youth Earnestly Ask for Abacha (YEAA) was a campaign formed in 1997 to urge General Sani Abacha to self succeed and run for Nigeria's presidency.(Youth...
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largely powerless and illegitimate government was dissolved when General Sani Abacha seized power on 17 November 1993. 12 June 1993 presidential election was...
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facto vice president of Nigeria) under military head of state General Sani Abacha from 1994 until his arrest for treason in 1997. He also served as Chief...
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be a military coup within months. He acknowledged the irony of the Sani Abacha coup in the light of this claim but maintained that the military overthrow...
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Sani Abacha overthrew the Interim National Government and appointed himself Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council of Nigeria. After Abacha's death...
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Army Staff from 1996 to 1999 during the military regime of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar. His older brother was Major General Musa Bamaiyi...
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stolen by Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. In its complaint, the U.S. government alleged that Sani Abacha, his son Mohammed Sani Abacha, their associate...
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Attorney-General of the Federation from 1994 to 1995 during the military junta of Sani Abacha. Onagoruwa was born in Odogbolu in Ogun State. He studied law at the University...
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a staple food for the Igbos and is eaten boiled or pounded with soups. Abacha Akpu Echicha Egwusi Fio Fio Isi ewu Ofe Oha Ogbono soup Okpa Okra soup Palm...
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culminated in the continuation of military rule in the country with Sani Abacha ascending to power as the military head of state via a bloodless coup later...
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