Sani Abacha GCFR ((listen); (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who ruled as the military head of state after...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

died in a plane crash alongside the son of the military head of state Sani Abacha in 1996; and Garba, who died in 2013 after a stroke. In September 2014...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(Aguiyi-Ironsi and Murtala Muhammed), while two died of natural causes (Sani Abacha and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua). Three heads of state resigned, Olusegun Obasanjo...

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...

October 2009 16:00 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay) 26 October 2009 19:00 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano Attendance:...

levels of the army cultivating his strategic relationship with allies: Sani Abacha, Aliyu Gusau, Halilu Akilu, Mamman Vatsa, Gado Nasko, and younger officers...

23 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:...

football, the Nigeria Professional Football League. Their home stadium is Sani Abacha Stadium. Kano Pillars FC was founded in 1990, the year the professional...

August 1993. The largely powerless government was dissolved when General Sani Abacha seized power on 17 November 1993. 12 June 1993 presidential election...

banner of the Social Democratic Party. After the military head of state Sani Abacha dissolved the Senate in 1993, Tinubu became an activist campaigning for...

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...

various African conflicts. In 1993, Sani Abacha seized power in a military coup. Obasanjo was openly critical of Abacha's administration and in 1995 was arrested...

of Sokoto, who was deposed in 1996 during the military government of Sani Abacha. Prior to becoming Sultan, he held the traditional title of Baraden Sokoto...

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...

Affairs and was also the National Security Adviser to Head of State Sani Abacha. He has been linked to the theft of about $2.45 billion from the Central...

later joining the government in service of military dictator General Sani Abacha and a member of his politico-military caucus as Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Lagos State from 1979 to 1983, and later Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military regime. Lateef Kayode Jakande was born in the Epetedo area of...

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...

the country's states, created during the regime of president General Sani Abacha. Nigerian economic, political, and educational resources are often shared...

Nigeria between the year 1995-1999, during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. Gidado Idris was born into a family of the Sokoto aristocracy. His name...

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...