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Priority projects will be funded by Abacha loot, says presidency

THE presidency has said that of the five federal government's priority projects, three will be funded by the Abacha loot recently recovered. The recently repatriated...
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COVID-19: Contradictions surround source of conditional cash transfer to poor citizens in Nigeria

DESPITE claim by Sadiya Umar-Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, that the money being disbursed by the Federal Government for...
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How $308m Abacha loot was shared before getting home

THROUGH a collaboration lauded as one of the world's largest asset recovery across borders, the government of Nigeria on Tuesday, February 4 signed a...
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Jersey govt, US and Nigeria sign agreement to repatriate US$308m Abacha loot

THE Government of Jersey, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the United States of America have entered into an Asset Recovery...
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Spending Abacha’s loot, borrowing $500 million… 10 points summary of FG’s cash transfer scheme

MARYAM Uwais, the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments invited the ICIR for a meeting on Monday last week after an investigation...
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Court adjourns Cable Foundation’s Abacha loot suit against AGF till Feb 28

  The Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned hearing of a suit filed against the Attorney General of the federation (AGF) by the Cable Newspaper...
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We played a limited role in the spending of Abacha loot, says World Bank

  The World Bank says it did not participate in the spending of the loot recovered from Sani Abacha, former Nigerian Head of State, returned...
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EFCC, NSA, AGF Can’t Account For Abacha Loot

None of the offices of the Attorney-General of the Federation, National Security Adviser or the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, can account for...
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