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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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