General Sani Abacha

Universally known as ‘MD' former spymaster and police chief Alhaji Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu (66) has emerged as the most credible challenger to General Sani Abacha's as yet unannounced candidacy for the civilian presidency...

Sani Abacha's presidential campaign were taking revenge on the Alaafin after he was unhelpful about the hosting of a pro-Abacha rally in Oyo...

Sani Abacha's regime since 1995...

While its ousting of Major Johnny-Paul Koroma's junta in Freetown has strengthened the grip of General Sani Abacha's government on West Africa in the short term it will face enormous economic and diplomatic problems in maintaining its interventionist posture...

The Nigerian-led ousting of Major Johnny- Paul Koroma's Freetown junta raises awkward questions for Whitehall's proclaimed ethical foreign policy and its ban on military cooperation with General Sani Abacha's government...

Regularising Freetown's relationship with General Sani Abacha's military government and negotiating the terms of a continued Nigerian presence in Sierra Leone...

The ever resilient Elf- Aquitaine strongly backs Paris' warming relations with General Sani Abacha's military regime in Abuja...

Amid dealing with their local coup plotters General Sani Abacha and Ikimi were infuriated to hear Koroma say in his year's-end broadcast that the 22 April handover date would not be met unless: the Revolutionary United Front leader Corporal Foday Sankoh was released from custody in Nigeria; the number of Nigerian troops in the Ecowas peacekeeping force (Ecomog) was sharply reduced; and the national Sierra Leonean army controlled the disarmament process...

General Sani Abacha is pulling out all the stops to gain maximum political advantage from the latest alleged coup plot...

In the backrooms at Aso Rock one scenario to ensure General Sani Abacha becomes President in August proposes an electoral college instead of a popular ballot Africa Confidential has learned...