But his technocratic management style will be tested as he works closely with officials such as the Budget Minister Atiku Bagudu named by United States investigators as facilitating the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars state assets by former military ruler General Sani Abacha and his son Mohamed Abacha...
A large part of OML 11 Nigeria's largest onshore block located largely in Ogoni had been dormant for over 30 years after the execution of activist Ken Saro Wiwa in 1995 by General Sani Abacha's military junta...
Key to this campaign was Gilbert Chagoury a Nigerian-Lebanese businessman who has reinvented himself as a philanthropist and Tinubu's ambassador-at-large after serving as financial advisor to Nigeria's late military ruler Gen Sani Abacha who was accused of stealing over US$4 billion from the state...
Even his appointment to run the Petroleum Trust Fund under the serially corrupt regime of Gen Sani Abacha (1993-1998) hardly dented Buhari's reputed integrity...
Praise by bankers and foreign investors for his bold economic reforms – ending fuel subsidies and floating the naira – rings hollow to many Nigerians struggling through the worst crisis since General Sani Abacha's junta three decades ago (AC Vol 66 No 5 Tinubu aims for Africa's top economy slot)...
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Kida was earlier bidding for the Managing Director post at NNPC helped by the lobbying efforts of his business partner the Franco-Lebanese billionaire Gilbert Chagoury the financial advisor to military ruler General Sani Abacha and now to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (AC Vol 65 No 8 Abacha consigliere in storm over $11 billion superhighway linking Lagos and Calabar)...
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Lebanese billionaire Gilbert Chagoury consigliere to General Sani Abacha and now business associate of Tinubu's secured a prime seat at the table much to the unease of some of the attendees (AC Vol 65 No 8 Abacha consigliere in storm over $11 billion superhighway linking Lagos and Calabar)...
The project is controversial because the contract was awarded without competitive bidding to Gilbert Chagoury the Lebanese billionaire and financial advisor to junta leader General Sani Abacha...
And rights and anti-corruption activists claim the political tactics used by President Bola Tinubu's government resemble the repressive rule of General Sani Abacha's junta in the 1990s...
A cheerleader for military leader Sani Abacha Shettima lacks a popular following in the region...