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An editorial in the Vanguard, a major Nigerian paper, published on Monday 8 August appears to admit that the country has not paid enough attention:Nearly 16 years after he and eight other Ogoni activists were hanged by the Sani Abacha regime, the truth has finally come out that Ken Saro-Wiwa was not merely shouting wolf about environmental degradation in his native Ogoniland.

UN report on the Ogoniland oil spills could be catalyst for change | John Vidal 2011

For decades, however, the country was a favorite destination for illicit assets spirited away by dictators such as Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Nigerian leader Sani Abacha and Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko, among others, who hid behind the country's bank-secrecy laws.

Switzerland Freezes Mubarak Regime Assets Deborah Ball 2011

The following year, after about 300,000 people – around half the Ogoni population – took part in peaceful marches and demonstrations across the region, the military government of General Sani Abacha sent in the troops and Ogoniland was occupied.

Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa's daughter remembers her father 2011

In 2000, Swiss regulators criticized five Swiss banks for having accepted about $660 million from the family of the late Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha after Bern froze hundreds of millions of francs allegedly belonging to the regime.

Banks Scrutinize Regimes' Assets Deborah Ball 2011

The example sounds similar to the case of the late dictator General Sani Abacha, whose fortune was seized by the Swiss at the behest of the Nigerian government and then returned to Nigeria for use in poverty-reduction programs there.

Corbin Hiar: Stolen State Money: Trillions Lost Annually, Only Billions Have Been Recovered Corbin Hiar 2011

Babangida deputy campaign director Kanti Bello says what is wrong is the president trying to intimidate his political opponents, likening the president to former military ruler Sani Abacha.

Bomb Blasts Enter Nigerian Presidential Campaign 2010

Just before the attack on Sunday, Sani Aliyu Rano, a politician in neighbouring Kano state, called on the government to explore dialogue with the group in order to avoid disturbances, the Sunday Trust newspaper said.

Bomb attack kills at least 25 in northern Nigeria 2011

Just before the attack on Sunday, Sani Aliyu Rano, a politician in neighbouring Kano state, called on the government to explore dialogue with the group in order to avoid disturbances, the Sunday Trust newspaper said.

Bomb attack kills at least 25 in northern Nigeria 2011

Afterward, Jeanne recalled a glowing, pink-skinned Julia declaring: “Do you realize that if everyone in the damned war had a Sani Hot Springs bath every day, it would be over by now?”

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

The example sounds similar to the case of the late dictator General Sani Abacha, whose fortune was seized by the Swiss at the behest of the Nigerian government and then returned to Nigeria for use in poverty-reduction programs there.

Corbin Hiar: Stolen State Money: Trillions Lost Annually, Only Billions Have Been Recovered Corbin Hiar 2011