Ten persons have been arrested for attacking the men of Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency (Taskforce) during an enforcement of the State’s traffic laws on Tuesday. The suspects were arrested during a commotion that broke out in Ojodu and Obanikoro while enforcement was carried out by the Taskforce in several areas in Lagos. No…
Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has reportedly narrated how he gave Governor Ayodele Fayose some amount of money. His confession comes barely 24 hours after his detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to Obanikoro, the said cash was wired into the company, Sylva Mcnamara, within seven months in…
According to SaharaReporters, about N4.745billion of the diverted $2.1 billion arms cash has been traced to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, by the some detectives. It was reported that the cash was sourced from the SAS Imprest Account of the Office of the National Security…
Former Minister of State for Defence, Misiliu Obanikoro, has reacted to the invasion of his residence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday. In a statement issued by his media aide, Jonathan Eze, the former Minister claimed operatives of the EFCC not only stormed his house, but assaulted innocent kids, took away…
Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Monday sought an injunction against an online news medium, Sahara Reporters, and its publisher, Omoyele Sowore. The former guber candidate of the PDP in Lagos asked an Ikeja High Court in Lagos to grant its application because the defendants failed to show up in court. Obanikoro…
Spokesman of President Goodluck Jonathan campaign team, Femi Fani-Kayode, has told newsmen that the controversial audio tape alleging the rigging of the 2014 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State is authentic and not fabricated as claimed by the President. The former Aviation Minister made this disclosure at a press conference in Abuja recently. Fani-Kayode said after…
Jimi Agbaje has emerged winner of the governorship primaries of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State. Agbaje, a former member of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, defeated his closest rival, Musiliu Obanikoro at the primaries. He polled 432 votes as against the 346 garnered by Obanikoro. Agbaje joined the PDP barely…