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Op-ed Editor August 25, 2021

Emerging author, Ufuomaee launches trilogy series in Lagos

…Ngige, Omo-Agege, Obanikoro and others grace event Ufuoma Emerhor-Ashogbon (pen name Ufuomaee), daughter of banking titan and founding leader of the APC in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor OON, formally…

Temidayo Taiwo-Sidiq October 22, 2018

The Big 5: Labour to embark on nationwide strike November 6; Amid fear of being ousted as chairman, Oshiomhole speaks | More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Organised labour has scheduled Tuesday, October 30, for a nationwide mass protest against what it described as the government’s unwillingness to implement…

Omoleye Omoruyi November 26, 2017

“We’re joining because we are on a mission” | Obanikoro dumps PDP for APC

A former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Saturday in Lagos left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as reported by the News…

Omoleye Omoruyi June 20, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Lil Bow Wow, Emir Sanusi, Korede Bello, others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters,…

Roqeebah June 20, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 20th of June

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Omoleye Omoruyi June 20, 2017

Obanikoro debunks rumours that he joined APC

Despite media reports that he has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has said he had only attended Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s…

Roqeebah June 20, 2017

We have your receipts: Obanikoro should have just come clean the first time he was asked

When on Sunday, the 21st of May, The Punch published an interview with the former Minister of State for Defence and failed Lagos gubernatorial candidate for PDP, Musiliu Obanikoro, we immediately wrote…

Azeez June 20, 2017

BREAKING: Musiliu Obanikoro dumps PDP for APC

Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Obanikoro, a former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party announced his defection at a…

Tolu June 3, 2017

Musiliu Obanikoro’s mother passes on at 95

Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has announced the death of his mother, Alhaja Wasliat Obanikoro. According to him, she died in the early hours of Saturday after…

Tolu May 22, 2017

Backstory: How Tinubu and Obanikoro’s relationship went sour over Lagos governorship battle

by Tolu Omoyeni Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro recently sat with PUNCH newspaper in an interview that has gone viral in the nation's political sphere and is…

Roqeebah May 22, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 22nd of May

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Roqeebah May 21, 2017

Musiliu Obanikoro badly wants to join the APC, he just doesn’t know it yet | Our thoughts on his latest interview

The PUNCH Newspapers, this morning published a very telling interview that they had with former Minister of State for Defence under President Goodluck Jonathan's PDP administration and Lagos Governorship aspirant…

Azeez May 7, 2017

You can’t fight evil by joining it | Fani-Kayode reacts to Obanikoro’s defection

by Azeez Adeniyi Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has described the defection of former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, to the All Progressives Congress as…

Azeez April 24, 2017

Court dismisses Obanikoro’s N100m suit against EFCC

by Azeez Adeniyi The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday dismissed a N100m human rights suit by former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro against the Economic and Financial…

Azeez February 28, 2017

Dasukigate: Court orders forfeiture of Obanikoro’s wife mansion

by Azeez Adeniyi Alhaja Moroophat Obanikoro, the wife of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has been ordered by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting…

Roqeebah February 22, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 22nd of February

Read the full stories and analyses here, here and here now!

Oludolapo Adelana February 22, 2017

Obanikoro sues EFCC for seizing his property, demands N100m

by Dolapo Adelana A former minister of state for defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the seizure of his property. He filed the…

Tolu February 4, 2017

N250million gatehouse, 150 cows for Mugabe | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

N250million - Senator Dino Melaye revealed that the cost of constructing the Vice President's official residence had been inflated and his gatehouse alone is to cost this amount. 150 -…

Azeez February 2, 2017

Arms fund: ‘Obanikoro returns N30m to EFCC’

Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has returned N30m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Punch reports. The former minister has now returned a total of…

Azeez February 1, 2017

SaharaReporters publisher, Sowore defeats Obanikoro in US court

A defamation suit filed by former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro against publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore has been dismissed by the supreme court of the US state…

Azeez December 9, 2016

EFCC drills Obanikoro over fresh N450m election cash

Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro was on Wednesday quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Obanikoro was drilled for allegedly receiving N450m from the…

Oludolapo Adelana November 29, 2016

N4.7bn fraud: Obanikoro to ‘testify’ against Fayose – EFCC

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has agreed to testify against Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and his aide, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, The Punch reports. According to a source in the Economic and Financial…

Oludolapo Adelana November 17, 2016

How Obanikoro delivered N1.2bn cash to Fayose – Witness

The trial of Abiodun Agbele, an aide to governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti continued on Thursday with the EFCC first prosecution witness, PW1, Alade Oluseye Sunday, telling Justice Nnamdi Dimgba…

Oludolapo Adelana November 14, 2016

We used 10 days to count the N1.2bn cash collected by Fayose’s aide – Witness

Alade Oluseye Sunday, a witness in the case against Abiodun Agbele, an aide to the governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday said it took ten working days to count the N1.2bn…

Tolu November 5, 2016

N100m, 16 | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

195 - The number of years a former Oceanic Bank staff, Aliyu Suleiman was sentenced to, for fraud by Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court. 200,000 -…

Tolu November 5, 2016

Linda Ikeji’s budding empire, Obanikoro and the millions of naira | Our winners and losers this week

With the series of arrests, rearrests and releases (on bail) of former statesmen in the country, the $29.9billion loan request by the Federal Government and its rejection (or not) by…

Oludolapo Adelana November 4, 2016

BREAKING: EFCC releases Obanikoro

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, The Punch reports. The paper quoted a source as saying, “The EFCC just…

Azeez November 4, 2016

Ex-minister Obanikoro ‘promises to return N480m to EFCC’

The former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro who is currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly promised and signed an undertaken to…

Azeez November 3, 2016

Ex-minister Obanikoro ‘returns N100m to EFCC’

Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has returned N100 million to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Premium Times reports. Obanikoro was detained after he presented himself…