The federal government has described the criticisms trailing the approval of $1 billion for the fight against insurgency and other violent crimes in the country as unnecessary and unhelpful. The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, expressed this position at a news conference in Lagos. He said the Nigerian Governor’s Forum acted wisely […]
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The federal government said it will make the annual Calabar carnival a major foreign exchange earner for Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this on Sunday in Calabar while flagging off the third dry run of the 2017 carnival which has the theme ‘Migration’. He said that the carnival, which has united […]
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Speaking at a conference which the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) organised for media handlers, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says the achievements of the current administration are there for all to see and not based on lies and propaganda. The minister said Nigerians are brilliant and discerning people who would not take in […]
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Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has revealed the secret of his business success: self-sufficiency and backward integration, a manufacturing strategy that extracts value from entire processes. “We are not going to import anything any longer,” Dangote said, in the presence of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Congolese presidential hopeful Moise Katumbi, and about 300 business leaders. He […]
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The Federal Government says despite the revolution witnessed in the agricultural sector, the cost of food items is still high because of infrastructural deficit and export demands. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Tuesday when he featured on Africa Independent Television (AIT’s) Current Affairs programme “Focus Nigeria”. “Despite the […]
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Reno Omokri, former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has reminded Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, the he is Nigeria’s minister of information and not propaganda. Omokri said this in reaction to Mohammed’s allegation that people in opposition parties were sponsoring the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a statement on Tuesday, Omokri said Mohammed […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, said the country has tolerated the excesses of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and his hate speech for too long. He referred to IPOB as a contraption against the Buhari administration, saying the government […]
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is not set up to fight for right of anyone or group but a tool by opposition to destabilise the country. The minister said this at a news conference in Lagos on Sunday. He alleged that IPOB was being sponsored […]
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NIGERIA – Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the news being circulated via a parody Twitter account and an old NTA news video that President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling or has travelled to the US is fake. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, the minister urged Nigerians to disregard the news. […]
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NIGERIA – the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari will take appropriate action on the feud between Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the federation, and Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, the minister said both men had […]
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