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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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the phenomenon of fake news, if left unchecked, poses more threat to the nation than insurgency and militancy. The minister said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the seventh edition of the National Security Seminar with the theme “Consolidating on the Gains of Counter Terrorism Operations […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday said that, President Muhammadu Buhari had become a victim of his own transparency in relation to his current vacation abroad. The Minister made the statement while addressing State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the eagerness of Nigerians to know Buhari’s health […]
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says he reads comments of people who claim not to believe what he says and coin his first name as “Lie’’. The minister stated this while responding to questions when he visited Daar Communications Plc on Friday in Abuja. He said that such comments were the mindset […]
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The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to disregard the subversive messages being circulated via text messaging and the Social Media. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said there is no iota of truth in the messages being circulated on the health of the President, who […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking with journalists at the end of the federal executive council meeting in Abuja, on Wednesday, Nigeria’s Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed said that reports of planned asset sale by the government were mere speculations.He said that the government has not yet come out with its position on bailing out the economy despite a […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government says the implementation of the national reorientation campaign “Change Begins with Me’’ started from the leadership, contrary to the position of some critics.The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when he received a delegation of National Council of Women’s Societies, NCWS. He said “people […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking at the townhall meeting “Buharimetre”, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, showed his soft side, stating the only “sin” he has committed against Nigerians is talking too much in the buildup to the 2015 general elections. The minister then went on to speak on the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. “Long […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on May 14 in London promised to provide specific details of stolen asset by former public officials. “So far, what has come out, what has been recovered in whatever currency from each ministries, departments and individuals, I intend on the 29th to speak on this because all Nigerians are getting from the […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the ministry will make culture and tourism the bedrock of the Nigeria’s economy.The minister made this known on Wednesday night at the gala night of the 2016 National Summit on Culture and Tourism in Abuja. “In this summit, we have brought together all the people that […]
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