Tag: Lai Mohammed
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Whistle blowing policy: FG recovers N527bn, $53m, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has, as at May, this year, recovered over N527 billion, as well as foreign currencies, through the Whistle Blower Policy. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this, yesterday, at the 71st General Assembly of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.…
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FG mourns media personality, Tosyn Bucknor
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has condoled with the family and friends of popular On-Air-Personality (OAP) Tosyn Bucknor, saying he was deeply saddened by her untimely death. According to a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister described Tosyn’s death as a great loss to the nation’s growing creative industry,…
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Looters list: Court dismisses Nenadi Usman’s contempt application against Lai Mohammed
Justice Mohammed Aikawa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday dismissed a contempt application filed by a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, against Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, over inclusion of her name in the ‘looters’ list. Mrs Usman is standing trial on allegations of money laundering alongside a former Minister…
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Lai Mohammed lied; El-Zakzaky caters for himself, wife in DSS custody – Shi’ites
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, has said that its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky caters for himself and buys his domestic needs despite being in the custody of the Department of States Service, DSS. The group made the assertion in reaction to claim by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, that the Federal Government spends…
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Lai Mohammed stresses importance of animation to job creation, economic empowerment
The inclusion of Nigerian content in the animation film festival will create adequate employment and contribute to the growth and development of the Nigerian economy, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture has said. Mohammed said this at the opening ceremony of the 4th French and Japanese Embassies Animated Film Festival at the Institut francais…
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Buhari has delivered on his electoral promises – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered on his campaign promises, and deserves to be voted for the second term. Mohammed said this on Tuesday in Abuja when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship programme, NAN Forum. He said the president had since…
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Buhari keeps Nigeria safer than past govt – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari has kept Nigeria “safer than it was before the advent of his Administration in 2015”. The minister stated this on Monday in Abuja at a ceremony to bid farewell to foreign bikers who had undergone a tour of the nation’s monuments, museums…
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Buhari’s Visa-On-Arrival policy yielding results, says Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government’s Visa-On-Arrival Policy has started yielding fruits, especially in the tourism sector which has been boosted by the policy. The Minister made the assertion in Abuja on Monday, when he received members of the Latin America Motorcyclists Association (LAMA), who are in…
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Chatham House: Lai Mohammed defends Executive Order 6, says 'it's not witch-hunt'
The Federal Government clarified on Wednesday in London that the implementation of Executive Order 6 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari has nothing to do with 2019 general elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the clarification at the Chatham House, a UK-based Royal Institute of International Affairs chaired by Dr Alex…
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U.S. condemns killing of Hauwa Liman
The U.S. Embassy has condemned the killing of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), health worker, Hauwa Liman by Boko Haram on Monday. The embassy in statement on Tuesday in Abuja expressed its condolence to the family of Liman and the ICRC. ”We stand in solidarity with our Nigerian partners as we work to…