Tag: Lai Mohammed
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Critics of $1bn anti-terror funds are unpatriotic – FG
Frustrated by the unrelenting criticism of the National Economic Council (NEC) approval for the withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to fight Boko Haram insurgents, the Federal Government lost its cool yesterday as it described its critics as unpatriotic elements. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, vented the…
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Lai Mohammed launches DSO in Illorin, says no stopping roll out across Nigeria
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has pledged a continuous and rapid rollout of digital television across the country, in order to ensure that Nigerians benefit from the immense benefits of the Digital Switch Over (DSO). The Minister spoke in Ilorin on Wednesday at the launch of the DSO in Ilorin, Kwara…
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Don’t allow Nigerians forget damage done by treasury looters, Lai Mohammed charges CSOs
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has challenged the civil society to work with the media and other stakeholders to ensure that Nigerians never forget, for one moment, the damage done to the country by treasury looters. The Minister threw the challenge at the launch of the Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR), which…
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FG will create sufficient security in FCT – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has assured residents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and, indeed other, parts of the country that their security remains a top priority of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, who said on Sunday in Abuja, informed Nigerians that government has put in place adequate security…
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Nigerian initiated World Tourism Day – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed on Wednesday that the idea of World Tourism Day being marked globally on Sept. 27 was initiated by a Nigerian, late Ignatius Amaduwa Atigbi. The Minister, who is the Vice President, Africa, United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) disclosed this in a statement issued in…
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IPOB: Your government responsible for agitations, not opposition – PDP blasts Lai Mohammed, APC
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Minister of Information and Culture not to drag it into the current agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and other separatist groups in the country. TheNewsGuru.com reports that minister on Sunday opposition parties of sponsoring agitations to discredit…
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Photos: Lai Mohammed meets TheNewsGuru Publisher, Mideno Bayagbon
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed Monday met the Publisher, TheNewsGuru.com, Mr. Mideno Bayagbon in Lagos. On the card is professionalism in the online media industry in Nigeria; and TNG one year anniversary. Something big, designed to shake the online media practice in the offing.