Minister of Information and Culture
The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, asking him not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his “inciting, self-serving and provocative” letter on the elections. Obasanjo had on Monday worried over the conduct of the 2023 presidential election, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says almost three months after the travel advisories by foreign embassies, residents of Abuja have been going about their businesses without any threat. The United Kingdom, the United States, and some countries had, last year, warned their citizens in Nigeria against traveling to Abuja citing imminent […]
The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Kwarra, has said insecurity will not deter it from conducting the 2023 census as those residing in Sambisa Forest will also be counted during the exercise. He said houses in the forest had already been enumerated during the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD), thus that […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the threat to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari as laughable. In a video released at the weekend, the abductors of train passengers in Kaduna threatened to kidnap and kill Buhari and Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. Addressing reporters after the Federal Executive […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday said that Nigeria had signed an agreement for the repatriation of 1,130 Benin bronzes from Berlin in Germany. Mohammed during inauguration of The Art Hotel in Lagos, said that the bronzes were looted from the ancient city of Benin in 1897, 125 […]
Popular Nollywood actor, Jide Kosoko, has reacted to the comment of Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture in Nigeria. Recently, Lai Mohammed, disclosed that filmmakers in the country have been asked to avoid making money ritual content. He stated that the Federal Government’s decision to sanitize social media is hinged on confessions […]
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit have uncovered 96 financiers of Boko Haram and ISWAP. Government also said NFIU was able to unmasked 424 associates/supporters of the financiers, with about 123 companies and 33 bureaux de change who are linked with terrorism in the country. This was disclosed by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is not a failed state and cannot go the way of Afghanistan where the Taliban has taken the rein of power. The minister stated this in Washington DC during his engagements with international media organisations including the BBC Radio and Television, Bloomberg and Politico. […]
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