Estimated Reading Time: 1The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied asking Cubana Group Chairman, Obi Iyiegbu aka Obi Cubana, to loan money to Nigeria. The Ministry of Information and Culture on its verified Facebook page on Sunday placed a ‘Fake News’ stamp on a news item claiming[Read More…]
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PDP Lawmakers move to sue the federal Government over twitter ban
Estimated Reading Time: 3The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to lift the ban on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, or it will take legal action against the government as soon as possible. The PDP caucus described the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria[Read More…]
FG says it has uncovered 476 online publication sites dedicated to daily churning out of fake news to fight the government
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Federal Government says it has uncovered about 476 online publication sites dedicated to daily churning out of fake news to fight the government. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he received officials of the Nigerian Institute of[Read More…]
Secessionists have three to four passports to run away when trouble starts – Lai Mohammad
Estimated Reading Time: 1 Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammad has on Sunday warned Nigerians to be wary of secessionists because they will be the first to run away from the country if trouble starts. Aggrieved voices like Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and some southwest groups have called[Read More…]
Lai Mohammed says Federal Government won’t pay ransom to secure the release of the abducted students
Estimated Reading Time: 2Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, said the Federal Government won’t pay ransom to secure the release of the abducted students and members of staff of Government Science College, Kagara. He stated this today while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’. Gunmen from a[Read More…]
Nigeria’s Lai Mohammed says only unpatriotic Nigerians will ask for the probe of immediate-past service chiefs
Estimated Reading Time: 1Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described as unpatriotic, Nigerians calling for the International Criminal Court to probe the immediate-past service chiefs. Mohammed spoke on Tuesday during a Radio Nigeria programme, Politics Nationwide, . President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed four new service chiefs last week after much clamour from Nigerians that[Read More…]
Lai Muhammed says Nigeria’s corruption ranking not a true reflection
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has criticized Nigeria’s poor rating on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by the Transparency International (TI) and claimed it is not a true reflection of the country’s stance against corruption. Transparency International, a global movement working to stop[Read More…]
We must regulate social media – Nigerian govt insists making reference to #EndSARS protests
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Federal Government has warned that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder if the issue of fake news is not urgently addressed, insisting on the regulation of social media in the country. The House of Representatives has, however, warned against clamping down on free speech[Read More…]
“Nigeria today is not a failed state” – Lai Mohammed tackles Obasanjo
Estimated Reading Time: 3Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s assumption of office in 2015 prevented Nigeria from becoming a failed state, after a long stretch of rapacious and rudderless leadership. Former President Obasanjo had in a statement issued Friday ssaid Nigeria was “fast[Read More…]
Lai Mohammed says Nigerian government borrowing is justified
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Federal Government says the funds it has borrowed so far are justified because they are being used for the development of critical infrastructure that will benefit Nigerians. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this at the Obafemi Awolowo terminal end of the Lagos-Ibadan[Read More…]
