He said the initiative was part of efforts to avoid another civil war in the country. The deepening security crisis that plagues Nigeria can be traced to the 1975 coup d’état, Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has said The coup, which was a bloodless one, took place on July 29, 1975 while the … Read more
The agitation for political restructuring is okay. However, what is not okay is the call for secession or for separation The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has rejected the calls for secession, saying that more effort is needed to break Nigeria than to fix it. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight … Read more
“I’m not going to go into the issue of whether government is comfortable or not“ Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the subject of Pantami’s views on terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and Taliban was not broached at the federal executive council (FEC) meeting. The FEC held its 42nd virtual meeting on Wednesday presided … Read more
“That we have ethnicity issues is not new. IPOB, Boko Haram and farmer-herders clashes are not new…” Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has disclosed that the Federal Government is working hard to improve national security and prevent all secession tendencies. Mohammed, who spoke on Sunday in Lagos when he featured on Bond FM … Read more
“The things that unite us in Nigeria are more than what separate us.” – Lai Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says those agitating for balkanization of Nigeria are cowards who will capitulate when push comes to shove. Ekohotblog reports that Mohammed said there were other ways to address the myriad of challenges facing … Read more
Digital Switch-Over (DSO) The Federal Government announced, on Saturday, that it will rollout the Digital Switch-Over (DSO) in Lagos, on April 29, as the country transitions from analogue to digital broadcasting. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh Lai Mohammed, disclosed this when he led the Ministerial Taskforce of the Federal Ministry of Information and … Read more
The Federal Government (FG), on Wednesday, refused to disclose the exact arrival date of President Muhammadu Buhari from London, the United Kingdom (UK). Lai Mohammed said the government was currently more concerned with the issue of insecurity bewildering the country. The Federal Government (FG), on Wednesday, refused to disclose the exact arrival date of President … Read more
Mohammed lamented that the issues of farmers, herders crisis, banditry, kidnapping among other insecurity challenges have led to increasing calls for secession in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday, lamented that the current insecurity in the country poses a great danger to Nigeria’s unity. He stated this during a Town … Read more
The new rule is embedded in the amended broadcasting code which was put in place to grow the industry – Lai Mohammed He added that Multichoice would no longer have the monopoly of broadcasting the English Premier League (EPL) and that NBC has been directed to implement a new rule. Minister of Information and Culture, … Read more
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday said that no state will be left out of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) – the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting. The minister gave the assurance while speaking in Abuja at the unveiling of the timetable for the rollout of the DSO across … Read more
The federal government has further played down the enormity of widespread abduction that has now become that hallmark of the present administration, saying kidnapping is a crime that transcends countries status’ and development. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this during an interview on Channels Television. Doubling down on his assertion, the flippant … Read more
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister for Information and Culture while commenting on the kidnapped kagara students in an interview with channels television on Monday Night maintains that the kidnapping of students in schools is not a crime peculiar to Nigeria alone, adding that the most developed countries of the world like the United States of America … Read more
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says fake news on social media, if not tackled, can cause great damage to the world. “The mix of fake news using social media platforms has now become a cancer that if the world does not take time, it will destroy the world,” the minister said during … Read more
As part of efforts to address challenges of insecurity, the Federal Government says works are underway on the amendment of the ECOWAS Protocols on free movement of human and cattle within countries in the sub-region. Speaking when he featured on Channels Television programme, “Sunrise Daily’’ on Saturday, Information and culture minister Lai Mohammed, said most … Read more
Mohammed’s comments is in reaction to the abduction of students in Kagara, Niger State Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said that no ransom was paid for the release of the abducted Kankara schoolboys in Katsina State and the Dapchi schoolgirls in Yobe State. He disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Saturday while explaining some … Read more
The federal government says it will not pay ransom to abductors of students and members of staff of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger state. Recall that gunmen believed to the monstrous brigands Terrorising the north east stormed the school and kidnapped several students, members of staff, and some members of their families. Consequently, the government … Read more
The crisis and internal wrangling rocking the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has aggravated as Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, questions the propriety of the position of Yekini Nabena, deputy national publicity of secretary, of the party. Mohammed described Nabena as an “imposter”, saying the party no longer recognise … Read more
The Minister is calling for the immediate disbandment of the Senator John Danboyi-led membership registration committee for Kwara State Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has called for the cancellation of the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) membership registration and revalidation exercise saying it is marred by irregularities. The Minister made the call in … Read more
By Fredrick Nwabufo. There is more to Lai than meets the eye. He is more controversial than he is understood. And he has chalked up quite a reputation for himself as an unabridged talker. Lai does not mince his words. He says them as they erupt from his consciousness. He could be carefree in his … Read more
Kanu alleged that Mohammed’s explanation on why bandits cannot be proscribed makes him “the mouthpiece of the terrorists.” “This is the height of hypocrisy! This latest reckless statement by no less a person than the Information Minister has confirmed our Leader’s position that Nigeria is a terrorist-sponsoring nation”. The leader of the Indigenous People of … Read more