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NigeriaDecides2019: Kwara state is free at last – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says with the outcome of last Saturday’s elections, Kwara is free “from a choking and pauperising political hegemony of a self-imposed dynasty”. The Minister, who is the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, stated this while briefing newsmen on Monday in Ilorin. He […]

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Boko Haram Targets Nigeria Troops In Dawn Raid On Polling Day

NigeriaDecides2019: Peaceful but with hitches – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections in his ward, was peaceful with high turn out of voters but not devoid of hitches. The minister stated this after casting his vote at Polling Unit 006 Oro Ward 2 in his country home Oro […]

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Saraki didn’t make me minister, says Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has debunked a statement by Doyin Okupe, crediting Senate President Bukola Saraki with his appointment in 2015. The Minister’s Office described Okupe’s statement as a bold-face lie. Okupe is the Special Adviser (Media) to the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council. “The entire statement […]

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CJN Suspension: Mass action can’t change course of justice, says Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government, yesterday, dismissed the groundswell of opposition to its suspension of embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, over his non-declaration of assets, insisting that no amount of mass protests would change the course of justice. The government also boasted that more Nigerians were in support of the suspension of the […]

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Lai Mohammed sets record straight on CJN’s suspension, says he’s architect of his misfortune

TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, IN ABUJA ON MONDAY, 28 JAN 2019 Gentlemen of the press, thank you for once again honouring our invitation. 2 As you would recollect, President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday complied with the order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, directing […]

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Offa robbery: I’ll present evidence on Saraki lies – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said he is presenting to the public evidences of how the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, lied that he donated ₦10 million to the victims of Offa bank robbery. In a statement in Abuja yesterday, the minister said he was presenting to the public both the […]

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Offa Robbery: Prove your allegation – Saraki’s aide dares Lai Mohammed

Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has advised Alhaji Lai Mohammed to stop using the tragic loss of lives in the Offa robbery as a political tool. This is even as he dared him to prove his claim that subsequent broadcasts of the Senate President’s syndicated […]

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Stop dancing on the graves of victims’ of Offa robbery, Lai Mohammed tells Saraki

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has warned the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to stop dancing on the graves of the innocent souls who died in the April 5, 2018 armed robbery attack in Offa. In a statement issued on Monday by his media aide, Mr. Segun Adeyemi, the Minister repeated […]

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2019 Appropriation Bill, the best we could present, FG says

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Friday, said that the 2019 Appropriation Bill of ₦8.83 trillion presented to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday was the best the government could present following the circumstances it found itself. The Minister also enthused that the President Buhari’s All Progressives Congress, APC, led […]

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Nnamdi Kanu: Lai Mohammed denies threat against Israel

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Thursday denied the report on social media that he threatened that Nigeria would send missile to Israel if the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu was not released to Nigeria for the continuation of his prosecution. The Minister also said that the […]

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FG approves $1.3 billion for 5 critical projects – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government has set aside 1.3 billion dollars (about ₦468 billion) from the National Sovereign Investment Fund to finance five critical infrastructure projects. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Sunday when he appeared as guest on a Nigeria Television Authority programme, “Stepping Up”. The minister said the five […]

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FILE PHOTO: Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters are seen in Abuja

PDP, APC disagree over ₦9 trillion contract scam in the NNPC

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday charged the Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration to tell Nigerians what they know about the ₦9 trillion ($25 billion) contract scam allegedly perpetrated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, under their watch. However, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said: “I […]

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