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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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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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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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 […]
Read More 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 […]
Read More 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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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 […]
Read More 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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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 […]
Read More 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 […]
Read More 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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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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