About 10,000 Nigerians were employed during the construction of the Abuja Light Rail Project, which was recently commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari, while 100,000 more will be directly or indirectly employed when the project begins full operation. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (middle); Special Assistant 1 to the President on Information and […]
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says Federal Government is committed to early completion of the ongoing second Niger bridge project and will sustain its funding. The minister said this during inspection of the project at the Onitsha, Anambra and Asaba, Delta ends of the bridge with a team of journalists. He […]
Read More Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has challenged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to spur more actions in the electronic payment system to fully exploit the potentials of the sector in economic growth and development. The minister who was guest at the Electronic Payment Providers Association of Nigeria, (E-PAAN) media workshop in […]
Read More The President Muhammadu Buhari Administration is steadily transforming Nigeria through innovative measures that are yielding positive results, Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said at the weekend. His media aide Segun Adeyemi quoted the minister as speaking in a keynote address he delivered at the 2018 “Africa Together Conference” at the University of Cambridge […]
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The Federal Government last night dismissed as frivolous allegation by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo that government had placed him on a watch list preparatory to terminating his life. Government said it has no intention of framing up the ex-president or any Nigerian for that matter. Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, in a response to the […]
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Over 12.2 million farmers have joined the rice and wheat initiative of the Federal Government, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Buhari added that the administration’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, which is already a success would gradually move the country to self-sufficiency in major grains. The President spoke at the 25th edition of the Nigeria Media Merit […]
Read More The Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has drastically cut rice importation and moved Nigeria very close to achieving self-sufficiency in rice, a major staple food in the country, in just two years, the Nation Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister – […]
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The Federal Government says despite the revolution witnessed in the agricultural sector, the cost of food items is still high because of infrastructural deficit and export demands. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Tuesday when he featured in a Current Affairs programme “Focus Nigeria” of a Lagos-based Television station. […]
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Nigeria is focused on diversifying power supply and ensuring its stability before pouring money into a creaking transmission system, minister told Reuters. Minister of Information Lai Mohammed said that while Nigeria had already increased power generation to the point that its transmission system could not handle all of it, it was crucial to increase the […]
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The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) on Wednesday elected the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed as Vice President, Africa at its ongoing 22nd General Assembly in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of Southwest China. Lai Mohammed, who led Nigeria’s delegation to the General Assembly, assumed the seat on behalf of the country, for […]
Read More Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has assured that standards of living of Nigerians will improve as the country exited recession. The minister gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja when he received Broadcast Media Editors in his office. He urged well-meaning Nigerians not to listen to pessimists who he accused of downplaying […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has publicly deny all social media account opened in his name; calling on Nigerians to disregard any news credited to any Twitter or Facebook account. The Minister made this disclosure in a statement, on Sunday, while debunking reports that President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to the […]
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