The current economic situation in the country calls for an emergency economic conference, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has said. Prof. Soyinka who spoke during a courtesy visit to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in his office in Abuja on Thursday, blamed years of bad governance for the country’s economic downturn. He […]
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Critics of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s anti-corruption crusade yesterday got a reply – no intimidation or blackmail will stop the war. According to The Nation Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said Nigerians should be prepared for more mind boggling revelations in the 2014 and 2015 report, which is yet to be released. […]
Read More MINISTER of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration will intensify the fight against corruption in order to conserve funds to improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable people in the society, including women and children, Vanguard report. In his remarks during a courtesy visit to Women FM 91.7, […]
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FEDERAL Government has alleged that 55 former government functionaries and top businessmen stole N1.34tn from public treasury in eight years. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the allegation at a press conference to announce a National Sensitisation Campaign against Corruption in Abuja on Monday. Although Mohammed did not disclose the authority for […]
Read More IF Seriake Dickson the Governor of Bayelsa State is expecting a congratulatory message from President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent re-election for a second term of office, he had better forget it. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture told journalists in Abuja on Monday that the President would not follow the habit of […]
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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved an additional $200m loan from the International Development Association, an arm of the World Bank, in support of Lagos State Development Policy Operation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, briefed State House correspondents at […]
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The federal government has ordered the audit of all revenue generating agencies in the country in order to ensure that all funds collected are remitted into its coffers. Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who briefed State House correspondents after the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting this year, also said that the relevant agencies had […]
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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday expressed confidence that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would fight corruption conclusively. Soyinka said this when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, visited him at his home in Lagos. He said that the level of exposure concerning corruption under the Buhari administration showed that government was […]
Read More The Federal Government on Wednesday denied withdrawing the 2016 Budget proposal presented to the National Assembly in December. Reports, especially on social media, had attributed the purported withdrawal to suspicious bloating of budgetary votes in the proposal. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President […]
Read More Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed insisted yesterday that the military had largely met the deadline given to it by President Muhammadu Buhari to defeat Boko Haram, despite attacks by the terrorists. Mohammed, who spoke at a meeting with editors in Lagos, explained: “In a few days, the deadline issued by President Muhammadu […]
Read More The Federal Government says most of the female suicide bombers being used by Boko Haram do not know that they are carrying bombs. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Punch Place, the corporate headquarters of Punch Nigeria Limited in Magboro, […]
Read More Lai Mohammed, minister of information, believes the Nigerian military has largely succeeded in defeating Boko Haram because the insurgents are now “only operating from one or two local governments”. But he urged the media to stop “giving oxygen to the terrorists”, saying the war cannot be successful without the cooperation of journalists. “Just as I […]
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