Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed has sued an online publication, Pointblank News, before an Abuja High court over alleged libel. In a copy of the Writ of Summon obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, the minister is seeking the sum of N50 billion aggravated and exemplary damages for alleged libel […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday sought power to regulate private broadcasting in the country using the internet and other online outlets, saying the government has an obligation to monitor broadcast content. Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who spoke at a public hearing on a bill to amend the National Broadcasting Act organsied by the […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu says his administration will support the Digital Switch Over (DSO) being embarked by the country, saying it would enhance job creation and content development. Governor Sanwo-Olu who acknowledged that the DSO would be of immense benefit to residents said Lagos State would be providing publicity support for the rollout. […]
It will be a total crackdown on any fresh protest on the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos as the federal government vowed to crush any such protesters and their sponsors. The federal government warned Nigerians against participating in any protest to block the toll gate. It said all security agencies have been put on the […]
The Federal Government has said Nigeria’s low rating in the 2020 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (TI-CPI) doesnot truly reflect the great strides by the country in its fight against corruption. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, assured that the country’s anti-corruption agenda, which […]
….. says killing of 43 rice farmers is act of weakness, desperation of Boko Haram insurgents Nigeria’s information minister, Lai Mohammed has said the country will not backtrack its plans to regulate social media activities in the country. He said, “Call it regulation or whatever, we have to do something most urgently to rein in […]
The federal government has faulted the CNN report on the Lekki shootings, saying the report is blatant irresponsible and a poor piece journalistic work. Making the position of the federal government known on this on Thursday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed during a press conference in Abuja, said, CNN engaged in the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s assumption of office in 2015 prevented Nigeria from becoming a failed state, after a long stretch of rapacious and rudderless leadership, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister said President Buhari came into office at a time that […]
President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has said the federal government failed in considering the economy realities Nigerians are facing before it increased the fuel price. It would be recalled that, minister of information, Lai Mohammed said on Monday that despite the increase in the price of petrol, it remains the cheapest […]
The presidency has replied Nigerians concerns and agitations over the recent increase in electricity tariffs and fuel prices in the country saying, Nigeria’s prices on these items are the lowest in Central and West Africa. The Minister of Inforamtion and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who spoke for the presidency, noted that with the price of […]