Lai Mohammed comes after Tinubu (video)

The Minister of Information and culture, Lai Mohammed has come after Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of their own party APC. You’d recall that El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state who’s a Tinubu royalist had dared President Muhammadu Buhari by issuing a countering order against his own. Lai Mohammed in an interview with TVC, a

FG accuses Atiku of economic blueprint theft

Minister of Information and Communication, Lai Mohammed, has said that the economic blueprint laid out by the presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, was copied. Speaking at a press conference held at the National Press Centre in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister said the former Vice President’s blueprint was a “crude attempt”

FG approves 12 new private universities — Lai Mohammed

The Government also said that its relevant ministries and agencies were interfacing with the striking unions like the Academic Staff Union of Univerdities, ASUU; Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU; Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions, NASU, and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, to ensure that the strikes were called

Funny : Federal government uses Twitter to ban Twitter in Nigeria

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence according to  statement released

FG raises hate speech fine from N500,000 to N5m

The Federal Government on Tuesday raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to 5 million naira, The PUNCH has learnt. The government also mandated broadcast stations to devote airtime for public education on emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, made this known in Lagos on Tuesday while unveiling the Reviewed

Lie Mohammed to appear in court over 2.5b naira fraud

Federal high court in Abuja has summoned former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to appear before it over an alleged N2.5 billion fraud case involving the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)  is currently prosecuting Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, the NBC director-general, over “abuse of office