The Festival for Arts and Culture (FESTAC ’77), according to Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister for Information and Culture, served as a haven for the racial harmony of Black people around the world. At a celebration for the 45th anniversary of FESTAC that included a cultural showcase, dinner, and award ceremony, Mohammed noted that the festival Read More…
Food security and the expansion of made in Nigeria products, according to the Federal Government, are two of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) administration’s lasting legacies that have been widely understated. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, made this statement on Thursday in Abuja at the ninth instalment of the “PMB Administration. Read More…
Unrestrained use of social media and other digital platforms, according to Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, is causing significant issues on a worldwide scale. At a session to welcome guests to the Global Media and Information Literacy Week happening in Abuja, the minister reaffirmed this position. 193 UNESCO member nations are participating Read More…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, in his welcome address at the 62 years Independence Public lecture in Abuja on Thursday, has said that the elite has a great role to play in protecting the nation, Nigeria, given the issue of restoration of peace in parts of the country. The “Elites and National Unity” lecture, was organised by Read More…
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji. Lai Mohammed, has been criticised over a statement claiming that the October, 2020 EndSARS protest, was allegedly sponsored by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi. Some online reports, yet to be denied by the minister, alleged that he said most of the young men Read More…
Nigeria’s Information Minister, Lai Mohammed has told the international news agency, REUTERS, that Nigeria may lift its ban on Twitter before the end of the year, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Thursday, that the government was awaiting a response on three final requests made of the social media platform. Mohammed told the news agency Read More…
Nigeria’s government has indefinitely suspended the operations of U.S. social media giant Twitter, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Friday. In a statement he cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”. He did not elaborate on that reference, nor was it immediately clear what the Read More…
It was a carnival of sorts at various train stations along the Lagos-Ibadan rail as people gathered and hailed the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who rode on new trains in the company of top management staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). Elated Read More…
As FG officially hands over National Theatre to CBN, Bankers Committee for renovation PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: LASG Lagos Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the revitalisation of the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, is a step toward making the state a 21st Century economy. Sanwo-Olu said this on Sunday, during the handover ceremony of the National Arts Read More…
