Lai Mohammed under fire by Senate Over N19m Travel Expenses During Lockdown

The Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation has asked the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to explain why his ministry spent N19m on international travel during the COVID-19 lockdown. Mohammed was grilled when he appeared before the committee to defend his ministry’s 2021 budget proposal. A member of the panel, Ezennwa Onyewuchi, told him: “Let me take you on this 2020 overhead. You have here, on local travels and transport appropriated is N30m, you expended N23m on local transport, you received N96m as appropriated as released and you expended N90m. “On international travels and transport, you had

By |November 4th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

NTA will definitely compete with CNN, if we get $500m loan – Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, Nigeria's Minister of Information, has said that the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) will compete with the likes of Cable News Network (CNN) if the $500 million loan his ministry is seeking for is approved. According to The Guardian, the Minister said this when he appeared before the senate committee on local and foreign loans to speak on the importance of the $500 million which is part of the $30 billion loan President Buhari is asking the national assembly to approve. The Minister explained that if the fund was approved, the NTA could be upgraded to enable it to

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I am not aware of social media bill at NASS ―Lai Mohammed

The minister of information, Lai Mohammed has denied any knowledge of the “social media” bill prior to its presentation in the 9th national assembly. The bill titled, “Protection From Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019” was sponsored by the Senator representing the Niger East, Mohammed Musa. Although the bill received numerous backlash from Nigerians, it progressed second reading at the senate. Lai Mohammed while speaking in an interview with DW’s Tim Sebastian, said; “Who is the author of that bill, I am not even aware of it. There’s no such bill before the house. I can say that categorically and

By |February 1st, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Border closure has reduced insecurity drastically – Lai Mohammed

The decision by the Federal Government to close the country’s land borders has yielded positive result for the country’s security, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said. The border closure, Mohammed said has drastically reduced insecurity in the Northwest as it has helped to cut off the supply chains of bandits and other armed groups in the region. Besides, he said the country has experienced a drastic reduction in arm importation, cattle rustling and smuggling of petroleum products among others. The minister who spoke on Monday at the Nigeria/Niger border post, Magama -Jibia, Katsina State when

By |December 3rd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments

Nigeria optimistic of setting aside 9.6bn judgment debt – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has expressed optimism that the entire arbitration decisions and judgment debt of N9.6 billion against Nigeria by a UK court over a botched gas contract would be set aside. The Minister stated this in London while reacting to Thursday’s ruling by a UK commercial court staying execution of the 9.6 billion dollar judgment debt and granting leave for Nigeria to appeal the decision in the UK appellate court. A text of the minister’s reaction was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja by his media aide. Mohammed

By |September 27th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

PDP, Atiku Should Apologise To Nigerians, Instead of Appealing – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has asked the PDP and its presidential candidate in the last elections to apologise to Nigerians for “willfully distracting” the Buhari Administration with an election petition. Mr Lai Mohammed said instead of appealing the ruling of Wednesday’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the opposition party should be apologizing to Nigerians for trying to distract the present government. In a statement issued in St Petersburg, Russian Federation, on Thursday, the Minister said while the PDP and its candidate reserve the right to pursue their petition to the highest level, they will be better

By |September 12th, 2019|Categories: Politics|Tags: , , |0 Comments

My Grandson Asked Me Why I’m Called ‘Liar’ Mohammed

Mr Mohammed, who is a minister-nominee for a second term, during screening at the Senate, said he didn’t take the name seriously because it is what is used to describe him on social media. He called on the Senate to ignore the name ‘Liar Mohammed’, stressing that the name on his Curriculum Vitae is his correct name. “Mr President, there is only one small issue, I want to draw your attention to my name in my CV, it’s about my name as it appears on my CV, it’s my correct name, which is Lai Mohammed. “Please don’t believe what they

By |July 30th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

We Have Evidence How PDP, Atiku Plan To Make Nigeria Ungovernable For Buhari – FG

* Even Buhari knows you are a Liar, Atiku replies Lai Mohammed over fresh accusation *Our interventions are based on credible evidence, Says Lai Mohammed The Federal Government has restated its position that the opposition party is planning to sabotage the adminstration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Lai Mohammed, Information Minister, had on Wednesday claimed intelligent reports at his disposal showed the opposition party is planning to make the country ungovernable for Mr Buhari. Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his party were those fingered as the arrowheads of the plan. Mr Abubakar, a former

By |May 19th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Nigeria Is Safer Today Than It Was In 2015 — Lai Mohammed

The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has told international communities that Nigeria is safer than it was in 2015.  The Minister disclosed this in Washington DC, USA, during an interview with the Voice of America (VOA). News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister also said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has made progress in economic recovery, with deliberate programmes for diversifying the economy. “By and large, Buhari’s administration had performed well in addressing insecurity in Nigeria,”the Minister said. He claimed the government had successfully secured the entire territory of the country from Boko Haram

By |April 16th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Opposition Leaders Plotting To Unleash Violence On 10 States, State Govs, Says Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government on Monday accused some opposition leaders of alleged plot to unleash violence on 10 states in the North. It also said some mercenaries have been hired from Niger Republic to attack key government functionaries including some governors in the North-West. The Nation reports that The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed raised the alarm at a briefing in Abuja. He said the uncovering of the plans to orchestrate violence followed intelligence report. He said: “As you are aware, Nigeria goes to the polls just 27 days from now. However, the Federal Government is in possession

By |January 21st, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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