By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – President and Chairman of Council, of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr Ike Neliaku, has maintained that spokespersons play important roles because they shape public perception and ensure the timely delivery of the right messages to the appropriate audiences. He explained that...
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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former Minister of Information and Culture and the ministry of information to disclose the details of the agreement between the Federal Government and X, formerly Twitter, to assess whether the agreement...
The immediate past Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has recounted how fake news peddled on social media almost crashed his 40-year old marriage. The ex-minister gave the account in Lagos at an event to commemorate the 90th birthday anniversary of Prof. Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first...
The acting Comptroller-General (C-G) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, says the service will lead the way in using lobbying as a tool in governance. He said this in Abuja when he received a team of a lobbyist firm led by the immediate past Minister of Information...
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism has been appointed Special Advisor to Mr Zurab Pololikashvili, the Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). A statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) indicated that the announcement of Mohammed’s appointment...
Ballard Partners, an international governmental affairs firms has appointed Alhaji Lai Mohammed, immediate past Minister of Information and Culture, as Managing Partner of its first office in Africa. In a statement issued by the firm and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, Mohammed is to serve as...
The Federal Government has released a 1,564-page compendium detailing the numerous achievements of the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2023 The compendium which came in two volumes and documented by the Ministry of Information and Culture was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. In...
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not confer any advantage on his ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) during the Feb. 25 Presidential election. Mohammed briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the...
The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Office has revealed how the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi was harassed by immigration officers at Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom. Spokesman for the Campaign Council, Diran Onifade, in a statement on Wednesday said the former Anambra State governor was detained...
The Federal Government has challenged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to clarify his position on a leaked audio of the conversation he allegedly had with a prominent Nigerian cleric. The audio clip as released by an online newspaper was an alleged conversation between Obi and...
The Federal Government has admonished the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi from inciting people to violence over the outcome of the Presidential elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international...
The Federal executive Council has approved N15 billion for the construction of an access road linking the Benin-Asaba expressway to the second Niger bridge. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the council’s meeting presided over...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to urgently withdraw the ‘last warning’ and threat to revoke the licenses of broadcast stations and shut...
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja accused some opposition parties of legally hamstringing President Muhammadu Buhari from providing relief for Nigerians suffering agonies of cash crunch resulting from naira redesign. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed levelled the accusation at the 23rd edition of the President...
The Federal Government says the solution to problems facing Ajaokuta Steel Company does not lie in the hands of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who supervised its questionable and failed concession. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 19th edition...
The Federal Government says it will be hosting a team of investors from Saudi Arabia in March to explore areas of business and investments benefit between both countries. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Wednesday in Abuja when he briefed newsmen on the...
The Federal Government on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold as planned. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the assurance in Abuja at the 17th edition of the “President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023)”. Mohammed was reacting to a...
he Federal Government on Tuesday berated former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar over a statement credited to him expressing surprise at the existence of Boko Haram insurgents. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was quoted as saying that he could not understand the Boko Haram phenomenon,...
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the recovery of over N120 billion, among other currencies, through the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Law (POCA), 2022. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in Abuja at the eighth edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB)...
The Federal Government on Monday berated the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for accusing the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of non-performance. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it was absurd for Atiku to make such accusation when his party PDP...