***Foundation to provide structural support to encourage innovation, growth and productivity of Nigeria’s creative industries. At the historic National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) on Wednesday signed an MOU with the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture for the development of Nigeria’s creative industries. The Honourable Minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed and…
Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Monday morning, welcomed entourage of the Federal Government for the town hall meeting holding in the state. The FG delegation was led by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The team also included Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige and other top member of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has expressed his grief over the demise of veteran actress, Bukky Zainab Ajayi. Lai Mohammed, in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, described the late iconic thespian as a multi-talented creative woman. Bukky Ajayi breathed her last on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at her residence in Surulere,…
Some angry youths believed to be students in Akwa Ibom State disrupted a town hall meeting organised by the Federal Government to sensitise the people on policies of the government in the last one year. It was gathered that the youths stormed venue of the programme in Uyo on Monday, June 13, 2016, chanting war…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has blamed the Boko Haram terrorists group for the scarcity of tomato in the country at the moment. Mohammed made this disclosure while speaking on Channels TV. The Minister said activities of the group has forced farmers from leaving their farmlands for fear of being killed. He…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has maintained that Nigeria will meet up with the June 2017 deadline date for switch over from analogue broadcasting to digital. Mohammed made this known on Wednesday in Abuja when he met with members of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON. According to him, it would be disastrous…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has laughed off speculations that there is a friction between the Executive and the Legislature. This thought came following the controversy generated before the passage of the 2016 budget by the National Assembly last week after several postponements. Mohammed, during his visit to the corporate headquarters of the…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, maintained that the ‘controversial’ 2016 appropriation bill worth N6.08 trillion was never padded as being claimed in some quarters. Mohammed, while addressing newsmen on Saturday, also disclosed that this was the first time in the history of the country to ask ministers to justify their allocations. “The total…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has expressed disgust over the proposed procurement of computers for the News Agency of Nigeria, and the Film and Video Censors Board at the sum of N398 million. Mohammed, while defending his ministry’s budget before the Senate Committe on Information, noted that the said amount is strange to…
National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, says he has not been served a suit reportedly filed by his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lai Mohammed. It was reported that Mohammed approved a Lagos High Court in Ikeja seeking N500 million as damages for an alleged defamation of his…