Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is working and the results are showing in the various sectors of the economy. The Minister stated this at the 4th Annual Conference of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) in Kano on Wednesday, nothing that pulling Nigeria out of recession was not by accident. “Taking Nigeria out of recession did not happen by accident. It is the culmination of months of hard work by the Administration and fidelity to its well-articulated economic policies, especially the Strategic Implementation Economic…
Author: Ade Adeojo
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on Nigerians to disregard the fake news being circulated via a parody Twitter account and an old NTA news video that President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling or has travelled to the US. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, the Minister said one of the numerous parody Twitter accounts in his name, @MohammedLai, was used to disseminate the fake and ludicrous news that claims that President Buhari is due to leave Nigeria for the USA on Monday ”to condole with President Trump over the floods in Houston”. Also, he said,…
Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita who is the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, has urged the Public Servants in the country to avoid any form of hate speeches and continue to pray for the peace, unity and development of the country. Mrs. Oyo-Ita who made the call in Abuja recently in her Eid-el- Kabir message to the Federal Public Servants urge them to intensify their efforts towards the full implementation of policies, programmes and change agenda of the present administration under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. She said that for government to be able to appropriately and…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Friday, 1st and Monday 4th September, 2017 as Public Holidays to mark Ed-il-Kabir Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Muslim faithful and all Nigerians to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity, prosperity and the stability of the country’s democracy. Gen. Dambazau further urged all Nigerians to join hands with the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari in its avowed determination to build a peaceful and harmonious country, where the rights of every citizen, are protected and…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is ready for investments in the Creative Industry, having created the enabling environment for investments through favourable economic policies. The Minister stated this in Abuja on Friday when he received a delegation from Huaxia Movie Distribution Group, the second biggest movie distributors in China, on a courtesy visit to his office. “Nigeria today is ready to receive investors from abroad in the Creative Industry because we have the enabling environment in terms of favourable economic policies. We have a very determined administration that believes in diversification. We have been…
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar had played host to delegation of Poland investors who came calling on her. While receiving the delegation led by the representative of the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Import Promotion Council (NIPC), Alhaji Abubakar Yerima, the Honourable Minister expressed happiness at the visit, as it is expected to solidify the warm relationship that exists between Nigeria and Poland. Hajia Aisha Abubakar spoke of the availability of opportunities that exists for business investment in Nigeria which, she called on her visitors to take advantage of Government, the Honourable Minister said, is…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as a ‘game changer’ the ongoing photo exhibition in Abuja by the daughter of the President, Hanan Buhari, saying her uncommon passion for photography will encourage more young people to showcase their creativity. “This exhibition is a game changer. A game changer in the sense that it is going to change the perception of our people towards the Creative Industry. I am using the word Creative Industry in a very elastic manner to include film, music, photography, interior decoration, architecture and publishing. The truth of the matter is that…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, August, 2017 hailed the successes recorded by the country in agriculture in the past two years and thanked the State governors for performing well in administration. The President gave the indication at the Presidential Council chambers, State House, Abuja, where he received the governors who came on a good will visit to him after his return from London and recovery from sickness. “You are all doing your best and we are lucky our best is proving to be good enough. “(Our) emphasis (has been) on agriculture and solid minerals right from our campaign days. “We…
The Federal Government had issued another directive to the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government to immediately resume the conduct of the Focus Workshop on the Operationalization of the Executive Order No. 001, 2017 on the Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the Business Environment beginning from Wednesday 30th August 2017 or be sanctioned. In a circular titled “Resumption of the conduct of the Focus Workshop on the Operationalization of the Executive Order No. 001, 2017 on the Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the Business Environment” signed by the Head of the Civil Service of the…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on the Federal Character Commission to mount a campaign to enlighten Nigerians on the Commission’s activities as well as the on spread of federal appointments. The Minister issued the challenge in Abuja on Friday when he received some officials of the Commission, led by its Secretary, Mallam Mahmoud Bello Tukur, on a courtesy visit to his office. “Nigerians need to know and appreciate what you are doing, and I think we need more of this interaction. At our level at the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, we will…