Tag: Lai Mohammed

FG to deploy NTA’s transmission sites for digital switch-over

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As the country continues in its drive to achieve complete Digital Switch-Over (DSO) before the tenure of this administration ends, the NTA-Star, (StarTimes), and the Integrated Television Services, (ITS), have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fast-track this move. Speaking at the MoU signing ceremony yesterday, in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the MoU is a game-changer in the quest of the administration to achieve complete DSO before their tenure elapses. With this MoU, ITS will utilise the structures and facilities of NTA-Star,…

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2023: CDD rejects fine imposed on Trust TV, others

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…Says NBC can’t gag media, citizens’ rights  The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has condemned the imposition of a N5 million fine on Trust Television (TrustTV) by the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), for airing documentaries that exposed terrorists and their activities. Aside from TrustTV, NBC also fined MultiChoice, NTA, TSTV MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV, TelCom Satellite Limited (TSTV) and NTA-StarTimes Ltd, N5 million each for broadcasting a documentary by the British Broadcasting Commission (BBC) Africa Eye titled: ‘Bandits Warlords Of Zamfara’. However, in an issued statement on…

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FG asks Google to delete IPOB materials from its platforms

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The Federal Government has said it is collaborating with the global internet company, Google, to curb the excesses of subversive YouTube channels, being used to spread hate speech and misinformation against Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this yesterday, during a courtesy call on him by a delegation from the global tech company in Abuja. He expressed delight that both the Federal Government and Google shared the same concern on the responsible use of social media. The Minister stated that Google had become a platform of…

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FG to sanction BBC, Daily Trust over terrorism documentaries

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The Federal Government says it will penalise the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Daily Trust over their documentaries on terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammad, said this in Abuja yesterday. He stated, “Let me assure you that they will not get away with this naked glorification of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria”. “When otherwise reputable platforms like the BBC give their platform to terrorists, showing their faces as if they’re Nollywood stars… I want to assure them that they won’t get away with…

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Insecurity: ‘Nigeria not a war zone’ – FG

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The Federal Government says in spite of Nigeria’s security challenges the country is not a war zone and is safe for investment. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this yesterday in Lagos, at the Platform Capital Forum, organised by UNICORN Group. The Forum is an assemblage of major investors, start-ups and early stage companies in technology and innovative ideas from across the globe. Addressing the global audience, the minister said there were lots of de-marketing going on about Nigeria, particularly outside the shores of the country. “If you…

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Train Attack: FG in dialogue with abductors of passengers – Lai Moh’d

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…As families warn NRC against resumption of services The Federal Government has opened a channel of discussion with terrorists who abducted passengers on a Kaduna-Abuja-bound train in March, 2022. Recall that bandits attacked the train, killed eight persons and abducted scores. The bandits had threatened to kill all the victims if the Federal Government failed to negotiate with them. However, nine days after the attack, the terrorists released the MD of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Hassan, after an alleged N100 million ransom. Speaking with newsmen in Kaduna yesterday, relatives…

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War against Terror:’Why Nigeria cannot use full force against terrorists’ -Lai Mohammed

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has given reason the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration will not employ ‘full force’ against terrorists. The minister stated this while responding to the suggestion by Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, for the use of mercenaries to fight terrorists. Mohammed, while speaking with newsmen yesterday, said there will be collateral damage if Nigeria decides to go with full force to bomb terrorists. He explained that the governor’s utterances were borne out of his deep concern and not a suggestion that government can…

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Lai Moh’d counters Obasanjo, says Buhari administration not overwhelmed by insecurity

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the Buhari administration is not overwhelmed by the security challenges of Nigeria. Recall that on Saturday, former President Olusegun Obasanjo had said Nigerians are no longer safe anywhere in the country and that the Buhari-led administration is overwhelmed by insecurity. Speaking yesterday on a television programme, while condoling with the families of the victims of the recent Abuja-Kaduna train attack by bandits. Mohammed said the military and other security personnel are doing their best and have recorded successes in the…

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Opposition planning another #EndSARS protest – FG alleges

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The Federal Government has accused the opposition of plans to sabotage the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and overheat the polity. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who raised the alarm at a briefing in Abuja, asked the opposition not to promote anarchy. The FG, which claimed that the opposition was trying to trigger another #EndSARS protest in the country, also faulted the attempt by the opposition to declare the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) illegal. It queried why the opposition cannot wait till the…

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‘SERAP, other NGOs working to destabilise Nigeria’ – Lai Moh’d

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The Federal Government says many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Nigeria are working against the country’s interests. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this yesterday, when he featured on a radio phone-in programme. The minister said Nigerians should be circumspect about the activities of many NGOs, adding that the government received reports that some of the NGOs were on the payroll of foreign agents, traducers with ulterior motives to destabilise Nigeria. The minister gave the example of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), which sued the Federal…

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