Tag: Lai Mohammed

SERAP sues Buhari, Lai over ‘failure to publish copy of agreement with Twitter’

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to publish a copy of the agreement the Federal Government recently signed with Twitter, Inc, and the failure to publish the details of the terms and conditions of any such agreement.” Joined in the suit as Respondent is Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture. The Federal Government had in January lifted the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria, stating that, “Twitter has agreed to act with a respectful acknowledgment of…

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FG uncovers 96 Boko Haram/ISWAP financeirs

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says it has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism across the country, especially those backing Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province, (ISWAP). This was disclosed by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, during a press conference on the administration’s fight against corruption yesterday, in Abuja. He said, “For its part, the analysis by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, (NFIU), in 2020-2021, revealed 96 financiers of terrorism in Nigeria, 424 associates/supporters of the financiers, involvement of about 123 companies and 33 bureaux de change,…

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‘Buhari saved Nigeria; terrorists would’ve declared Islamic State’ – Lai Moh’d

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that terrorists could have achieved their aim of declaring an Islamic State in Nigeria if President Buhari had not acted decisively. The minister stated this at a press conference yesterday, while responding to people who believed President Buhari has nothing more to offer in terms of securing Nigeria. Lai Mohammed admitted that the current security situation, which has in addition banditry and kidnapping, poses a great challenge. However, he is of the opinion that he could have been worst if…

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Omicron: ‘UK travel ban on Nigeria unjustified, punitive, indefensible and discriminatory’ – Lai Moh’d

Aminu Imam

…Says Nigeria may retaliate The Federal Government has condemned the decision of the UK government to add Nigeria to its travel red list and ban foreign travels from the country describing it as unjust, unfair, punitive, indefensible and discriminatory. Recall that the UK joined other countries, including Canada, to take similar action against Nigeria as a result of the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, speaking at a press conference yesterday in Abuja, said Nigeria has only recorded less…

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Nnamdi Kanu: IPOB/ESN activities making political solution difficult – Lai Moh’d

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has strongly condemned the recent gruesome murder of two policemen, warning that those who carried out the killings, videotaped their heinous act and circulated such will be apprehended and brought to justice. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, described the abduction of three policemen and the killing of two of them, in the most horrific, barbaric and cannibalistic manner, as an unacceptable attack against the State. ”We have credible information that ASP Francis Idoko, Inspector Emmanuel Akubo…

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Lagos #EndSARS report filled with errors, inconsistencies – Lai Moh’d

Aminu Imam

Information minister Lai Mohammed has said the Federal Government cannot accept the report of a judicial panel set up to investigate the attack on unarmed #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll gate on October 20, 2020. Recall that a judicial panel was set up by the Lagos state government to investigate the crackdown at Lekki and other claims of police brutality. The Commission’s findings were leaked last week and widely circulated online. The leaked report, which was submitted to State authorities on November 15,  contradicts the army’s version of what happened at the…

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Alleged Lekki Massacre: Lagos #Endsars Report Filled With Errors, Contradictions – Lai Mohammed

Ishaku Yohanna

Ishaku Yohanna Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has dismissed the report submitted by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the October 2020 EndSARS protests as not only speculative, but as one riddled with many errors, contradictions, and innuendos. Lai Mohammed also described the leaked report of the panel as fake and “tales by moonlight.” He stated this on Tuesday while addressing a news conference in Abuja. In the leaked report, the panel said the attack by Nigerian security forces “could in context be described as a massacre,” but the…

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FG launches Digital Switch-Over in Kano

Aminu Imam

…Launches LibertyTV, 24 other channels on FG’s FreeTV platform…Deploys 500,000 Decoders The Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, yesterday launched the Digital Switch-Over, (DSO), in Kano while announcing that 500,000 units of decoders have been deployed to the State for the commencement of the switchover from analogue TV to digital TV in the State. This is just as the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, disclosed that the State government will purchase and distribute additional 100,000 units of the decoders. Ganduje noted that 10,000 out of the units will…

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#EndSARSMemorial: “Alleged massacre at Lekki tollgate is fake, CNN, Amnesty International lied” – Lai Mohammed

Aminu Imam

…Says no proof any protester was killed Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has weighed in on the recent #EndSARSMemorial in Lagos State, stating that there was no ‘massacre’ that occurred there. Mohammed, according to an issued statement, stated that no Massacre occurred at the Lekki Toll Gate last year. Recall that Soldiers reportedly shot dead several #EndSARS protesters at the toll gate on October 20, 2020. The Minister adding that it was a ‘Phantom Massacre’. Mohammed, in the lengthy statement, described such reports as false, insisting  that there is no proof…

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‘FG not treating bandits with kid gloves’ – Lai Moh’d

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says it is erroneous and misleading the accusation in certain quarters that it is treating bandits with kid-gloves. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this when he featured on a television programme yesterday. Speaking on renewed onslaught against bandit on the programme in Abuja, the minister equated banditry with criminality, with no basis on religion or ideology, saying the approach of the federal government through the military in treating criminals is not to make a distinction between bandits and terrorists. Mohammed said it is…

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