Tag: Lai Mohammed

Liberty TV/Radio Group congratulates new Kakakin Kabin Argungu, Lai Mohammed

Aminu Imam

Aminu Imam The Executive Chairman, ATAR Communications Nig. Ltd., Alh. (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, heartily congratulate the Hon. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on his turbanning ceremony as the Kakakin-Kabin Argungu, (Cultural Ambassador of Kebbi), by His Royal Majesty Alh. Sumaila Mera (Emir of Argungu), at the Emir’s palace in Argungu, Kebbi State, yesterday. The turbaning, which took place at the forecourt of the Emir’s Palace in Argungu town, was on the sideline of the 2021 World Tourism Day, to be celebrated in Birnin-Kebbi today, Monday. Specifically, the…

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Liberty TV/Radio Group congratulate new Kakakin Kabin Argungu, Lai Mohammed

Aminu Imam

The Executive Chairman, ATAR Communications Nig. Ltd., Alh. (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, heartily congratulate the Hon. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on his turbanning ceremony as the KAKAKIN Kabin Argungu by His Royal Majesty Alh. Sumaila Mera (Emir of Argungu), at the Emir’s palace in Argungu, Kebbi State, on Sunday 26th, September, 2021.

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Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, turbaned as Kakakin Kebbi

Aminu Imam

The Emir of Argungu, HRH Sumaila Mera, on Sunday conferred the traditional title of ‘Kakakin Kebbi’ (Cultural Ambassador of Kebbi), on the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The turbaning, which took place at the forecourt of the Emir’s Palace in Argungu town, Kebbi State, was on the sideline of the 2021 World Tourism Day, to be celebrated in Birnin-Kebbi on Monday. Speaking at the event, the Emir said that the title was conferred on the minister because of his “courage and strength of character in projecting the image…

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FGN issues security safety alert ahead of nation’s 61st Independence anniversary

Aminu Imam

…As IPOB declares ‘total lockdown’ on 1st October The Federal Government has alerted the general public to heighten security activities preparatory to the events marking the country’s 61st Independence anniversary next Friday, October 1, 2021. The alert was contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed, in Abuja, yesterday,  The minister, however, urged residents of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) and its environs not to panic and to go about their legitimate activities. “Residents are enjoined to report suspicious persons and movements to the security…

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Twitter ban to end ‘very soon’, FG assures

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has said that it was ‘very close’ to resolving the disagreement that led to the ban of the operation of the micro-blogging site, Twitter, in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who had on August 11 assured that the Twitter ban would be lifted soon, restated his assurance at the end of the virtual Federal Executive Council, (FEC), meeting presided over by President Buhari, yesterday. Recall that the Federal Government had on June 5 put an indefinite ban on Twitter, restricting it from operating in…

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Boards of NTA, NAN, NBC others sacked

Aminu Imam

…As President constitutes C’ttee for reconstitution of all FG, MDA’s Boards  The Ministry of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has announced the dissolution of the governing boards of all agencies and parastatals under its ministry whose tenures have expired. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Ifeoma Anyanwutaku, made this known in a statement on Friday, in Abuja. The decision will likely affect the boards of the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), Federal Radio Corporation (FRCN) and the Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA), among others. Anyanwutaku said that the…

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Why FG can’t prosecute repentant insurgents – Lai Mohammed

Ishaku Yohanna

By Ishaku Yohanna With Agency Report The Federal Government has admonished “naysayers” to stop spewing negative and false narratives around Boko Haram members who are surrendering in droves in the North-East. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Washington. NAN reports that no fewer than 1,000 Boko Haram fighters and their families have handed themselves over to army units in recent weeks in the southern Borno towns of Konduga, Bama, and Mafa. The minister berated those who…

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“We won’t rest until social media is regulated”, Lai Moh’d insist

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government will not rest until social media platforms are regulated. The minister, in an interview with newsmen in Washington yesterday, said the dangers of fake news on social media must be taken seriously. Mohammed also explained that the on-line media report that he ‘sneaked out of Nigeria to meet with Twitter executives’ in the US is fake, saying he came to the US to meet with international media organisations and think-tanks on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration,…

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“We fully support NBC’s advisory cautioning TV, radio stations against glamourising insecurity”, Says Vice-Chairman, Ind. Broadcasting Assoc., Dr. Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan

Aminu Imam

…Urges Commission to address marginalisation ofNorthern broadcast industry By Aminu Imam The Vice-Chairman, Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria (IBAN), Dr. Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has expressed the full support of the association over its recent advisory and cautioning of television, radio stations against glamourising insecurity situation in the country. Dr. Ramalan, who is alao the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), stated this during apresentation of a position paper on critical issues facing the broadcast industry at the Zonal meeting of the North-West broadcast stakeholders and the…

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Juat In: FG to lift Twitter ban in a matter of days – Lai Mohammed

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has hinted that the ban on the social networking site, Twitter, in Nigeria, which has been in place for over two months, will be lifted soon. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lal Mohammed, while fielding questions from the press at the State House after Wednesday’s FEC meeting, updated Nigerians on the issue saying that progress has been made in resolving the stalemate following series of meetings. Recall that on June 5, 2021, the FG had officially banned Twitter’s indefinitely, thereby restricting it from operating in Nigeria…

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