The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting was part of the minister’s five-day consultations with critical stakeholders in the media industry
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Dasuki is standing trial in three different courts over fraudulent conversion of money among many other charges
In his remarks during a courtesy visit to Women FM 91.7, the premier radio station dedicated to women and family issues, in Arepo, Ogun State on Thursday, the Minister said the government was determined to address some of the challenges confronting women and children through a sustained fight against corruption
The Minister gave the assurance on Friday when he met with Online Publishers in Lagos in continuation of his ongoing consultation with key stakeholders in the Information and Culture sector
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the plan while receiving the Acting Post Master General of the Federation, Enoch Adeogun, in his office in Abuja on Monday
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal on Monday while kick-starting the National Sensitization Campaign Against Corruption at a press conference in Abuja
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, addressed a post-FEC press conference where the approval was disclosed to journalists
“The police, leveraging its large network, its investigative capacity and the fact that its personnel reside largely among the people, are now required to step in to protect these vulnerable places
Reiterating his earlier statement, Mohammed promised that the national monument would not be sold but would be brought up to standard through a Public-Private Partnership
Answering reporters’ question after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday in Abuja, the minister said it is not in the character of President Muhammadu Buhari to dictate to the country’s anti-graft agencies on how to do their work
The Minister said this in Abuja on Tuesday while handing over the keys of two newly-acquired buses to the Joint Staff Union of the ministry
He said: “In a few days’ time, the deadline issued by President Muhammadu Buhari to the military to defeat Boko Haram will expire. Without equivocating, I will repeat what I said that has sparked a firestorm: Our gallant military has LARGELY met the deadline! I make this assertion with all sense of responsibility and they are backed by facts
He said: “When we glamorise the attacks, it gives the terrorists more life and in a time of insurgency like this, the media also has a role to play, which is not to glamorise the attacks
He observed that the inadequacies had been exploited by both individuals and corporate organisations to evade tax, which had led to loss of revenue to the government
In a statement issued in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the planned abduction is in line with the terrorists’ new modus operandi of focusing on soft targets, having been routed from their stronghold and their capacity to stage spectacular attacks substantially degraded
Mohammed said NAN, the national wire service that was established in 1976, must show more hunger for the kind of news that cannot be resisted by subscribers
“We can confidently announce here today that the scarcity will end in a few days. Subsidy payment till the end of the year has been approved by the National Assembly. As you know we can’t spend money without approval,” the Minister said during a visit to the headquarters of the Daily Trust newspaper in Abuja on Wednesday
“He has leveraged his legendary personal discipline, transparency, integrity, belief in the Rule of Law and unparalleled patriotism to put Nigeria on the global map, to show his compatriots that Nigeria can be great again and to show that what seemed impossible yesterday is now possible, either in the war on terrorism, the fight against corruption, the determination to uplift the economy, to provide jobs for our teeming youths and to ensure life more abundant for all Nigerians.
In a statement isued in Abuja on Monday, the Minister said if those behind the accusation had allowed themselves some measure of honesty, they would have realized that there has not and there will be no such impunity under the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari
In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said though the then PDP-led Federal Government plundered the common wealth in its time, it (APC) has devised creative means not only to pay the money but also to fulfill its other campaign promises to Nigerians