Late-night statements by party leaders suggest that if the party is sleeping at all, it is doing so with one eye open. With Senate President Bukola Saraki and three governors out and a few more almost sure to leave the APC, it’s not only rice stones that the APC will have to worry about.
Browsing: Lai Mohammed
The Minister made this known when he addressed State House correspondents on the defection of Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party
The stakeholders made the call when they staged a peaceful protest at the National Secretariat of the party on Tuesday in Abuja
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed willingness of the Federal Government to partner with the Voice of America to combat fake news in the country.
The minister, in a statement he personally issued in Abuja on Monday, said that with the recent gale of defections, the APC members and supporters in Kwara were determined to strengthen the party.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has thanked APC members and supporters in Kwara for their unflinching support to the party despite gale of defection in the National Assembly.
The minister gave the assurance when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal in Lagos while addressing online publishers and bloggers.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to Online Publishers not to lend their platforms to the spread of fake news, warning that they stand to lose credibility if their publications are identified with fake news.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has admonished Nigerians in Diaspora to stop depending on Social Media for news about the country.
The Federal Government says it will soon adopt National Policy on the Protection of Civilians in Conflict Situations, to strengthen and entrench its constitutional practice on civilians protection.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the protection of human rights is a cardinal objective of the Buhari Administration, and that the violation of rights is not a government policy.
One area where this menace continues to rear its ugly head is in the rowdy ranks of human rights advocacy groups which were once credited with facilitating the successful liberation of several African nations from the scourge of oppressive military regimes but are now becoming misfits in democratic settings due to loss of focus and desperation to remain relevant.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos to drum support for the Order signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on July 5.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this at a media briefing on Sunday in Lagos, said the election was “a referendum and Nigerians have given their verdict’’.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday described the growing level of fake news and hate speech in the country as a threat to the National Security.
The Minister, Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured Nigerians that there would be no censorship or coercion of any media organisation in its fight against fake news and hate speech.
The Federal Government on Wednesday admonished Nigerians not to share any information for which they cannot vouch on Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp as a measure to curtail fake news menace.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Alhaji Bawa Bwari, made this known when they briefed State House correspondents at the end of Council’s meeting in Abuja.
The minister who said this in Eleme, while inspecting the Enugu-Port Harcourt road rehabilitation and reconstruction project said the government was doing so because of its belief in continuity in governance.