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Change begins with me
August 28, 2017
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Unfair belittling of officers won’t encourage them – Police

In a statement published by The Nation, the Nigerian Police has urged Nigerians to see the force as a vehicle of law-enforcement and positive change, rather than just a platform for corruption. In summary: Nigerians should see “beyond our peculiar fogginess” and stop unfair criticism of the Nigerian Police. Such unfair belittling and/or ingratitude would only... Read More
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June 5, 2017
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Opinion: Lai Mohammed – An unmanageable mistake

by Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye   When President Muhammadu Buhari announced the people he has selected to occupy some of the most strategic positions in his regime, there was understandable uproar across the country. Nigerians looked at the profile of these fellows and wondered what could have motivated their choice, what exactly in their credentials qualified them... Read More
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February 3, 2017
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[The Presidential Blog] Is Minister Lai our Kellyanne Conway?

Honestly, at this point, we cannot help but ask. Just last week, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, decided to take out the frustrations that the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, has been feeling over the wrongly-timed vacation of his boss on the whole of Nigeria. He went from being gobsmacked at our ability to... Read More
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November 17, 2016
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Lai Mohammed urges governors to support ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign

Minsiter of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has pleaded with governors to support the “change begins with me” national reorientation campaign. He made the appeal on Wednesday when he made a presentation to the Governors Forum which met at the Presidential Villa. He urged the governors to give adequate airtime to the campaign on their... Read More
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November 1, 2016
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Lai Mohammed takes “Change begins with me” campaign to Police Headquarters

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday formally presented the Federal Government’s National Re-Orientation Campaign, Change Begins With Me, to the top brass of the Nigeria Police Force, including Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris, Deputy Inspectors-General, Assistant Inspectors-General and Commissioners of Police at the Police Headquarters. In a statement issued in... Read More
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October 28, 2016
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“Our families now believe the social media more than us” – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed has debunked claims that the sum of N3.4bn was spent for the “Change begins with me” campaign. The minister spoke on Friday in Asaba at the opening of the National Council on Information. He also said it was sad that the media now reports a lot of false stories that... Read More
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October 16, 2016
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Wilson Iyorah: Should the tough get going despite our current national difficulties? [Nigerian Voices]

by Wilson Iyorah Ever since the emergence of President Muhamadu Buhari as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, so much glimmers of hope have been in the air.  so many Nigerians especially the masses anticipated a permanent relief from the scourge many believed the past administration have caused to the nation. Great expectations... Read More
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October 13, 2016
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Farooq Kperoogi: Pres. Buhari’s ridiculously lengthening media aides

President Muhammadu Buhari obviously has enormous emotional investment in his perception in the media— broadly conceived. His first appointments upon being sworn in as president were media appointments. At the last count, he has at least six media advisers and assistants. He has a Special Adviser on Media and Publicity (Femi Adesina), a Senior Special... Read More
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October 7, 2016
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Ministers now queue to buy fuel – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday said members of the Buhari-led administration experienced change a “long time ago”. Mohammed made the remark while speaking in Lagos when he unveiled the ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign to the corporate world. He said public officials were no longer seen as demigods, as they... Read More
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September 26, 2016
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Lai Mohammed is the originator of “Change Begins with me” – Akinwale Goodluck

A former senior executive of MTN Nigeria, Akinwale Goodluck says insinuations that Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed “stole” and “plagiarised” the recently launched “Change Begins With me” initiative are untrue. Akinwale said this in a letter on Sunday to online news medium Premium Times as he sought to set the records staraight over the... Read More
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September 26, 2016
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The Media Blog: Lai Mohammed is going to court – over a scandal that doesn’t even make sense

No one is asking our opinion, but if they did, we would tell them the truth: the entire kerfuffle over the ‘Change begins with me’ campaign is ridiculous. First, because the campaign itself is dead on arrival. It’s a hastily conceived, unprofessionally rolled out, accident of governance that terribly mismatches the slow-train messaging of a... Read More
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September 25, 2016
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Farooq Kperogi: ‘Change begins with me’ campaign is a bait-and-switch scam

The Buhari government’s “Change begins with me” campaign is perhaps the cheekiest bait-and-switch governmental scam in Nigerian history. When I said this on Facebook last week, a few people thought I was being harsh. But my choice of words is deliberate and well-advised. Bait-and-switch scams are kinds of confidence tricks where unsuspecting customers are lured... Read More
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September 25, 2016
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Lai Mohammed threatens to sue newspaper over ‘Change Begins With Me’ report

Minister of Information and Culture has threatened to sue the Daily Independent newspaper over a report on the ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign. The newspaper had reported that the concept was stolen by the minister and that the campaign gulped N3.4 billion, which he both denied. He also threatened  to also sue one Akin Fadeyi and Omo Bazuaye... Read More
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September 21, 2016
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Opinion: Kakonomics – Why Nigerians love mediocrity

kakonomics kækəˈnɒmɪks,ɛk-/ noun the strange preference for low quality outcomes. the word for ‘Nigerians are mad’.                                 “Nigerians are mad.” Sound familiar? How about: “Nigeria is special. Standard laws of economics don’t apply here.” Or: “We have a unique system of doing things, that’s why we need homegrown solutions.” I tend to roll my eyes... Read More
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September 19, 2016
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YNaija Editorial: The urgent need for clarity on Federal Government’s capital expenditure

The 2016 budget process was fraught with delays and controversy, as the late appointment of ministers ensured that the budget was not signed into law until three weeks to the Buhari administration’s first year in office. The budget padding debacle that has overshadowed the recess of the House of Representatives, has also cast the 2016... Read More
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September 18, 2016
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Simon Kolawole: What my grandmother taught me

Yesterday, as her casket was lowered into the grave and I performed the ashes-for-ashes ritual, my emotions ran riot. You can’t blame me: a bulky chapter of my life was being buried. My grandmother, Mrs Deborah Malomo Omolere Oludoyi, known variously as “Iya Kola”, “Iya Abayomi”, “Iya Idowu” and “Iya Ibeji” (but “Momo” to me),... Read More
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September 17, 2016
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[The Presidential Blog]: How To Get Away With Plagiarism

“If anything goes wrong, I will take responsibility, and I will fix it. That is what it means to lead”. This is my premise. It is where I start this admonition/reproach/plea – probably-the-most-conflicted-passage-ever-written. Yesterday, Adeola Akinremi revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari lifted chunks off President Barack Obama’s 2008 acceptance speech. It is extremely heart-breaking. And... Read More
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September 16, 2016
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Buhari sanctions Director who plagiarised ‘Change begins with me’ speech

The presidency has reacted to allegations in the media that President Buhari’s plagiarised a 2008 speech of Barack Obama when he inaugurated the ‘Change begins with me’ campaign. This is contained in a statement released via Twitter on Friday by the senior special assistant to the president on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu. The... Read More
The News Blog
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September 10, 2016
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How we came up with the ‘Change Begins with Me’ idea – Consultant opens up

Brian e Ebden, a creative consultant based in Lagos has given an insight into how the ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign, launched on Thursday, September 8, 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, was birthed. Ebden who boasts of 16-years advertising experience in South Africa and Nigeria released a statement refuting claims by some individuals that... Read More
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September 8, 2016
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If Nigerians don’t change, they can’t see change in the society – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said Nigerians need to change their orientation and attitude before demanding the change he promised during the 2015 presidential campaign. Buhari said this while delivering a speech at the inauguration of the national re-orientation campaign tagged, ‘Change Begins With Me’ in Abuja. He said Nigerians needs to realise that change begins... Read More
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September 8, 2016
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‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign has no political, religious undertone – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday said the newly launched national reorientation campaign, “Change Begins With Me”, has no political, religious or ethnic undertone. The Minister said this at the inauguration of the campaign by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Thursday. The minister said it had, “the sole objective... Read More
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September 8, 2016
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Buhari launches ‘Change begins with me’ campaign

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday launched the “Change begins with me” campaign, a campaign geared towards causing an attitudinal change in Nigerians. The launch powered by the Ministry of Information and Culture held at the Presidential Banquet hall, Aso Villa. Dignitaries at the launch include the minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Director-General National Orientation Agency,... Read More
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