Tag: Change begins with me

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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. …

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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…

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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…

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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"…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Cheta Nwanze: Mishandling an already bad situation

In the 1997 movie, Absolute Power, the President of the United States was involved in a murder. The murder had a silent witness, who, as time went on, began to…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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