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January 19, 2016

‘Information about 55 Nigerians who stole N1.34trn is available’ – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday, dropped a bombshell that 55 Nigerians stole a total of N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013. Nigerians reacted with disbelief, with many calling on Lai Mohammed to put out evidence to substantiate the claims. In response to the widespread clamour by Nigerians, the Minister has said... Read More

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January 18, 2016

15 former governors, 4 ministers, others stole N1.34tr in 8 years – Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Development has revealed that state governors, ministers, business leaders, public officials and bankers stole $6.7 billion (N1.34 trillion) in public funds within seven years. While addressing journalists on Monday in Abuja, Lai Mohammed gave a breakdown of what was allegedly stolen between 2006 and 2013. He said:... Read More

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January 18, 2016

Why Buhari won’t congratulate Dickson on election victory – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will not congratulate Seriake Dickson who won his re-election bid in the governorship election of Bayelsa state against All Progressives Congress’ Timipre Sylva. After the election, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, representing Bayelsa east senatorial district, alongside other voices, condemned the silence of... Read More

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January 9, 2016

Lai Mohammed pays courtesy visit to Wole Soyinka (PHOTOS)

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, paid a courtesy visit to Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on Saturday. Soyinka hosted Mohammed at his office in Freedom Park, Lagos. See below, photos from the visit.

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December 31, 2015

‘You can’t accuse government of extravagance… no minister bought a new car’ – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has defended the federal government’s earmarking of N3.6 billion for the purchase of BMW cars in 2016. Mohammed said on Wednesday, that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is extremely frugal and can’t be accused of extravagance. In an attempt to justify the proposed purchase, the Minister said the budget... Read More

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December 29, 2015

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Petrol would soon be available | Someone is stealing baby Jesus from churches | Policeman shoots fellow cops | More stories

NUPENG assures Nigerians that petrol would soon be available. This Day Amaechi promises 250,000 jobs creation from railway. Leadership FG says National Theatre is not for sale. This Day MTN masts helped transmit Radio Biafra. Punch Tambuwal reassures teachers, says no plan to sack them. This Day Ribadu may soon move to APC. Leadership This... Read More

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December 27, 2015

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Boko Haram ‘technically’ strikes Borno | Inside Putin’s family secrets | Media hates Trump’s voters | More stories

Ben Bruce says overseas ban of Naira debit card is a wrong move. Vanguard Military treated Buhari badly under PDP. Punch Boko Haram strike again This Day Marketers agree to sell petrol at N85. Punch Owie tells Buhari to release Kanu. Vanguard #DasukiGate: Ex-PDP chairman, Mohammed, son arraigned by EFCC. Punch Zaria residents beg FG to... Read More

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December 22, 2015

Ben Bruce to Lai Mohammed: ‘Are we going to hold Jonathan responsible for harmattan?’

Senator Ben Murray Bruce has reacted to the federal government’s knack for blaming former President Goodluck Jonathan for the problems of the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had on Monday blamed Jonathan’s administration for the prevalent fuel scarcity in the country. Reacting through his Twitter page, Senator Bruce says the government should... Read More

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December 18, 2015

Boko Haram is planning to kidnap more schoolgirls – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government of Nigeria has sent out a warning to the nation that Boko Haram insurgents are plotting to carry out another large scale abduction of school girls or foreigners. The FG reports that in a bid to regain credibility, raise funds and get food supplies, the terrorist sect would embark on a sensational and daring... Read More

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December 13, 2015

If there was any honour left among thieves, PDP won’t be talking – FG

The Federal Government has said that the Peoples Democratic Party-led administration is responsible for the poor state of the country’s economy. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed in a statement on Sunday stated that the present state of the economy is the direct consequence of the incomprehensible mismanagement of the economy and the mindless looting of... Read More

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December 8, 2015

Army has ‘largely’ met Boko Haram December deadline – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the Nigerian Army has largely met the December deadline stipulated by President Buhari, for the war against Boko Haram. Mohammed said while the menace of Boko Haram cannot be stopped overnight, Nigerian troops have made significant progress in the efforts to rid the country of terrorism. He... Read More

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December 7, 2015

After being ‘humbled’, Lai Mohammed does a few push-ups with Army officers (PHOTOS)

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, paid a visit to Bama and Konduga in Borno state, over the weekend. The Minister, who visited war-torn areas of the towns, also paid a visit to an Internally Displaced Persons camp. After getting ‘humbled‘ by the visit, Lai Mohammed partook in a few push-ups with Army officers. See photos... Read More

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December 2, 2015

Fuel scarcity will end in a few days – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has promised Nigerians that the issue of fuel scarcity in the country will be over in a matter of days. Mohammed’s assurance was premised on the approval of fuel subsidy payment by the National Assembly. The National Assembly on Tuesday, approved the supplementary budget of N574.4bn, out of... Read More

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December 1, 2015

‘This government will not give excuses’ – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the present administration will not make excuses, but would rather would deliver on all its promises. Mohammed said that in the next few days, the administration will start firing from all cylinders, starting with the unveiling of the 2016 budget. The Minister made the comments at a meeting with representatives... Read More

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November 24, 2015

Change? FG to launch war against African time, indiscipline

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, revealed that a campaign against indiscipline, African-time syndrome and loss of social norms and values will commence at the close of the year. He revealed this at a strategic planning meeting held with the chief executives of agencies and other top management staff of the... Read More

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November 19, 2015

“Government-owned media houses are not credible” – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has lambasted Federal Government-owned media organisations. Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday, November 19, said the staff of public owned media houses have no regard for professionalism and editorial independence, which has led to them being considered as unreliable. He made the statement in Abuja during his first meeting with the... Read More

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November 19, 2015

Mimiko to Lai Mohammed: ‘Learn to talk like a Minister’

Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has enjoined the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to speak with decorum, when addressing national issues. Mimiko’s comments was in reaction to Mohammed’s crticisim of Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, who described President Buhari’s Treasury Signel Account policy, as a fraud. Speaking on Tuesday in Akure, the governor said Lai... Read More

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November 17, 2015

Fayose to Lai Mohammed: “You need to be cured of basket mouth syndrome”

Ayo Fayose’s camp is at it again! Lere Olayinka, Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media has given a not so friendly description of Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed while reacting to the minister’s statement that Fayose and other people looking into President Buhari’s Treasury Single Account policy should... Read More

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November 12, 2015

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed’s first day in office (PHOTOS)

The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed has resumed his role as the new Minister of Information and Culture. He was received on Thursday, by the Directors of the Ministry which was led by the outgoing Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Folasade Yemi-Esan.

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November 3, 2015

Fani-Kayode to Lai Mohammed: ‘Behave yourself, or I’ll spank you’

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, famous for controversial utterances, has promised to spank the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed. Defending the honour of the Peoples Democratic Party, Fani-Kayode warned Mohammed to stop hurling insults at the opposition party, else, he’d deal with him. Writing on his Twitter page, he also advised the... Read More

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October 31, 2015

‘Untrainable Metuh will write PDP into extinction’ – Lai Mohammed

What’s not to love… when the spokespersons of the two leading political parties in Nigeria, are tearing each other apart? It was bound to get dirty the moment Olisa Metuh of the Peoples Democratic Party, called Lai Mohammed of the All Progressives Congress, ‘a low life who’s unfit to be minister.’ Mohammed, Minister-Designate, says his... Read More

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Metuh and Mohammed are again, in a verbal warfare | YNaija.com

October 31, 2015

Lai Mohammed is a low life who’s unfit to be Minister – Metuh

The Peoples Democratic Party says Lai Mohammed of the All Progressives Congress is not fit to hold a responsible national office in a democratic government. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh said this, in reaction to his counterpart’s statement of Friday, where he said the opposition party should re-brand or simply die. Metuh said on... Read More

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October 13, 2015

N500m lawsuit: Metuh calls Lai Mohammed a ‘renowned propagandist’

Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, has denied being aware of a N500 million suit filed against him by the spokesperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed. Mohammed is seeking compensation for alleged defamation of his person by Metuh. Special assistant to Metuh, Richard Ihediwa, on Tuesday, released a statement, saying... Read More

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September 26, 2015

“Only Lai Mohammed, John Oyegun can speak for us” – APC

All the faceless unauthorized mouthpieces of the All progressives Congress, speaking on national issues, have been advised to shut up for good. The ruling party says that moving forward, only the national chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun and national publicity secretary, Lai Mohammed, are authorized to speak on behalf of the APC. The party released a statement... Read More

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September 21, 2015

Lai Mohammed threatens to sue Olisa Metuh

National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed, may go after his counterpart, Olisa Metuh of the Peoples Democratic Party , in the court of law, for libeling him. In a statement released on Sunday, Metuh, while carpeting the APC and President Buhari, had claimed that Lai Mohammed diverted funds meant for the fencing... Read More

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September 20, 2015

Pissed off PDP comes for Buhari, APC and Lai Mohammed

The Peoples Democratic Party says it wont be blackmailed nor distracted by the All Progressives Congress, from speaking the truth. In what is arguably its most potent and objective attack-statement since it became an opposition party- the PDP described President Buhari’s administration as despotic; APC as corrupt and Lai Mohammed as ethically challenged. Olisa Metuh’s pen... Read More

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September 14, 2015

If you were so good, you’d not be in opposition | APC comes for PDP

Being called not fantastic could really mean being called mediocre. Hence, the Peoples Democratic Party can’t be too excited with the jab of the All Progressives Congress. It’s another phase in the verbal warfare between Lai Mohammed of the APC and Olisa Metuh of the PDP. This round’s on Lai Mohammed, who says Metuh’s recent statement was a... Read More

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September 6, 2015

7 major achievements of President Buhari in 100 days – Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, has scored President Muhammadu Buhari, high in his assessment of his first 100 days in office. In an interview with Vanguard, Mohammed listed the key areas, where significant changes have been made since May 29, when Buhari became President. The 7 major changes are;... Read More

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August 21, 2015

Have you been having constant electricity? Thank Buhari’s integrity

Who knew- that the integrity of a retired General could translate into relatively stable electricity? The array of things politicos use to score points, is limitless. The All Progressives Congress, is our focal point of the day. According to the ruling party, the integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari has led to the stability in power... Read More

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August 20, 2015

It’s a Lai, the APC is “proud” of Aregbesola

The national publicity secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Lai Mohammed, has defended the governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola, stating that Aregbesola’s inability to pay workers salaries is totally out of his control adding that the party cannot in any way be ashamed of him or his record of performance. Mohammed, who stated this during... Read More

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