The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has welcomed the release of two Kaduna-based journalists who were abducted from their homes in the outskirts of Kaduna last weekend. Speaking when he received the two journalists, AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation newspapers and AbdulRaheem Aodu of Blueprint newspapers, from the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the …

The minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, has described the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project as a pivotal step towards unleashing the immense economic potential of Northern Nigeria. The minister spoke in Kaduna yesterday during a site visit to the River Kaduna AKK Gas Pipeline Project in the company of the minister of finance and coordinating minister of …

Minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, has commended the inauguration of EFCC RADIO 97.3FM. In a statement sent to newsmen yesterday in Abuja, Idris expressed his satisfaction with the expansion of the nation‘s public communication infrastructure through the establishment of EFCC RADIO 97.3FM. He emphasised the significance of a premier law enforcement agency like the Economic and Financial …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said no journalist has been incarcerated under the Bola Tinubu administration for practising responsible journalism. According to a statement on Friday, the Minister spoke in Abuja during a press briefing organised by his ministry in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management, and the United Nations Educational …

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris, on Thursday, urged Nigerians to give the Bola Tinubu administration more time to fix Nigeria. Idris, who represented the President at the PUNCH Nigeria Limited 50th Anniversary Public Lecture at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos, urged Nigerians to be more patient with the administration, adding that President …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has given reasons why President Bola Tinubu will not resign despite the economic crisis facing the nation. The minister, who was reacting to the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on President Tinubu to quit if he cannot proffer solutions to the economic hardship in Nigeria, asked the PDP …

Nigeria and Angola, in an effort to enhance economic growth and promote bilateral trade, have strengthened their economic cooperation. This was revealed during the inaugural Angola-Nigeria Business Forum held in Abuja. Speaking during the business forum in Abuja, the Secretary of State for International Copassingtion and Angolan Communities, Domingos Lopes, who represented the Minister of External Relations, Angola, Téte Antonio, …

The Minister of Information, Mallam Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday, said the Federal Government is on the verge of deploying officers of the National Orientation Agency across 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) nationwide. Idris, who lamented that most of the information outposts in the country are unmanned, said the move is necessary to restore consciousness of nationhood, which, he said, is …