Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Thursday, decried the evil of fake news, lamenting that a fake report about a phantom $1.9 billion paid into his account almost destroyed his marriage of 40 years. Mohammed said there was a need for all hands to be on deck to fight the menace of fake news, explaining that …

A former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has recounted how fake news circulated on social media nearly destroyed his 40-year-old marriage. The ex-minister shared his story during an event in Lagos commemorating Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka’s 90th birthday, where he discussed ‘The Media in the Age of Disinformation’. The text of Mohammed’s presentation was made …

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, discharged a journalist, Mr. Rotimi Jolayemi, also known as Oba Akewi, of allegations bordering on insulting former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Justice Emeka Nwite discharged Jolayemi after the case was struck out for lack of diligent prosecution. The matter, which was listed for plea on today’s cause list, could …

The immediate past Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has been appointed as Special Advisor to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary General, Zurab Pololikashvili. The announcement of the appointment was made during the opening session of the 66th UNWTO Commission for Africa (CAF) currently underway in Mauritius. The Organization said Mohammed is …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said his successor would inherit 36 court cases from him. According to him, being the longest Information Minister was proof of the confidence reposed in him by the President Muhammadu Buhari. At a send-off party organised for him by staff of the ministry in Abuja on Friday night, Mohammed said: “I …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has told the opposition parties to stop their griping over the 2023 presidential election and accept defeat over the election they lost woefully. Mohammed added that both Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party lost the election due to overconfidence and complacency. …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is leaving behind a legacy of quality healthcare delivery through universal health coverage. At the inauguration of an 80-bed Mother and Child Hospital in his hometown, Oro, near Ilorin in Kwara State on Saturday, the Minister explained that the Buhari administration was executing universal …

If you watch events carefully as they unfold in the country, you would agree with historians that history has a way of repeating itself. One of the teachers I admired most in my undergraduate days, Prof. Innocent (IFA) Uzoechi, usually had this compulsory question for freshers: “The lesson men learn from history is that they do not learn from history …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has criticised the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed over allegations of inciting a post-election insurrection. At a press conference in Washington DC, Mohammed warned Obi to desist from stoking violence, following the 25th February presidential election which saw the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Monday blasted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of not doing enough for Nigeria in eight years. At the seventh edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023) in Abuja on Monday, the minister flayed what he called the …