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Lai Mohammed Mocks CNN Over Clarification Of Its EndSARS Massacre Tweet

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Says news network exhibiting panic by seeking to clarify its tweet 35 days after Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has excoriated Cable News Network (CNN) for exhibitingRead More

FG Engages UK Government Over Parliamentarians’ Threat of Sanction

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama
Following the resolution of the United Kingdom parliamentarians for sanctions against top Nigerian officials and security agents involved in alleged violation of #EndSARS protesters’ rights, the Federal Government yesterday saidRead More

UK Parliamentarians Propose Sanctions Against Violators Of Protesters’ Rights

The UK parliamentarians recommend sanctions against government officials and security agents who abused the #EndSARS protesters' rights.
Denounce fine on ARISE NEWS Channel, AIT, Channels TV broadcast stations FG writes CNN, demands retraction of Lekki shooting broadcast The United Kingdom parliamentarians yesterday recommended sanctions against government officialsRead More

FG, CNN Trade Words Over Lekki Shootings

The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig.- Gen. Ahmed Taiwo during the Army’s defence at the venue of the probe into the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers on the night of October 20 at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos
The Federal Government Thursday attributed the reports of a massacre during the Lekki shootings by security operatives to those it described as “purveyors of fake news.” The Minister of InformationRead More

NUJ, NGE Kick As FG Insists On Social Media Regulation

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to regulate social media
Govt threatens sanction against CNN The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) yesterday cautioned the Federal Government against its insistence on regulating the socialRead More

FG Forcing Lecturers, students Back To School To Avert Fresh #EndSARS Protest – ASUU

IPPIS and ASUU strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday said the Federal Government was afraid youths might take to the streets in protest against the ongoing industrial action by its members,Read More

FG Warns Ghana Over Harassment of Nigerians

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has warned the Ghanaian authorities that it would no longer tolerate the incessant harassment and acts of hostility towards Nigerian citizens in Ghana. The Minister of InformationRead More

FG Raises Hate Speech Fine From N500,000 To N5m

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Unveils reviewed broadcasting code despite industry-wide opposition The Federal Government has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million and mandated broadcast stations to devote airtime forRead More

Amnesty Int. Demands Release Of Journalist Who Criticised Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed vs Rotimi Jolayemi
Rights group, Amnesty International, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately release broadcast journalist, Rotimi Jolayemi, who has spent three weeks in custody for criticising the Minister ofRead More

Police Detained Me For 8 Days, Because My husband Criticised Lai Mohammed – Wife

Rotimi Jolayemi and his wife, Dorcas
Mrs. Dorcas Jolayemi, the wife of a journalist detained for criticising Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, narrates her eight-day ordeal in the custody of the Kwara State PoliceRead More