The federal government has come under attack following its decision to suspend twitter, the microblogging and social networking service in Nigeria. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture had announced the decision Friday citing an untoward attitude on the part of the technology company. The minister claimed that the social media network could be used…
N3.5m Feeding Cost for El-Zakzaki: Why Oak TV Apologised to Lai Mohammed
Oak TV, the news platform that published a footage where Nigeria’s Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed claimed that the federal government is spending N3.5 million to feed detained Shiite leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has tendered an apology to the minister for publishing what was intended to be an off-the-record discussion. In the video…
Again, TELL Wins News magazine of the year award
TELL Magazine has retained its pre-eminent position as Nigeria’s leading newsmagazine. The magazine won the honour at the Nigerian Media Merit Award, NMMA which held at the Muson Centre, Lagos on Wednesday, December 13. The magazine beat The Source magazine to the prize, further boosting its rich cabinet of trophies. TELL’s chief operating officer, Dejo…
APC Kicks Against National Assembly Elections
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has kicked against the recent development at the National Assembly on Tuesday. In a statement signed by Lai Mohammed, national publicity secretary, APC, the party described as totally unacceptable and the “highest level of indiscipline and treachery” the process of Tuesday’s inauguration of the National Assembly that led to the…
Presidency Denies Allegation Of Last Minute Looting
The Presidency on Monday denied allegations of last minute looting, rushed privatization and hurried recruitment into federal public service as alleged by the All Progressives Congress, APC. It described as “most unfortunate and uncharitable, the statement credited to Lai Mohammed, spokesman of the APC that the outgoing Jonathan administration was trying to “tie the hands”…
APC Alleges Fresh Plot to Frustrate Elections
The All Progressives Congress, APC has expressed concern over its latest discovery of a fresh attempt to use the courts to postpone or frustrate next month’s general elections. In a statement issued by Lai Mohammed, the party’s national publicity secretary in Lagos on Tuesday by Lai Mohammed, the APC said after all attempts to stop…
Can He Be Second Term Lucky?
Lai Mohammed, national publicity secretary, All Progressives Congress, APC is one politician political opponents love to hate. Monday, last week, a team of TELL journalists kept an appointment at Mohammed’s Lagos residence. The outcome of that encounter is the special interview in this edition, ‘We Will Reform the Military.’ But that is not the cover…
8,000 Delegates To Vote At APC Presidential Primary
At least 8,000 delegates drawn from 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT are expected to participate in the national convention and the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, billed for December 10 and 11, 2014 in Lagos State. The party’s presidential flag bearer would be elected out of…
APC Accuses DSS Of Torture
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Department of State Security Services, DSS of using torture to obtain forced confessions from the workers who were arrested during a raid on the party’s Data Centre in Ikeja, Lagos. The party said the action was in contravention of the UN Convention against Torture to which Nigeria…
APC Condemns Devaluation Of the Naira
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has criticized the Central Bank Of Nigeria, CBN, for the devaluation of the Naira, describing the development as not healthy for Nigeria’s economy. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Lai Mohammed, National Publicity Secretary of the APC said that the devaluation of the currency has its implications on the…
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