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September 12, 2022 No Responses

Oba Ewuare Hosts Ooni, Emir of Kano, Lauds Buhari’s Cultural Exploits

The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s position in the preservation of cultural ethos and traditional institutions in Nigeria. Oba Ewuare made the commendation during a private meeting with the Ooni of...

June 26, 2021 No Responses

Danbatta Urges Digitisation of Knowledge Resources, Improved Reading Culture

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of NCC, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, has called on private and public institutions to leverage Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to digitise their hard copy knowledge materials to...

May 17, 2021 No Responses

LADOL Implores Staff On Safety Culture

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The management, staff and stakeholders of LADOL Free Zone recently held annual safety week tagged: The Keys to Safety are in All Our Hands. Managing Director of LADOL, Dr. Amy Jadesimi described the comp...

April 2, 2018 No Responses

Heritage Bank Partners Seki To Showcase Nigerian Cultures

Heritage Bank Plc has partnered Yibo Koko in association with Bolanle Austen – Peters Productions to showcase some of Nigerian cultures to the world through presentation of a dance drama known as Seki in Lagos. The event which held at...

July 11, 2017 No Responses

FG unveils agenda to boost creative industry

The Federal Government on Monday announced a tripartite partnership with the CNN and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to boost the Creative Industry in Nigeria, using the film industry as a pivot. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai ...

June 10, 2017 No Responses

Minister to Traditional Rulers: Support FG in promoting peace

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to traditional rulers to support the government in promoting peace and unity across the country, amid rising cases of incendiary statements and hate speeches capable of tearing the na...

May 16, 2017 No Responses

‘Indigenous languages may go into extinction’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the country’s indigenous languages are endangered and could go into extinction in no distant future if urgent steps are not taken to reverse the trend. In his address at the 2017 A...

February 22, 2017 No Responses

Photo News

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (middle), flanked by the Chairman, Leadership/Folio Limited, Mr. Fidelis Anosike, and the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba, at the signing of M...

January 29, 2017 No Responses

‘Lagos, hub of the creative sector’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described Lagos State as the hub of the Creative Sector in Nigeria. According to the Minister, the State has key role to play in the Federal Government’s economic diversification policy...

December 30, 2016 No Responses

‘FG to revamp, make key festivals attractive’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government is working with the private sector to make major festivals in the country attractive to domestic and foreign tourists. He made the pledge in Offa, Kwara State, at.....

December 4, 2016 No Responses

FG seeks protection of Cultural Heritage

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for the sensitization of local communities across Africa in order to raise their consciousness about the importance of protecting cultural heritage against marauders. The Minister made ...

November 12, 2016 No Responses

‘Nigeria has political will to drive sustainable tourism’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Federal Government has demonstrated that it has the political will to drive sustainable tourism in the country, Speaking at a panel of African Ministers of Tourism, who met on the sid...

November 6, 2016 No Responses

Minister seeks rich content in music

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has hailed Nigerian musicians for putting the country’s name on the globalmap, urging them to pay more attention to the need for socially-relevant messages in their music The Minister gav...

October 31, 2016 No Responses

FG reiterates commitment to improve business environment

The Federal Government has restated its commitment to removing the bureaucratic and other impediments to registering new businesses as part of efforts to encourage entrepreneurs and facilitate investments in the country. The Minister of Information and Cultu...