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August 30, 2017 No Responses

Minister implores CBN on support for creative industry

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to replicate in the Creative Industry the role it played in promoting the agriculture and health sectors. The Minister made the appeal in Abuja on...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Minister: Nigeria is ready for investments in creative industry

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is ready to receive investors in the Creative Industry, having created the enabling environment for investments through favourable economic policies. The Minister stated this in Abuja...

August 27, 2017 No Responses

‘Photo exhibition by Hanan Buhari, a game changer’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as a ‘game changer’ the ongoing photo exhibition in Abuja by a daughter of the President, Hanan Buhari, saying her uncommon passion for photography will encourage more y...

August 25, 2017 No Responses

FG to NBC: Sanction erring stations

The Federal Government has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction any radio or television station that broadcasts hate speech, as part of efforts to stem the growing tide of hate speech in the country. The Minister of Information an...

August 23, 2017 No Responses

Minister explains agenda to lift broadcast industry

The Federal Government is to organize an Audience Measurement Conference to provide broadcast industry stakeholders the opportunity to contribute to efforts to establish a scientific Audience Measurement System for radio television broadcasting in the count...

August 8, 2017 No Responses

Sovereign Wealth Fund Resuscitates 11 Fertilizer Blending Firms

The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), also known as the Sovereign Wealth Fund, has resuscitated 11 fertilizer blending plants across the country, which substantially brought down the price of fertilizer, ended fertilizer subsidy and ensured th...

July 29, 2017 No Responses

Minister: Criticism will not stop broadcasting code amendment

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will not be stampeded into abandoning its ongoing efforts to amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to ensure the production in Nigeria of ‘Nigerian content or l...

July 27, 2017 No Responses

FG prepares information officers to tackle fake news

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Ministry has strengthened the capacity of its Information Officers to tackle the menace of fake news with fact-based counter-narrative. The Minister stated this in Abuja on Wednesday in hi...

July 25, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria Police to set up anti-piracy unit in all states

The Nigeria Police is to set up anti-piracy unit in all the 36 states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory to combat the piracy of intellectual property in the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, announced in...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

FG lauds Heritage Bank commitment to entertainment industry

For its commitment to the development and growth of the creative industry in Nigeria, the Federal Government has commended Heritage Bank Limited. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the commendation at a two-day Creative Nigeria...

July 20, 2017 No Responses

‘Any programme to be consumed by Nigerians must be produced in Nigeria’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated the government’s decision that any programme meant for Nigerians must be produced in Nigeria, saying he was not appointed Minister to develop the economy of other countries a...

July 17, 2017 No Responses

COSON Photo News

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a group picture with dignitaries during his visit to COSON House in Lagos.

July 14, 2017 No Responses

‘Financing conference will take creative industry to golden era’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Creative Industry Financing Conference, scheduled to hold 17-18 July 2017, will take the industry into a golden era of smooth access to short and long term financing, world class man...

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 ...