LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There were indications on Wednesday that Nigerians may now have partial access to Twitter. Checks by our correspondents showed that as of Wednesday night, access to the microblogging site had been restored through computer systems. However, trials via the mobile phone were not successful. The Federal Government had on June 4 announced…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has admonished “naysayers” to stop spewing negative and false narratives around Boko Haram members who are surrendering in droves in the North-East. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Washington. NAN reports…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria expects to lift its ban on Twitter before the end of the year, Information Minister Lai Mohammed told Reuters on Thursday, adding that the government was awaiting a response on three final requests made of the social media platform. The ban, announced in June, has hurt Nigerian businesses and drawn widespread…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the online media report that he “sneaked out of Nigeria to meet with Twitter executive’’ in the U.S. is fake. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington on Wednesday, the minister said his official visit to the…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will soon lift its ban on Twitter after resolving some of its differences with the social media platform, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Wednesday, signalling the end of a policy widely condemned as an affront to freedom of expression. The Nigerian government suspended Twitter on June 4 after it removed…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices And other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has raided the offices of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over N10billion fraud perpetrated under the supervision of Nigeria’s Information Minister Mr Lai Mohammed and suspended Director-General of the commission, Mr Ishaq Modibbo Kawu. Sources to Pointblanknews.com revealed that a N10 Billion…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended eleven party members of the party believed to be loyalists of the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities. The suspension letter, dated February 5, 2021, was signed by the National Secretary, Caretaker/Extra-ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, Sen….
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State on Thursday called for the immediate suspension of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh Lai Mohammed, from the party. They equally demanded the removal of Mohammed as a minister from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. Addressing a news conference…