Tag: Lai Muhammed

‘Truth needs no defense’ — DJ Switch reacts to EndSARS panel’s report on Lekki Massacre

Amodu Ganiyu

#EndSARS: We either voice out now or risk being killed by insecurity, says DJ Switch Catherine Udeh, the Nigerian entertainer better known as DJ Switch, has reacted to the report presented by the Lagos judicial panel of inquiry into the Lekki tollgate shooting of last year. The disc jockey, who filmed the infamous shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate in October 2020, had gone into hiding over alleged threats to her life for recording the military crackdown. READ ALSO: #EndSARS: Amnesty insists Nigeria covering up killing of protesters…

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Why we Suspended Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria – Minister

Aliyu Aliyu

Government orders licensing of all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria   The Nigerian Government has declared that it slammed an indefinite suspension on operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria because Twitter has been persistently used for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement signed by his Special Assistant Segun Adeyemi sighted by Platforms Africa.   READ ALSO: Twitter Deletes Nigerian President Buhari’s ‘Civil War’ Tweet Twitter Office in…

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Nigeria vows to regulate Social Media, says action needed “most urgently”

Damola Oyede

  . Information Minister, Lai Muhammed, blames new media abuse for #EndSARS protest’s hijack, violence . Alleges social media was used to guide arsonists, looters to certain properties, both public and private, during the EndSARS violence   “Call it regulation or whatever, we have to do something most urgently to rein in the abuse of social media,” Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, Lai Muhammed declared on Tuesday. Nigeria has earlier made plans to go the way of China, Saudi Arabia and other who regulate the use of new media…

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Why killings, destruction by Boko Haram won’t end for now – Minister

Dawood Rabiu

Minister in charge of information alleges that suppliers deny country Weapons to fight Boko Haram   The Nigeria Government Monday said its efforts at fighting the Boko Haram insurgency to protect the lives of citizens of the country has suffered major setbacks as several attempts to acquire standard weapons had been frustrated by global partners. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the Government House in Makurdi. The minister was in Benue State for the official handing over of the North Central…

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