
Germany to Return I,130 Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria – Minister Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed says Nigeria has signed an agreement with Germany for the repatriation of over 1,130 looted Benin Bronze artifacts back to the country. Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington
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Unity of Nigeria Remains Unshaken – Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated that the unity of Nigeria remains unshaken and “no region can do it all alone’’. The minister re-echoed his position in Calabar, after a Command Performance by the cultural troupe of the Department of Culture and
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Nigeria, Spain to Organize Music Festival for Young Musicians The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture and the Spanish Embassy in Nigeria have announced the plan to jointly organize a music festival, to be held in Lagos or Abuja, for budding Nigerian Musicians. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Spanish
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Lai Mohammed Inaugurates Art Hotel in Lagos The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged investors to work on promoting Nigerian destinations, goods and services. Mohammed said this on Monday during the inauguration of the Art Hotel in Lagos. He said the hotel, which attempts to promote Nigerian arts and crafts, accommodates
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FG Replies US Senators Over Alleged Christians Persecution in Nigeria The Federal Government on Monday condemned the call by five US Republican Senators asking for the redesignation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern because of alleged persecution of Christians. The Senators who made the call in a letter to the US Secretary of
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Food Security: FG Urges Nigerians to Embrace Local Foods The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged Nigerians to embrace local foods and cuisines to prevent them from going into extinction. Mohammed, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs Ifeoma Anyanwutaku, made the plea in Abuja at the
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