Lai Mohammed is the current Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture. A lawyer, businessman and former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), he received law degrees from the University of Lagos and the Nigerian Law School, respectively. In 1989, he co-founded the law firm Edu & Mohammed as principal partner. Prior to, he worked in various public relations positions for the Nigerian Airports Authority for almost 10 years. His previous political positions include Chief of Staff to Lagos State Governor (1999-2002); Chairman, Media & Publicity Committee, Advanced Congress of Democrats-ACD (2006); National Publicity Secretary, Action Congress-AC (2006-2010); National Publicity Secretary, Action Congress Of Nigeria-ACN (2010-2013); Interim National Publicity Secretary, APC (2013-2014); and National Publicity Secretary, APC (2014-2015)‎.