Lai Mohammed said : "For the release to work, the government had a clear understanding that violence and confrontation would not be the way out as it could endanger the lives of the girls, hence a non-violent approach was the preferred option. "

ahram-EN Friday, February 26, 2021 3:11:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : ''We must please be careful and more responsible in the way we look at issues. This is exactly what the terrorists want to do, set Muslims against Christians.''

onlinenigeria Wednesday, February 24, 2021 2:53:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The issue of smuggling of small and light arms is very serious and it has to do with border control”

onlinenigeria Sunday, February 21, 2021 2:22:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The issue of smuggling of small and light arms is very serious and it has to do with border control”

dailypost Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:19:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The issue of smuggling of small and light arms is very serious and it has to do with border control”

dailypost Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:19:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “What we are witnessing today has never been seen in the history of Nigeria and we were very proactive and very creative in deciding to use INEC polling centres for the venues of our registration. Don’t forget that our party is made up of some parts of the PDP, the ANPP, CPC and ACN and if we had used any other venue apart from the polling booths it would have led to confusion. If you say ward, would it be the former ANPP ward, the former CPC ward or the former ACN ward? Secondly, we recognized that all politics is local and at the end of the day everybody reports at his polling booth. So why don’t you get registered in your polling booth?”

thenationonlineng Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:19:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “We are glad that the government is exploring kinetic and non-kinetic options to ensure the safe release of the victims. We will deploy all resources to ensure the safe release of the victims. We want to assure Nigerians that we will not surrender our sovereignty but will employ all means to ensure the safe release of all the victims across Nigeria,”

dailytrust Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:54:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “We are glad that the government is exploring kinetic and non-kinetic options to ensure the safe release of the victims. We will deploy all resources to ensure the safe release of the victims. We want to assure Nigerians that we will not surrender our sovereignty but will employ all means to ensure the safe release of all the victims across Nigeria,”

dailytrust Thursday, February 18, 2021 6:45:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed explained : “The CBN through the Bankers Committee is willing to invest N21.894billion to renovate the National Theatre, refurbish it and run it profitably,”

guardian-ng Friday, February 12, 2021 6:24:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Recall that the social media platforms that eagerly nudged on the #EndSars protesters,”

guardian-ng Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:10:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “No government anywhere will allow a repeat of the kind of destruction, killing and maiming wrought by the hijackers of EndSars protests last year,”

guardian-ng Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:10:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Security agents are ready for any eventuality,”

guardian-ng Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:10:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Security agents are ready for any eventuality,”

ngrguardiannews Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:22:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The burnt wreckage of public buses that were wantonly set ablaze by rampaging hoodlums remain in their positions as a sad and gory reminder of the unprecedented attacks. The city is still reeling from the war-like destruction,” “For those who are using justice as an alibi for another round of destruction, let me say this: As we speak, the Judicial Panels of Inquiry, set up across the country to receive and investigate complaints of police brutality or related extra-judicial killings with a view to delivering justice for all victims of the dissolved SARS and other police units, are continuing with the assignments”

ngrguardiannews Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:22:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “A situation in which six soldiers and 37 policemen were murdered in cold blood by hoodlums will not repeat itself. The attack, looting and razing of 269 private and public property will not happen again,'” “The killing of 57 civilians will not be re-enacted”

ngrguardiannews Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:22:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “After all, only one policeman – (plus four others) – was killed in the invasion of the US Capitol in January, yet the FBI has continued to hunt down and prosecute the perpetrators. No life is more important than the other,”

ngrguardiannews Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:22:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed told ( about Toll Gate ) : “We therefore strongly warn those who are planning to re-occupy Lekki Toll Gate on Saturday to desist,”

reuters-af Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:21:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "It's not whether they are proscribed or not. It is the way they are treated. Does the government actually treat them with kid gloves? The answer is no,"

BBCMonitoring Thursday, February 11, 2021 2:03:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "Security challenges are one thing. Challenging the sovereignty of Nigeria is a completely different thing. Don't let us dwell on semantics,"

BBCMonitoring Thursday, February 11, 2021 2:03:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : ”There is a need to understand why these variations occur, and. consequently the robustness of the methodology and validity of data,”

thenationonlineng Sunday, January 31, 2021 5:01:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed stated ( about President Jonathan ) : “In view of the fact that the alleged Boko Haram sponsors are either members of the ruling party(PDP), or friends of the President(Jonathan), it is clear that the PDP-led Federal government is unwilling to try them”

thesourceng Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:09:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed : “ACN said it remains convinced that fuel subsidy removal is not in the best interest of Nigerians, hence will not support it, and that – based on informed analysis – the average true price of a litre of fuel is 34.03 naira, which means Nigerians have been overpaying for the product”

thesourceng Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:09:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed added : “That has not happened, hence, they have found a new tag line: failing or failed state. It’s all a ruse aimed at depicting Nigeria as being in a constant state of anarchy, just so they can achieve their nefarious objectives for the country”

thenationonlineng Tuesday, January 5, 2021 5:44:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said ( about William Hussey ) : “Let me say straight away that Nigeria is fending off attacks on many fronts not just from terrorists and bandits, but also from some human rights organisations and the International Criminal Court, ICC, which seem to have colluded to exacerbate the challenges facing the country in the area of security. ”

vanguardngr Tuesday, January 5, 2021 2:51:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “It beggars belief to see that a nation that is fighting an existential war against bandits and terrorists is constantly being held down by an international body which it willingly joined,”

onlinenigeria Monday, January 4, 2021 8:56:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said ( about William Hussey ) : “Nigeria did not join the ICC so it can become a pawn on the court’s chessboard,” “It beggars belief to see that a nation that is fighting an existential war against bandits and terrorists is constantly being held down by an international body which it willingly joined”

HindustanTimes Monday, January 4, 2021 7:12:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “We have received an acknowledgment and we were told that the letter has been passed to the editorial team”

thesourceng Saturday, January 2, 2021 11:48:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Calling for a violent overthrow of a democratically-elected government, no matter how disguised such a call is, and casting a particular religion as violent is not what any religious leader should engage in, and certainly not in a season of peace,”

thesourceng Sunday, December 27, 2020 7:17:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed stated : “While some religious leaders, being human, may not be able to disguise their national leadership preference, they should refrain from stigmatising the leader they have never supported anyway, using well-worn and disproved allegations of nepotism or whatever,” “Whatever challenges Nigeria may be going through at this moment can only be tackled when all leaders and indeed all Nigerians come together, not when some people arrogantly engage in name-calling and finger-pointing,”

onlinenigeria Saturday, December 26, 2020 8:54:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Taiga was supposed to ensure that the interest of the country was adequately protected. Of course, the payment, transferred in three tranches, could only have been made in appreciation of the ‘good deed’ done to P&ID by Taiga. Also, billions of Naira in suspicious cash transfers were made by P&ID,”

thesourceng Saturday, December 26, 2020 11:20:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,”

expressindia Thursday, December 24, 2020 1:53:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,"

news24 Thursday, December 24, 2020 12:34:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,"

wsau Thursday, December 24, 2020 9:26:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,"

msn-uk Thursday, December 24, 2020 8:41:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,”

ara-reuters Thursday, December 24, 2020 8:32:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “although the government is concerned over the importation of the COVID-19 new strain, it did not want to take a hasty decision”

tribuneonlineng Wednesday, December 23, 2020 11:42:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Victims of insecurity and terrorism in the country are adherents of Christianity, Islam and other religions,”

north-africa Tuesday, December 22, 2020 8:41:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed déclaré : "Encore une fois, je le répète, le président est en pleine forme, à Londres, où il passe 10 jours de vacances"

afp-fr Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:40:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed ajouté : "Je veux répéter de manière catégorique et avec emphase qu'il n'y a pas une once de vérité dans tout ça"

afp-fr Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:40:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed dénoncé : "Le Nigeria est le seul pays au monde où l'on souhaite la mort de son président"

afp-fr Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:40:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed adiantou : "Estamos a ser extremamente cuidadosos porque a situação foi agravada pela divisão na liderança do Boko Haram"

dn Sunday, August 14, 2016 8:05:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "For the release to work, the government had a clear understanding that violence and confrontation would not be the way out as it could endanger the lives of the girls, hence a non-violent approach was the preferred option. "

ahram-EN Friday, February 26, 2021 3:11:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : ''We must please be careful and more responsible in the way we look at issues. This is exactly what the terrorists want to do, set Muslims against Christians.''

onlinenigeria Wednesday, February 24, 2021 2:53:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The issue of smuggling of small and light arms is very serious and it has to do with border control”

onlinenigeria Sunday, February 21, 2021 2:22:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The issue of smuggling of small and light arms is very serious and it has to do with border control”

dailypost Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:19:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The issue of smuggling of small and light arms is very serious and it has to do with border control”

dailypost Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:19:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “What we are witnessing today has never been seen in the history of Nigeria and we were very proactive and very creative in deciding to use INEC polling centres for the venues of our registration. Don’t forget that our party is made up of some parts of the PDP, the ANPP, CPC and ACN and if we had used any other venue apart from the polling booths it would have led to confusion. If you say ward, would it be the former ANPP ward, the former CPC ward or the former ACN ward? Secondly, we recognized that all politics is local and at the end of the day everybody reports at his polling booth. So why don’t you get registered in your polling booth?”

thenationonlineng Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:19:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “We are glad that the government is exploring kinetic and non-kinetic options to ensure the safe release of the victims. We will deploy all resources to ensure the safe release of the victims. We want to assure Nigerians that we will not surrender our sovereignty but will employ all means to ensure the safe release of all the victims across Nigeria,”

dailytrust Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:54:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “We are glad that the government is exploring kinetic and non-kinetic options to ensure the safe release of the victims. We will deploy all resources to ensure the safe release of the victims. We want to assure Nigerians that we will not surrender our sovereignty but will employ all means to ensure the safe release of all the victims across Nigeria,”

dailytrust Thursday, February 18, 2021 6:45:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed explained : “The CBN through the Bankers Committee is willing to invest N21.894billion to renovate the National Theatre, refurbish it and run it profitably,”

guardian-ng Friday, February 12, 2021 6:24:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Recall that the social media platforms that eagerly nudged on the #EndSars protesters,”

guardian-ng Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:10:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “No government anywhere will allow a repeat of the kind of destruction, killing and maiming wrought by the hijackers of EndSars protests last year,”

guardian-ng Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:10:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Security agents are ready for any eventuality,”

guardian-ng Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:10:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Security agents are ready for any eventuality,”

ngrguardiannews Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:22:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The burnt wreckage of public buses that were wantonly set ablaze by rampaging hoodlums remain in their positions as a sad and gory reminder of the unprecedented attacks. The city is still reeling from the war-like destruction,” “For those who are using justice as an alibi for another round of destruction, let me say this: As we speak, the Judicial Panels of Inquiry, set up across the country to receive and investigate complaints of police brutality or related extra-judicial killings with a view to delivering justice for all victims of the dissolved SARS and other police units, are continuing with the assignments”

ngrguardiannews Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:22:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “A situation in which six soldiers and 37 policemen were murdered in cold blood by hoodlums will not repeat itself. The attack, looting and razing of 269 private and public property will not happen again,'” “The killing of 57 civilians will not be re-enacted”

ngrguardiannews Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:22:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “After all, only one policeman – (plus four others) – was killed in the invasion of the US Capitol in January, yet the FBI has continued to hunt down and prosecute the perpetrators. No life is more important than the other,”

ngrguardiannews Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:22:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed told ( about Toll Gate ) : “We therefore strongly warn those who are planning to re-occupy Lekki Toll Gate on Saturday to desist,”

reuters-af Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:21:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "It's not whether they are proscribed or not. It is the way they are treated. Does the government actually treat them with kid gloves? The answer is no,"

BBCMonitoring Thursday, February 11, 2021 2:03:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "Security challenges are one thing. Challenging the sovereignty of Nigeria is a completely different thing. Don't let us dwell on semantics,"

BBCMonitoring Thursday, February 11, 2021 2:03:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : ”There is a need to understand why these variations occur, and. consequently the robustness of the methodology and validity of data,”

thenationonlineng Sunday, January 31, 2021 5:01:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed stated ( about President Jonathan ) : “In view of the fact that the alleged Boko Haram sponsors are either members of the ruling party(PDP), or friends of the President(Jonathan), it is clear that the PDP-led Federal government is unwilling to try them”

thesourceng Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:09:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed : “ACN said it remains convinced that fuel subsidy removal is not in the best interest of Nigerians, hence will not support it, and that – based on informed analysis – the average true price of a litre of fuel is 34.03 naira, which means Nigerians have been overpaying for the product”

thesourceng Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:09:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed added : “That has not happened, hence, they have found a new tag line: failing or failed state. It’s all a ruse aimed at depicting Nigeria as being in a constant state of anarchy, just so they can achieve their nefarious objectives for the country”

thenationonlineng Tuesday, January 5, 2021 5:44:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said ( about William Hussey ) : “Let me say straight away that Nigeria is fending off attacks on many fronts not just from terrorists and bandits, but also from some human rights organisations and the International Criminal Court, ICC, which seem to have colluded to exacerbate the challenges facing the country in the area of security. ”

vanguardngr Tuesday, January 5, 2021 2:51:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “It beggars belief to see that a nation that is fighting an existential war against bandits and terrorists is constantly being held down by an international body which it willingly joined,”

onlinenigeria Monday, January 4, 2021 8:56:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said ( about William Hussey ) : “Nigeria did not join the ICC so it can become a pawn on the court’s chessboard,” “It beggars belief to see that a nation that is fighting an existential war against bandits and terrorists is constantly being held down by an international body which it willingly joined”

HindustanTimes Monday, January 4, 2021 7:12:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “We have received an acknowledgment and we were told that the letter has been passed to the editorial team”

thesourceng Saturday, January 2, 2021 11:48:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Calling for a violent overthrow of a democratically-elected government, no matter how disguised such a call is, and casting a particular religion as violent is not what any religious leader should engage in, and certainly not in a season of peace,”

thesourceng Sunday, December 27, 2020 7:17:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed stated : “While some religious leaders, being human, may not be able to disguise their national leadership preference, they should refrain from stigmatising the leader they have never supported anyway, using well-worn and disproved allegations of nepotism or whatever,” “Whatever challenges Nigeria may be going through at this moment can only be tackled when all leaders and indeed all Nigerians come together, not when some people arrogantly engage in name-calling and finger-pointing,”

onlinenigeria Saturday, December 26, 2020 8:54:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Taiga was supposed to ensure that the interest of the country was adequately protected. Of course, the payment, transferred in three tranches, could only have been made in appreciation of the ‘good deed’ done to P&ID by Taiga. Also, billions of Naira in suspicious cash transfers were made by P&ID,”

thesourceng Saturday, December 26, 2020 11:20:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,”

expressindia Thursday, December 24, 2020 1:53:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,"

news24 Thursday, December 24, 2020 12:34:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,"

wsau Thursday, December 24, 2020 9:26:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : "The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,"

msn-uk Thursday, December 24, 2020 8:41:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “The boys were abducted by bandits, not Boko Haram,”

ara-reuters Thursday, December 24, 2020 8:32:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “although the government is concerned over the importation of the COVID-19 new strain, it did not want to take a hasty decision”

tribuneonlineng Wednesday, December 23, 2020 11:42:00 AM EAT

Lai Mohammed said : “Victims of insecurity and terrorism in the country are adherents of Christianity, Islam and other religions,”

north-africa Tuesday, December 22, 2020 8:41:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed déclaré : "Encore une fois, je le répète, le président est en pleine forme, à Londres, où il passe 10 jours de vacances"

afp-fr Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:40:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed ajouté : "Je veux répéter de manière catégorique et avec emphase qu'il n'y a pas une once de vérité dans tout ça"

afp-fr Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:40:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed dénoncé : "Le Nigeria est le seul pays au monde où l'on souhaite la mort de son président"

afp-fr Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:40:00 PM EAT

Lai Mohammed adiantou : "Estamos a ser extremamente cuidadosos porque a situação foi agravada pela divisão na liderança do Boko Haram"

dn Sunday, August 14, 2016 8:05:00 PM EAT