Lauretta Onochie
14 Jun 2021
It was in October 2020 that President Muhammadu Buhari nominated four commissioners for inclusion in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
11 Jun 2021
Chairman of National Conscience Party (NCP), Dr. Yunusa Tanko, yesterday, expressed concern over the appointment of card members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to oversee the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
19 Oct 2020
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to justify the appointment of Lauretta Onochie as National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
17 Oct 2020
A pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of his Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent...
16 Oct 2020
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Samson Ayokunle, has condemned the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
15 Oct 2020
Nigerian protesters protesting an end to police brutality in the country have shown their relentlessness in achieving a "better Nigeria." As protests with the #EndSARS currently rocks the nation and has spread to other parts of the world, Nigerian singer Reekado Banks chose to announce the release of a new song. Banks in a tweet…
14 Oct 2020
A barrage of criticisms, yesterday, greeted the nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari of his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as a national commissioner...
7 Oct 2020
The calls for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigeria Police have resulted in a war of words between Afropop singer Wizkid and a presidential aide Lauretta Onochie. The clash began on Twitter at the weekend when Wizkid and other Nigerian celebrities protested against police brutality, extortion, harassment and extrajudicial…
7 Dec 2019
An aide to the Nigerian president Saturday said Nigerian journalist Omoyele Sowore staged his supposed re-arrest to make the country's secret police look bad. Loretta Onochie, infamous for her occasional outbursts against critics of President Muhammadu Buhari, said the court arrest was "planned" by the journalist's "boys and girls." “So it was a stage-managed drama…
30 Jun 2019
A former Nigerian vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on social media, Lauretta Onochie, over an alleged libel and defamation of character. “To say that the claimant is shopping for terrorists knowing same to be untrue and without any foundation is not only dishonest and reckless, but is calculated and politically…
20 May 2019
Presidential aide Lauretta Onochie Monday said the demand for a public apology by the presidential candidate of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar shows he is "depressed". "This is in no way responding to the depressed Alhaji Atiku Abubakar whose aides are constantly cooking up disgrace for him, for the sake of their…
19 May 2019
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has threatened to file a N2 billion suit against the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie, for damaging his character and reputation through the spread of "lies". In the alternative, Atiku asked…
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