Tag: Lauretta Onochie

Beware, Be Prepared, COVID-19 Fighting Back – Buhari

Aliyu Aliyu

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that reports from around the World had shown that COVID-19 may be fighting back, enjoining Nigerians not to relent in adhering strictly to the health and safety protocols. Platforms Africa reports that Buhari spoke through his Digital and Social Media Aide, Lauretta Onochie, in lending a voice to the alarm raised by World Health Organisation (WHO) over a new variant of dangerous Coronavirus pandemic. READ ALSO: U.S., EU restrict travel from Southern Africa as New Covid-19 variant, Omicron, rocks region Nigeria Lifts Suspension on…

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Nigerian Senate Rejects Buhari’s ex-aide Onochie As INEC Commissioner

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Senate has rejected presidential media aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Platforms Africa reports that Onochie, a former aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, has been immersed in a serious controversy on her membership of the ruling Alla Progressives Congress (APC). The upper legislative chamber rejected her appointment after Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the INEC committee, presented a report in plenary. She was nominated for the job by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2020.   READ ALSO: House, DPR on…

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Why Buhari Absent At Late COAS Attahiru’s Burial, Presidency Breaks Silence

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Presidency has on Monday speak on the absence of President Buhari at the Funeral Ceremony of Late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others in Abuja on Saturday, May 22nd. According to the Presidential Spokesperson, Lauretta Onochie, Buhari needed at least 48 hours clearance before he would depart Presidential Villa to any event. She wrote on her social media page;   READ ALSO: REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor Kaduna Crash: Co-Pilot Dies 2 Months After Wedding, Pilot weeks to…

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