Tag: Lauretta Onochie

Abuja High Court strikes out case to nullify candidature of Bola Tinubu; National Assembly passes students loan bill | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Abuja High Court strikes out case to nullify candidature of Bola TinubuUS approves no-interview student visa renewals for NigeriansPresident Buhari nominates Lauretta Onochie as NDDC ChairmanFUTA ASUU hold protest, criticize…

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The lifestyle audit is just another means to exploit Nigerians

Starting yesterday, Nigeria has made it legal to have a lifestyle audit for its citizens. Who needs a lifestyle audit? Anyone whose lifestyle appears to exceed their income or their…

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Buhari: Expensive lifestyles will be probed, McLaren signs deal with 13-year-old Nigerian American | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: Buhari: Nigerians flaunting expensive lifestyles they can’t afford will be probed Lauretta Onochie,…

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Gaffe by Nigeria’s Commodity Exchange boss highlights either cronyism or outright incompetence

The nature of events and circumstances that have greeted 2020 means that when individuals, corporate bodies and the government take a look back on the year,  it would have been…

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Many aides, little aid: Is President Buhari’s silence on #EndSARS being encouraged or discouraged?

As one hand is put on a Holy Book and the other raised up, Femi Adesina, the incoming Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, repeats after…

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IGP declares new squad “SWAT” to replace defunct SARS, Professor J.P Clark is dead | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Nigeria’s head of police, Mohammad Adamu has announced that a new Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) squad would be “filling the gaps” left by the notorious police unit Federal Special…

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Reward for loyalty? Buhari nominates presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as INEC commissioner | #TheYNaijaCover

Barely one week ago, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie, had stuck her neck out for the President; criticising comments made about him by international superstar, Wizkid.…

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Lauretta Onochie: This is how ‘Mr President’ rewards loyalty and we are worried

Barely a week ago, Nigerians were up in arms when the president's media aide, Lauretta Onochie, dared criticise popular entertainer, Ayo Balogun (a.k.a Wizkid) for calling out President Muhammadu Buhari and…

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Tweets of shame: Presidential aide exposed for hypocrisy after clash with Wizkid | #TheYNaijaCover

Not many people could have predicted that international entertainer, Wizkid would be trading heated words on social media with Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie. The clash had begun on Twitter over…

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Wizkid clashes with Buhari’s aide over #EndSARS, Ogun appoints BBNaija’s Laycon as Youth Ambassador | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

The Ogun State government has appointed the winner of the 2020 Big Brother Naija Season 5, Olamilekan Agbelesebioba, popularly known as Laycon, as the Ogun State Youth Ambassador; gifting a…

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Today’s Noisemakers: Nasir El-Rufai, Lauretta Onochie, Pius Adesanmi, others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters,…

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YNaija Editorial: Lauretta Onochie is the worst kind of sycophant, the one that roils in her ignorance

One of the reasons President Buhari was voted into power, was that he promised to thin out the herd in the Nigerian executive, cutting off all the needless positions and…

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Bashing Transparency International is terrible for local research – here is why

“Transparency International is no longer transparent,” says Lauretta Onochie, a personal assistant to the Nigerian President Muhammdu Buhari, just because the organization’s globally renowned Corruption Perceptions Index for 2018 indicates…

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#YNaija2017Review: Chimamanda on Trans Women, Governor Yari on Meningitis, Daddy GO on social media… See the 10 worst quotes of the year

Somebody gag them, they need to shut it. Honestly Arranged from least cringeworthy to most cringeworthy. ‘’If you get your wife through Facebook, you will lose her on YouTube’’- Pastor…

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The Thread: “Femi Adesina belongs in a quarantine away from society” | TwitterNG reacts

Think of President Buhari's media team, think attack dogs, uncouth, divisive, ethnic. Their loyalty is to one person alone, woe betide his critics. It's an unnecessary strategy, and irksome, to…

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The Buhari-led administration is quite ‘responsible’ – Lauretta Onochie

The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie Saturday, described the present administration as a responsible government - considering it meets communities at their various point…

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[The Presidential Blog] Lauretta Onochie is mad again

According to Ayo Sogunro, "everything in Nigeria is going to kill you". Being conceived here, being born here, the State-inflicted ignorance, insecurity, Boko Haram, the dearth of dedicated governance and…

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Why is Lauretta Onochie trying to be the centre of attraction again?

by Alexander O. Onukwe The Our Mumu Don Do movement has taken up a third protest within the calendar months of 2017, if you add the first one in February…

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President Buhari receives Pastor Adeboye (PHOTO)

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday, received the General Overseer (Worldwide) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Eunuch Adeboye at the Abuja House in London. The announcement was made by…

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Opinion: Buhari’s 100 days in London- A show of shame

by Balogun Oluwalonimi Mayowa Fellow Nigerians, Today makes it exactly one hundred and two days that President Buhari has left his duty post (Nigeria) for a picture motion ground in…

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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 16th of August

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You should be crawling, apologising to Nigerians | Buhari’s aide tells Jonathan

Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie has said former President Goodluck Jonathan should be crawling and apologising to Nigeria for "plundering" the country. Onochie said…

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Reuben Abati: Buhari’s reunion with his media team

by Reuben Abati I was really excited on Saturday when I received news of the eventual visit of President Muhammadu Buhari’s media team to him in London. I had always…

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The Thread: “Baba! I can’t wait to see him in Aso Villa | TwitterNG reacts to Buhari’s new pics

President Buhari received another set of August visitors at his London home today. Abike Dabiri, Lai Mohammed, Garba Shehu, Femi Adesina and the presidential photographer, Bayo, held court with the…

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The YNaija Cover this evening – the 12th of August

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Today’s Noisemakers: P. Diddy, Donald Trump, and the Kenyans who will do anything to cast their votes

Every day, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are…

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Lauretta Diaries: What to expect when she writes her book on Buhari

by Alexander O. Onukwue In case you did not know, Lauretta Onochie actually came from the UK before working for the Buhari Support Organization from 2014. She is a lecturer,…

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Why does Buhari even need a social media assistant?

by Alexander O. Onukwue The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has just Mr Laolu Akande as the principal person in charge of his communications. President Buhari has at least four personnel…

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Dame Lauretta: Should we cry because we don’t come from the UK?

by Alexander o. Onukwue In her interview on Channels TV, Ms Lauretta Onochie let Nigerians know that they needed to learn how things are done in the UK where she…

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Isn’t it time Lauretta Onochie took the chill pill?

by Wareez Odunayo Many Nigerians have registered their displeasure on social media by slamming President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on social media, Lauretta Onochie over her comment regarding the health status…

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