Linda Ikeji at 6:13 PM Buhari appoints Tolu Ogunlesi as his SA on Digital/New Media

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Linda Ikeji at 6:13 PM Buhari appoints Tolu Ogunlesi as his SA on Digital/New Media

President Buhari has appointed Journalist and
Blogger, Tolu Ogunlesi, as his Special Assistant
on Digital and New Media. Senior Special
Assistant to President Buhari on Media and
Publicity, Shehu Garba, announced this in a
statement released this evening. Congrats Tolu.
See the statement below...



President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday
appointed Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi as his Special
Assistant on Digital/New Media. Ogunlesi,
who is a renowned blogger and
journalist, graduated from the University
of Ibadan in 2004, and obtained an MA in
Creative Writing from University of East
Anglia, UK, in 2011. Before his
appointment, Ogunlesi had worked as a
Features Editor and Editorial Board
member of NEXT Newspaper.



He also worked as a West Africa Editor
for The Africa Report magazine from
2014 to 2015. Ogunlesi is a two-time
winner of the CNN Multichoice African
Journalism Awards, and a 2015 New
Media Fellow of the U.S. State
Department's International Visitor
Leadership Programme (IVLP).

Ogunlesi
will be assisted by Bashir Ahmad, who is
a Personal Assistant to the President on
New Media.


Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the
President (Media & Publicity) 18th
February, 2016