President Muhammadu Buhari today appointed Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi
as his Special Assistant on Digital/New Media.
The appointment was contained in a statement by the Special
Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.
Ogunlesi, who is a renowned blogger and journalist,
graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2004, and obtained a Masters’ degree
in Creative Writing from the 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 United States State
Department’s International Visitor Leadership Programme.
Adesina said Ogunlesi will be assisted by Bashir Ahmad, who
is a Personal Assistant to the President on New Media.
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