Buhari Appoints Tolu Ogunlesi as SA on New Media

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZ0O0R5WJiGM4RrqN3MMzDRRnwIInt2yqntjTkrMxRZWLQ4G7MkLlNeyxhMOtc7D-P_A8CUpersILTV9n_twy1rxCT8G2p1N7hVkCO3pAPKhWmOFJ-WZBm26dC_A3jSwlMIT8tFsXTsmY/s1600/Tolu+Ogunlesi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZ0O0R5WJiGM4RrqN3MMzDRRnwIInt2yqntjTkrMxRZWLQ4G7MkLlNeyxhMOtc7D-P_A8CUpersILTV9n_twy1rxCT8G2p1N7hVkCO3pAPKhWmOFJ-WZBm26dC_A3jSwlMIT8tFsXTsmY/s1600/Tolu+Ogunlesi.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>LAGOS, NIGERIA - President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed journalist Tolu Ogunlesi as his Special Assistant on New Media.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Ogunlesi has gone through security screening and his appointment will reportedly be announced in the coming days. He is known as one of Nigeria's most active Twitter users, and was highly critical of the past administration going into the 2015 general elections.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to <b><a href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/186789-buhari-to-name-journalist-tolu-ogunlesi-sa-new-media.html">Premium Times</a></b>, Mr. Ogunlesi will manage the Buhari administration's social media activity, a role played by Reno Omokiri for the former administration under Goodluck Jonathan.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Before this appointment, Mr. Ogunlesi was a freelance writer, contributing articles to various publications, most of them abroad. He also wrote opinion articles in many Nigerian newspapers, including <i>SaharaReporters</i> and <i>Premium Times</i>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Ogunlesi was originally trained as a pharmacist and worked as Features Editor for the defunct <i>234NEXT </i>newspapers. In 2009 he was awarded the Arts and Culture prize in the annual CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards. He won the CNN award again in 2013 in another category.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Ogunlesi tweets via <a href="https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi">@toluogunlesi</a> and has over 144,000 followers.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? E-mail: <a href="mailto:TNN.ng1@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b>TNN.ng1@gmail.com</b></a></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><i><span style="color: blue;">Follow us on <b><a href="https://twitter.com/TNN_ng">Twitter</a></b> , <b><a href="http://facebook.com/TheBluebloodGroup">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109876989019615433095/posts">Google+</a></b></span></i></i></div> <i> </i> <br /> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: '';"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE  </span>=============================================================</b></div> </div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><u>DUBAI VISAS IN 7-DAYS</u></span></b><br /> <b>Do you need Single-Entry or Multiple-Entry Visas to the UAE (Dubai Visas) for 14-Days (Single-Entry Only), 30-Days or 90-Days? Processing within 7-working days! We guarantee you affordable prices. Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> at <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>*********************************************************************</b><br /> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue;">YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT </span><span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span><span style="color: blue;"> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</span></b></div>

Buhari Appoints Tolu Ogunlesi as SA on New Media

LAGOS, NIGERIA - President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed journalist Tolu Ogunlesi as his Special Assistant on New Media. Mr. Ogunl...

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