President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Tolu Ogunlesi, a journalist, as his Special Assistant on New Media. Officials at the presidency told PREMIUM TIMES Mr. Ogunlesi has undergone security screening and his appointment is to be announced in the coming days. Mr. Ogunlesi is one of Nigeria’s most active Twitter users, and was clearly in favour of Mr. Buhari’s election in the 2015 general elections.

He will be the Buhari administration’s social media anchor, a role played by Reno Omokiri for former President Goodluck Jonathan. Mr. Ogunlesi describes himself as a poet, photographer, and fiction writer. Before his appointment, he was a freelance writer, contributing articles to various publications, mostly abroad. He also syndicated opinion articles in many Nigerian newspapers, including PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr. Ogunlesi, who trained as a pharmacist, worked as Features Editor for the defunct 234NEXT 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. He was also shortlisted for the inaugural PEN/Studzinski literary prize.

Mr. Ogulesi tweets via @toluogunlesi and has 143,000 followers.

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Congrats.

He looks calm from his pix.

We are still awaiting appointments from the east, all we have been seeing is North and West or there is no credible person in the East!

Until then

Congrats Bruh

ok na to him ( new SA media)

if u like turn to adsina n garba. and if u like no use ur head.

not who i thought he was

Haters go b lyk buhari don appoint aboki again.

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Reno's replacement!

By the way....does anyone know where dear old Reno is? We had lots of fun together back during the GEJ times...

This is cool I am a follower of his handle on twitter very intelligent young Nigerian

This is the type of change we want let the youth be integrated into the government.

Apart from the military officials, Buhari has only appointed News men, Garba Shehu, Adesina and Ogunlesi.
This government is going to rule through Twitter, this is why it was wrong to vote an illiterate.

Twitter may have won Buhari the presidency, twitter can't sustain his grip on power.

Chai!! The only post befitting of our Yoruba brothers is media spokesperson. This is an insult to the entire Yoruba tribe who were the brain behind the re-branding of a tyrant General Buhari.

I weep for Tinubu.

good for him

Front Page o...First time this week

i DEDICATE this to all UNIBEN students going home for Jihad break.....Abeg make una bring meat come on tuesday o....else na Ogun go visit una one by one...

hmm

For those that love saying thr*sh about Islam just because of likes on NL.
Check out the #Mecca_live video on snapchat and the hashtag
#Mecca_live on twitter for people's comment!!

But e no get comb

Congratulations mister ....hmmm...his smile tho

.[size=20pt]to all of una wey dey write rubbish on NL see ooo dey don appoint person for tweeter


Baba, I dey ur side ooo

Appoint me sef as personal adviser on social media NL to be precise...and I go get power pass Seun and his Mods...

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This guy look like a HACKER..... another wikileak

But this Dude should at least Comb his hair nau?

Great. Tolu is a great guy. I have had cause to interact with him. He's probably the most brilliant under-35 columnist in Nigeria, in my opinion.

Confession: I lobbied for this position. I talked to Femi Adesina, a senior friend on a first name level, that I won't mind handling their Social Media for them when I realised Garba Shehu and Femi were not so social media savvy. I still have records of our conversation.

I have a feeling a feeling my name was among the suggested names for this position, but Tolu will beat anybody. Tolu is a great guy that has the mien , temperament and knowledge to handle the job better. His level-headedness is another bonus. Tolu doesnt come across as someone that will play a Wendel Simlin. He has a name to protect as a CNN award winning journalist.

I wish him all the best. He is the best man for the job.

Some people won't be happy for this 'yoruba' man.

MosakuAW:

Congrats.

He looks calm from his pix.

We are still awaiting appointments from the east, all we have been seeing is North and West or there is no credible person in East!

Ask Ohaneze ndimumu who asked all ibos to vote for dullardeen.

Somebody should give Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi a comb to comb his hair, besides, comb isn't expensive

Na SA wr won chop??

realone2012:
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SPG4U:
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huangcheng:
Chai!! The only post befitting of our Yoruba brothers is media spokesperson. This is an insult to the entire Yoruba tribe who were the brain behind the re-branding of a tyrant General Buhari.
I weep for Tinubu.

Mogidi:
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aaamos:
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See them?

he looks funny