President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi as his special assistant on Digital/New Media.
Ogunlesi, a renowned blogger and journalist, graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2004.
He obtained a Master’s in Creative Writing from University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, in 2011.
Before his appointment, a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Ogunlesi worked as a Features editor and Editorial Board member of NEXT.
He also worked as a West Africa editor for The Africa Report in 2014 and 2015.
Ogunlesi is a two-time winner of the CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards, and a 2015 New Media Fellow of the United States 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.