Bayo Onanuga battles yet another media, By Abimbola Adelakun

When you finally read The Guardian editorial that drew the ire of presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, you cannot help but wonder at his overreaction. For a Presidency that forged its path to power through journalistic propaganda, these people are too jumpy when they encounter media reports they consider unflattering. Even before being sworn into power, Onanuga had […]

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Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media, Ajuri Ngelale resigns

In a statement issued on Saturday, Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, has resigned from his position with immediate effect. The statement further said he has also stepped down as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen. Ngelale […]

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You Can’t Bully Free Press, Silence Media, THISDAY/ARISE Editors Tell Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga (Video)

The Board of Editors of THISDAY/ARISE News yesterday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council’s (PCC) Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Bayo Onanuga and its Director, Strategic Communication, Mr. Dele Alake of attempting to silence independent media, cower as well as bully free press ahead of the 2023 general elections in what […]

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Why the media needs to be regulated; by citizens, not government, By Bolaji Abdullahi

Something happened in Nigeria in 1999 that, perhaps, not many people would remember. In October of that year, the then Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Ahmed Sani announced the adoption of Shari’a, the Muslim penal system, in his State, with effect from January 2000. Soon after, eleven other States in northern Nigeria followed suit. However, an […]

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Ex-president’s media aide, Reuben Abati interviews current media aide, Femi Adesina (Watch video)

A few days ago on the Arise News, morning show, Reuben Abati, the former Media Aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, interviewed, Femi Adesina, the current Media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari. During the interview Abati asked Femi Adesina how he’s finding the job and he said, “it depends on what motivated me in the first place to take the job. If I […]

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