Tolu Ogunlesi
Tolu Ogunlesi has been appointed Special Assistant, New Media to President Buhari. He will be responsible for managing the President's social media. Mr. Ogunlesi holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm), University of Ibadan and a Masters (MA) in Creative Writing, University of East Anglia.
His employment history includes: Weekly columnist and Editorial Board member, NEXT Newspaper; Blogger, Huffington Post (UK); Freelance Journalist, Features Editor, NEXT Newspaper (Lagos, Nigeria), Public Relations (Corporate Communications) Officer, Visafone Communications Limited (Lagos, Nigeria) and Analyst, Resources Operating Group, Accenture (Lagos, Nigeria).
His selected publication history include: NEXT, CNN.com; guardian.co.uk; Africa Confidential, The Economist (Baobab Blog), Arise, The Guardian (Nigeria), Think Africa Press, 3 Quarks Daily, London Independent, Harvard Africa Policy Journal, Wasafiri, Farafina.
His Awards/Fellowships/Courses: CNN Awards, The Singing Word, Royal Opera House, London (writing for opera), Reporting on International Security and Terrorism (Reuters Seminar; London), CNN Multichoice African Journalism Prize (Arts & Culture), Cadbury Writing Fellowship, Centre for West African Studies, University of Birmingham, England and Guest Writing Fellowship, Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden.
Mr. Ogunlesi describes himself as a Journalist, Poet, Photographer and Fiction Writer.
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Good gig.
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