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Profile Of President Tinubu’s Media Aides

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President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, appointed some media aides, months after his inauguration as the Nigerian leader.

Among the new appointees, according to the list seen by Naija News, are veteran journalist, Tunde Rahman, who has been designated as the Senior Special Adviser (Media); Abdulaziz Abdulaziz was named as the Senior Special Adviser (Print Media); O’tega Ogra was designated as the Senior Special Assistant (Digital/New Media); and Tope Ajayi was named as the Senior Special Assistant (Media & Public Affairs).

Profile of Tinubu’s media advisers

Abdulaziz Abdulaziz

Abdulaziz Abdulaziz is from Kano State. He worked with Leadership, Blueprint, Premium Times and lately, Daily Trust from where he was appointed into the media team of the APC/Tinubu Campaign Organisation.

He once served as a media aide to a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, who was recently named the national security adviser.

Tope Ajayi

Temitope Ajayi is a Public Relations expert and writer who worked on the Tinubu campaign in addition to having a long history of working at the Tinubu Media Office. He is also known to be affiliated with the Western Post newspaper owned by Tunde Rahman. He studied at the Lagos Business School and Obafemi Awolowo University.

O’tega Ogra

O’tega Ogra was until his appointment the head of corporate communication at the BUA Group. An alumnus of Babcock University, he is regarded as a high-flyer in the nation’s corporate communication sector.

Before arriving BUA in 2015, he worked at GTBank as corporate communications manager, Wema Bank as head, brand management and head, corporate communications and digital marketing unit

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