Tag: Bayo Onanuga

AHEAD OF MIDTERM, EMERGING SIGNS FAVOURABLE FOR THE TINUBU ADMINISTRATION By Bayo Onanuga

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Although the Tinubu Administration’s midterm is five months away, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu can proudly reflect on his administration’s journey over the last 19 months. After initial turbulence, the government concluded 2024 stronger than 2023, as many policies began yielding significant results that even the most ardent detractors could not ignore.   Under President Tinubu’s leadership, NNPC Limited has fixed two of the four state-owned oil refineries, achieving what many had cynically regarded as improbable. The administration’s efforts have led to a rise in crude oil production, with an expected…

Tinubu restructures Media and Communications Team

Lukman Laleye Babalola

President Bola Tinubu has re-designated the positions of two recently appointed officials in the State House media and communications team to enhance efficiency within the government’s communication machinery.   The restructuring is as follows:   1. Mr. Sunday Dare – hitherto Special Adviser on Public Communication and National Orientation is now Special Adviser, Media and Public Communications.   2. Mr. Daniel Bwala – announced last week as Special Adviser, Media and Public Communication, is now Special Adviser Policy Communication.   These appointments, along with the existing role of Special Adviser,…

Bayo Onanuga In The Eyes Of A Mentee By Desmond Utomwen

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My first face-to-face meeting with Mr Bayo Onanuga was in 2005 in Lagos. He asked: “Who are you, how may I help you?” “I am Desmond, sir.” “Oh, the man from Abuja, you’re so young?” “Thank you, sir,” I responded as he waved me to a seat. I told him that I was asked to come to Lagos and he said yes, he was aware. “Information got to us that you were about to kill a story…” My eyes were as wide as saucers. I did not know what killing…

Onanuga seeks synergy among media outfits …….hosts Corporate Online Editors

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has called on media houses in Nigeria to synergize in order to enhance their news contents, reduce cost of operation as well as attract more revenue. Onanuga stated this on Friday in Abuja while playing host to a delegation of Association of Corporate Online Editors, ACOE, who paid him a courtesy visit.   He said, “The media space has changed very dramatically. There are so many spaces we didn’t know exist. Every journalist who works with…

THE FACTS ABOUT 2024 BUDGET

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Following the false claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government is operating two versions of the 2024 budget, we consider it appropriate to inform Nigerians that there is no truth whatsoever in the allegation.   Acting under the banner of Northern Senators’ Forum, Senator Ningi, falsely claimed in an interview he granted BBC Hausa Service, that the National Assembly debated and passed N25 Trillion as 2024 budget and not the N28.7 Trillion that is being implemented by the Federal Government.  …

Atiku Abubakar And His New Hobby, By Bayo Onanuga

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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has certainly found a new hobby to keep himself busy, having failed to achieve his lifelong ambition of becoming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is increasingly carving for himself the role of opposition-in-chief to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his government. However, we notice that the former Vice-President, just like in his political contests, is also doing a poor job of it, offering pedestrian and uninformed interventions on our economy and other matters of public concerns. Atiku’s latest diatribe was another uncharitable commentary…

Amanze Obi’s spiral of lies By Bayo Onanuga

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On Monday 11 December, I stumbled on the 6th, in the series of opinions about the last general election being peddled by Daily Sun columnist, Amanze Obi. I was shocked by the cocktail of lies and fallacies put forward by the writer, on why his candidate, Peter Obi lost the last presidential election and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu won. This spurred my frantic search for the 5th edition. It was more of the same, indeed dangerous as Amanze tried, albeit fruitlessly, to instigate Christians and their leaders against President Tinubu…

Tinubu appoints Bayo Onanuga as new Special Adviser

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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bayo Onanuga as his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy. This was contained in a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale on Friday. According to him, said Onanuga’s appointment was part of efforts to prioritize effective and efficient working synergy between the Presidency and Federal Ministries. He said “President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of professionals who have prior working experience within the architecture of the Federal Ministries they will be coordinating with, in addition to duties that will be carried out at…

FUEL AND NEW NAIRA NOTES SCARCITY: Fifth Columnists working in Cahoots with PDP

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Nigerians should no longer be in doubt about those working in cahoots with fifth columnists in the system to inflict avoidable pains on our hapless people for political end.   No sooner Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu empathised with the Nigerian people facing the dual crises of fuel and new Naira notes scarcity, than the opposition PDP and the Atiku camp issued a knee-jerk response, derailing from the issues, distorting Asiwaju’s statement and trying, in vain, to create a wedge between our presidential candidate and President Muhammadu Buhari.   When the…

Peter Obi’s policy document is vacuous and offers nothing new to Nigerians – APC PCC

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The APC Presidential Campaign Council has expressed its delight that the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi finally released the much-awaited policy document after many contradictory statements on same.   APC PCC said; “After perusing the document which is very high on graphics and demagogic rhetorics and short on substance, we have come to the conclusion that the document is empty and vacuous.   “The document which is titled ‘It is Possible: Our Pact with Nigerians’, offers nothing refreshing to Nigerians and comes across as total anti-climax.…