Buhari mourns with Kano Singa fire victims, appoints Ogunlesi SA New Media

President Muhammadu Buhari has conveyed his heartfelt commiserations to victims of the fire outbreak in the popular Singa Market, Kano.

Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), in a statement on Thursday, said President Buhari is deeply saddened by the destruction of very valuable goods and properties in the inferno.

The President shares in the pain and anguish of all hardworking Nigerians who lost their wares and belongings in the unfortunate fire incident, Adesina said.

He assures those who suffered losses from the fire incident that the Federal Government will do all within its power to support the efforts of the Kano State government to ameliorate their plight.

… appoints Tolu Ogunlesi as SA Digital/New Media

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday also appointed Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi as his Special Assistant on Digital/New Media.

Ogunlesi, who is a renowned blogger and journalist, graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2004, and obtained an MA in Creative Writing from University of East Anglia, UK, in 2011.

Before his appointment, Ogunlesi had worked as a Features Editor and Editorial Board member of NEXT Newspaper. He also worked as a West Africa Editor for The Africa Report magazine from 2014 to 2015.

Ogunlesi is a two-time winner of the CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards, and a 2015 New Media Fellow of the U.S. State 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.