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Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina

Nigerian journalist

Femi Adesina OON is a Nigerian journalist who served as the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.[1]

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Education

Adesina attended Obafemi Awolowo University[2] Osun State and then he was at Lagos Business School.[3]

Career

Femi Adesina started his career in journalism as a writer for Radio Lagos, he then later joined Vanguard Newspapers.[4] Adesina wrote for Vanguard Newspapers and National Concord Newspapers before joining The Sun Newspaper, where he rose to editor-in-chief.[5] He also served a two-year term as president of the Nigerian board of Editors.[6] Although re-elected for a second term as Guild president,[6] Adesina stepped down after receiving his government appointment.[7] He also stepped down as editor-in-chief of The Sun.[6] Adesina was sworn in as special adviser on media and publicity to Buhari on August 31, 2015.[8][9]

Awards

He was named Editor of the Year for 2007 by the Nigeria Media Merit Awards.[6][10]

In October 2022, Adesina was conferred with a Nigerian national honour of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by president Muhammadu Buhari.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    "Buhari Swears in Lawal, Monguno, Adesina". THISDAY LIVE. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on September 1, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. [2]
    "OAU honours 60 former students at 60. Glad to be in the number – Femi Adesina". Global Patriot Newspapers. 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  3. [3]
    Nwabueze, Chinenye. "Femi Adesina biography, personal life, education, career – MassMediaNG". Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  4. [4]
    "Profile Of A Media Guru Femi Adesina" Archived 2022-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, 'newsdayonline', July 29, 2016
  5. [5]
    "Buhari Appoints Femi Adesina Special Adviser on Media and Publicity". Thisday. September 1, 2015. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. [6]
    "Buhari Appoints Femi Adesina Special Adviser on Media and Publicity". Thisday. September 1, 2015. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. [7]
    "Nigeria Guild of Editors elects new president to replace Femi Adesina". Premium Times. 1 September 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Buhari Swears in Lawal, Monguno, Adesina". THISDAY LIVE. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on September 1, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. [9]
    "On His Behalf". The Business Year. Archived from the original on 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  10. [10]
    "Femi Adesina. Biography". Nigerian Biography. 10 November 2015.
  11. [11]
    Oguntola, Tunde (2022-10-03). "4 Journalists Make National Honours Awards List". Retrieved 2022-10-14.


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