Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina
Born	Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Citizenship	Nigeria
Education	Obafemi Awolowo University Lagos Business School
Alma mater	Obafemi Awolowo University
Occupation	Journalist
Relatives	O. C. Adesina (brother)

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]

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. "Buhari Swears in Lawal, Monguno, Adesina". THISDAY LIVE. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on September 1, 2015.
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. Nwabueze, Chinenye. "Femi Adesina biography, personal life, education, career – MassMediaNG". Retrieved 2020-10-14.
4. "Profile Of A Media Guru Femi Adesina" Archived 2022-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, 'newsdayonline', July 29, 2016
5. "Buhari Appoints Femi Adesina Special Adviser on Media and Publicity". Thisday. September 1, 2015. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015.
6. "Buhari Appoints Femi Adesina Special Adviser on Media and Publicity". Thisday. September 1, 2015. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015.
7. "Nigeria Guild of Editors elects new president to replace Femi Adesina". Premium Times. 1 September 2015.
8. "Buhari Swears in Lawal, Monguno, Adesina". THISDAY LIVE. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on September 1, 2015.
9. "On His Behalf". The Business Year. Archived from the original on 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
10. "Femi Adesina. Biography". Nigerian Biography. 10 November 2015.
11. Oguntola, Tunde (2022-10-03). "4 Journalists Make National Honours Awards List". Retrieved 2022-10-14.