Tolu Ogunlesi, MON
Comms, Speechwriting, Poetry, History | Ex-@NigeriaGov | Fellowships: @harvardWCFIA @french_african @RockefellerFdn @NordicAfrica | Judge: @hodlerprize
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Been searching for National Anthem related stuff. And found this: Competition Announcement for a National Anthem for Nigeria, published in FEDERAL NIGERIA Magazine, January 1959 ed...
I want to tell the story of how this State House / Presidential Villa logo came to be. You may have seen it on some publicity materials (State House Press Briefing banner from prev...
Lots of misconceptions about Sea Ports in Nigeria. Sea Ports in Nigeria can only exist in States on the Atlantic coastline, i.e. Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ib...
Gen Oladipo Diya died today. As Military Administrator of Ogun State (his home State) almost 40 years, he tried to bring some sanity to the over-the-top Owambeism of his people. Am...
JUST IN: President @MBuhari has signed 16 Constitution Amendment Bills into Law. By this signing, State Houses of Assembly & Judiciaries now have constitutionally-guaranteed financ...
Politicians like PO and DM have figured out that if you go on TV/radio in Nigeria, you can basically pluck numbers/‘facts’ from the air and get away with it. You can make stuff up...
In 2018, @oduainvestments, historically owned by Ogun/Oyo/Ondo/Osun/Ekiti States, took the decision to admit Lagos as a shareholder. Today, Group Chairman of the conglomerate, Otun...
Nigeria’s @ndlea_nigeria last week busted a Meth Lab in Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lagos, seizing 258kg of crystal meth and other chemicals. Lab producing 50kg of Meth weekly. Lab...
19 Black students who matriculated at Cambridge Uni’s Clare College between 1916 and 1973: More than 10 of them are Nigerian. I’ve been Googling some of the names to see what they...
FEC is over. Press briefing time. #FECbrief
In Dec 2018, @aneejnigeria, working with a network of 6 CSOs (one in each of Nigeria’s geopolitical zones), carried out a monitoring/review of the Aug/Sept 2018 Cash Transfers done...