Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has strengthened his media office with the injection of two new aides.
Season editor and columnists, Mallam Mahmud Jega is Special Adviser, Public Affairs; while and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz is Special Assistant on Media and Publicity.
For about 15 yeras, Jega served in various capacities at Daily Trust newspapers, including being Managing Editor, Editor, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of the Editorial Board. He resigned as Editorial Board chairman in 2021 to pay attention to Dateline, an online newspaper established by former Daily Trust editors.
He was an in-house analyst for Arise TV and ran a weekly column for THISDAY newspapers.
Abdulaziz, an award-winning journalist and social media influencer, was until the appointment Deputy General Editor of Daily Trust Newspapers.
He also anchored a morning show for the Trust TV, an arm of the Media Trust Group.
A statement at the weekend by the Tinubu Media Office, signed by Mr Tunde Rahman, stated that the two appointees would deploy their expertise and deep understanding of political issues across the country particularly the North in shoring up the activities of the media team.
Following his stint as a lecturer in Biological Sciences at his alma mater, the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, Jega has practiced journalism non-stop for more than three decades.
Jega was also Editor, New Nigerian newspapers; Editor of The Sentinel magazine, Kaduna; and Assistant Editor, Citizen magazine.
Abdulaziz has experience spanning print, online, broadcast and social media. He had worked as Correspondent, Bureau Chief and Regional Editor for the LEADERSHIP newspapers, before he joined Blueprint newspapers. which he left in 2017 as Deputy Editor.
Before joining Daily Trust at the beginning of 2021, Abdulaziz also worked with the frontline online newspaper, PREMIUM TIMES, as Associate Editor.
