A former presidential spokesperson, Mr. Femi Adesina; and the Executive Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Mr Lanre Arogundade; and a host of other distinguished personalities across Nigeria and the Diaspora will be sharing their views at a discourse session on “The Impact of Globalisation on African Value System: Issues, Gaps and Perspectives” at the 50th birthday celebration and …

Former spokesman to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has disclosed that his past principal didn’t remove fuel subsidy because he was a friend of the poor. Adesina disclosed that Buhari was concerned about the implications of fuel subsidy removal on the “ordinary” Nigerians. The former presidential spokesman made this known in a tribute to celebrate Buhari’s 82nd birthday. The tribute …

Former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Femi Adesina said that stress from a long foreign trip with his principal led to him almost collapsing during a presentation at the headquarters of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abuja. Adesina said the incident happened after flying 17 hours from Seoul, the Republic of …

I knew Femi Adesina when he was “Daddy Tobi”. He still is, of course. But back in the day when we were neighbours in Olowora Inside, a Lagos suburb, when you could call to a neighbour from your frontage, often by using the name of their first child, that was how we called Femi: Daddy Tobi. I have heard people …

Former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has described the book by former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Femi Adesina, as “very wise and proactive”, as it gives the “the most reliable account’ of his experiences at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Osinbajo made the comment in Lagos over the weekend when Adesina …

The Special Adviser on Media to ex-president, Mohammadu Buhari, Mr. Femi Adesina has said his principal actually felt some things the administration did, could have been done better. Adesina spoke in Osogbo on Wednesday at a programme tagged Media Dialogue with Femi Adesina organised by the Association of Veteran Journalists in Osun State. The ex-presidential spokesperson said before Buhari left …

“What kind of landing is this”? That was President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2015 as the presidential jet made a difficult landing in Malta, which hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that year. The President and his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina; and the others in the aircraft were rattled by what was later explained to …

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina has said it is not the responsibility of government to create jobs for its citizens. On the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in the last eight years, Adesina said on Arise News TV programme, The Morning Show on Tuesday morning said that all that government …

All things are now ready. Last week, I wrote about the cleaning and clearing of my office in State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The job is now done, and as a bride waits for her groom, the office now expects its next occupant, the Adviser on Media to the incoming President. That event is now about 38 days away. William …

There’s a saying in Yoruba language that the horse does not spurn the final gallop home. True. Home is that place you go to rest, after the labour and toil of the day. It is that place you find succor and respite, after the vagaries and vicissitudes that go with your daily exertions. No wonder they say, home, sweet home. …