The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has called on legal regulatory bodies in Nigeria to sanction one of the lawyers representing the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, for participating in the ongoing #FreeNnamdiKanu protest in Abuja. Onanuga made the call in a post on his…
Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has disclosed a private WhatsApp exchange with presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, who urged him to delete a social media post describing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a “criminal.” The former presidential candidate in the 2019 and 2023 elections disclosed this on Tuesday through his social media accounts. Sowore said Onanuga…
Presidential adviser Bayo Onanuga has accused former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, alongside a number of politicians, of allegedly working to unseat President Bola Tinubu. Onanuga, in a statement shared on X on Monday, described the move as ironic, recalling that El-Rufai himself once acknowledged that four years was too short a period for…
The Presidency has condemned the consistent negative coverage of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration by a national daily newspaper, Daily Trust, accusing it of lacing its reports on the administration with malicious fictions just to paint the government in bad light and incite ethnic discontent. In a posted on his verified X handle, @aonanuga1956, on…
Bayo Onanuga, the presidential spokesperson, has criticised opposition figures following the African Democratic Congress’ (ADC) poor performance in the recently concluded by-elections. Onanuga, in a post on his X page on Monday, posted a photo of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and former Kaduna State…
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has alleged that some persons are after President Bola Tinubu because he is from the South. In an interview with Trust Radio, Onanuga dismissed the claim of marginalisation as “politically motivated lies”. Onanuga said it is incorrect to say that the North has been…
The President Bola Tinubu-led government has urged the UK government to send Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch back to Nigeria for proper education on citizenship, berating the Tory leader as a liar and a lost daughter of the country. Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson for the Tinubu-led government, made this statement in response to Mrs Badenoch’s claim…
The Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Mr Bayo Onanuga, says Nigerians will soon experience a reduction in the cost of living as the effects of the administration’s economic reforms start to materialise. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, Onanuga stated that the positive effects of President Tinubu’s policies…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that The Presidency has urged Nigerians to ignore alarmists over threat to democracy in the country. In a press release by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the President said democracy is strong and alive in the country. Onanuga told Nigerians to ignore alarmists who are only…