Bayo Onanuga

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Bayo Onanuga
Born (1957-06-20) 20 June 1957 (age 66)
Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria
Education
OccupationJournalist
Known forFounding Independent Communication Nigeria Limited
OfficeManaging Director News Agency of Nigeria
Term2016-2019
SpouseToyin Machado-Onanuga

Bayo Onanuga (born 20 June 1957) is a Nigerian journalist. He was appointed as the special adviser on information and strategy on the 13th of October 2023 by president Tinubu till today. He co-founded TheNews Magazine and was appointed managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2016. Preceding that, he was the CEO and editor-in-chief of PM News and TheNEWS magazine. [1] [2] [3]

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Background

Onanuga was born to the family of Anikilaya Ruling House in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. He started his education at Moslem Primary School, Ijebu-Ode, 1962–1969. He then went to Muslim College Ijebu Ode and finished in 1974 with a Grade One.

After briefly working for a year, he went to Federal Government College, Odogbolu for his A-Level, between 1975 and 1977.

He was admitted to the University of Lagos in September 1977 to study Mass Communication. He graduated in 1980 with a second class upper. [4]

Onanuga worked for Practions Partners in early 1982 and joined Ogun State Television as a pioneer staff in June 1982.

In July 1983, he moved to The Guardian in Lagos as a sub editor and left just 17 months after to start Weekly Titbits.

When the effort failed, Onanuga joined the National Concord in January 1985 as senior features writer. His service was later transferred to the African Concord magazine. Onanuga in 1989 was the international editor of the magazine, based in London. Later that year, he was appointed the editor.

But in April 1992, Onanuga resigned from Concord after he declined to apologise to the military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, over a cover story: Has Babangida Given Up? The story triggered the closure of the Concord Group by the junta.

Onanuga, together with Seye Kehinde, owner of City People Magazine, Dapo Olorunyomi publisher of Premium Times, Sani Kabir, who later became Sarki of Hausawa in Ebute Meta, Idowu Obasa, who served as chairman in Onigbongbo local government in Ikeja, Babafemi Ojudu senator in Ekiti and Kunle Ajibade teamed up to set up TheNews Magazine in February 1993.

After TheNEWS was shut down by the military government, the group floated TEMPO magazine and later P.M.NEWS in 1994. [5]

Political career

In 2014, Onanuga declared his interest to contest for senatorial position in Ogun east district in the 2015 general election under the platform of All Progressives Congress, (APC). [6] During the military era of Sani Abacha he was held captive by State Security Service in Lagos for some time but later escaped and left the country and returned in 1998 after the death of Abacha. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Martins, Ameh (2017-09-15). "ONANUGA, Bayo". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  2. ↑ "Bayo Onanuga: The end of the print media is near -". The NEWS. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. ↑ "My Profile". www.immeublesnoka.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  4. ↑ AruakGevcN. "BAYO ONANUGA – UMCAA" . Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  5. ↑ "About Us - P.M. News". www.pmnewsnigeria.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  6. ↑ "Respected journalist, Bayo Onanuga, declares interest in Ogun senatorial seat - Premium Times Nigeria". 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  7. ↑ Awala, Verity (2016-05-25). "Buhari Names Bayo Onanuga as NAN MD; 10 Facts About Him". Information Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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