President Muhammadu Buhari has named a former North American Bureau Chief of The Guardian, Laolu Akande, as a Senior Special Assistant to lead the media and communication unit in the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported.

People familiar with the president’s plan said that Mr. Akande’s appointment would be among several others to be announced Monday or Tuesday.

Mr. Akande would be deployed to work with Mr. Osinbajo, our sources said. He was in Nigeria in May to cover the inauguration ceremony for his media agency, Empowered Newswire. He returned to the U.S. shortly afterwards.

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