Farooq Keprogi: This is why Garba Shehu is failing at his job

by Farooq Kperogi People who know that presidential spokesman Malam Garba Shehu was my undergraduate journalism teacher never fail to email, call, or text me each time his media interventions on behalf of the president ignite a PR storm—such as now. I guess it’s because I’ve stated many times here that he was my most... Read More

Opinion

Aso Rock rats, bad PR, Buhari's health, Farooq Kperogi, Garba Shehu, opinion, Presidential media aides, renovation

August 24, 2017

Dear Femi Adesina, no law says you must respond to everything

Dear Femi Adesina, We have come to the conclusion that you aren’t as terrible as one will be tempted to think. You are just a square peg trying to fit in the round whole – same as your colleagues in President Buhari’s media team. You all were tapped to serve as media advisers based on... Read More

Thinking Through

bad PR, Buhari, FEC meeting, Femi Adesina, wendell simlin

August 23, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Garba Shehu didn’t just start hurting the Presidency | here are 3 other instances

This rat story should not even have come as a surprise to anyone. Here on the Presidential Blog, we have often wondered about how Mr Garba Shehu came to be the spokesperson for Nigeria’s number one citizen. Scratch that, we have often wondered about how anyone on President Buhari’s media team, as presently constituted, came... Read More

The Presidential Blog

103 days, bad PR, Buhari, Garba Shehu, medical leave, rat infestation, rats