Reno Omokri

October 22, 2013

Reno Omokri: A parable of 2 trees, a forest and a storm

by Reno Omokri Where shall we shelter’ they said, ‘who will save us from the coming storm’? They ran to the tiny tree but it had little room and could not shelter everybody. Then they ran to the Iroko tree and it sheltered everybody under its branches. The Chinese have a greeting which goes... Read More

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October 10, 2013

Reno Omokri: President Jonathan has been the epitome of democracy

by Reno Omokri This would ordinary be something praise worthy, but of course to some, nothing the president does is ever good enough. Take for instance, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos. On the 18th of February 2012 Asiwaju had said “We want Sovereign National Conference. Nigerians who voted for the President have... Read More

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October 4, 2013

Reno Omokri: The real problem with Nigeria

by Reno Omokri That, my people, is the problem with Nigeria. President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership he offers to Nigeria is not our problem. As a matter of fact it is part of our solutions. Why do I say this? Because this is a man who has seen that even though we have made... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Pius Adesanmi: The parable of the shower head

by Pius Adesanmi Reno Omokri, the silly fellow in charge of Facebook and Twitter in Aso Rock, would even jump up and tweet silly photos of one or two roads tarred and exhort the people to gratitude. I never come again. I still dey faraway. Make you wait till I reach where I dey goooo…... Read More

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Opinion: Mr. President, worry about others who will also rot in hell

by Adekoya Boladale Every step the presidency has taken to eradicate these insurgents has continued to make mockery of the political and social institution of our country. Few days ago I woke up to a very disturbing news; one of the ‘usual’ that has characterized our social, political and economic lives. Forty two young promising school children... Read More

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Reno Omokri: President Jonathan inspires confidence, Buhari disappoints

by Reno Omokri My question to Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) is that is it just now that he has become aware that the terrorists “must have used incendiary bombs” to burn down buildings and police stations?…. When the military was accused (rather prematurely) of destroying the town of Baga in Borno State, the opposition... Read More

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Reno Omokri: The ACN should provide their own marking scheme or face the truth

by Reno Omokri Mr. Mohammed may also want to accuse the President of bribing the World Bank to release its statement released this month indicating that poverty has reduced in Nigeria from 64.2% to 62.6%. Having read the ACN and Mr. Lai Mohammed’s predictable statement stating that Nigerians need no marking scheme to score the... Read More

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Reno Omokri: President Jonathan is a study in under-promising and over-delivering

by Reno Omokri These successes have not been accidental. The Federal Government has taken a number of initiatives to get Nigerians working. As we approach the midterm period of the Jonathan administration, many young Nigerians have asked me through various fora but especially on Social Media why I support and project this administration’s Transformation Agenda... Read More

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Opinion: Abang Mercy’s conversation with Reno Omokri, and what he needs to tell the president

by Ronke Kosoko No matter how challenging, it is the responsibility of the government to communicate, communicate and communicate because change can’t be sustainable when the younger generation does not understand what the government is doing. Having read Abang Mercy’s conversation with presidential adviser, Reno Omokri in her ‘Conversations’ series, these are my observations. Reno... Read More

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February 23, 2013

What renovation? You can’t take any photos – Police College provost tells YNaija

by Isi Esene Following reports that work has started on the renovation of the Police College located in Ikeja, Lagos, YNaija visited the college to confirm its authenticity but our correspondent was not allowed to gain access to the premises. Reno Omokri, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media had gleefully announced... Read More

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February 19, 2013

Reno Omokri: Christiane Amanpour and our Stockholm Syndrome

by Reno Omokri Disagreeing with facts doesn’t turn them to lies. Facts remain unmoved by disbelief or cynicism… And the reason these men masquerading as activities are able to hoodwink many in the theater of Social Media is because they have clued on to the psyche of the Nigerian netizen which is that cynicism is... Read More

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January 20, 2013

GEJ deserves at least 12 more terms… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola When Nigerians called the president out on “the lie,” they defended their incompetence by claiming it was a “notorious fact” they got from a paper. Osun PDP Cries ‘Fowl’ IN Osun State, the PDP and ACN have been involved in a war of words. The state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, accused the PDP... Read More

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January 6, 2013

Opinion: The N60bn questions Reno Omokri and his principals must answer

by Kikiowo Ileowo The idea of importing phones from other countries is nothing short of exporting thousands of jobs and income to those economies, whereas, we could create those jobs here to add to our national GDP growth. In his controversial style of using social media, Reno Omokri- the Special Assistant to the President on... Read More

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December 4, 2012

Our ‘NEPA’ troubles are far from over: Reno Omokri confirms

by Isi Esene The special assistant to the president on new media, Reno Omokri, has used his twitter timeline to inform Nigerians that the power supply problem currently plaguing the country might persist a ‘little’ longer. He spoke about efforts being put in place by the government to improve the power situation but according to... Read More

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December 4, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Obasanjo, Jonathan and the failings of Nigerian mentors (YNaija FrontPage)

The mentor likely believes that by posturing as a perfect human being and avoiding honest conversation about his flaws, he maintains the mentee’s confidence in him as a guide. My big brother was B.I.G.’s brother So here’s a few words from ya kid brother If you admire somebody you should go ‘head tell ‘em People... Read More

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December 1, 2012

Reno’s Weekly Tweets: President Jonathan’s special assistant takes to Twitter to set the records straight (SCREENSHOT)

by Rachel Ogbu Last week, Nigeria received significant bad publicity in the media; from terrorism to fraud… nothing out of the ordinary, well until the country was placed in a report as number one as the worst place to be born in 2013. Reno Omokri, the special assistant to the president on New Media sent... Read More

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November 19, 2012

You’re a hypocrite: President Jonathan’s special assistant goes on the offensive against El Rufai on Twitter

by Akan Ido The social media cold-war between the special assistant to the president, Reno Omokri, and the former FCT minister, Nasir el-Rufai, is getting a little more intense as Omokri during the weekend took it to the next level. He fired a number of tweets specifically directed at El Rufai casting doubts on his... Read More

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October 2, 2012

The latest presidential gaffe: President Jonathan’s aides scramble to defend him over his Independence Day ‘lie’

by Stanley Azuakola President Goodluck Jonathan’s Independence day speech is being panned by the media over a claim he made which has now been confirmed as false. In his speech, the president attempted to buttress his point that the nation was doing well in fighting corruption by alluding to a ‘non-existent’ Transparency International (TI) report.... Read More

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“After President Obama, our President has the most presence online” – Full Text of #YNaijaTwitterInterview with Reno Omokri

Interview by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Reno Omokri is the Special Assistant to the Presidency on New Media. Sometimes a controversial figure, Omokri is consistent in his belief in the transformation agenda of the Jonathan administration. YNaija talks with him on his job, government and social media in democracy. In 2006 it was established that more youths are influenced... Read More

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