Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the first set of appointments into his administration.

The President on Sunday evening, named Mr Femi Adesina and Mal. Garba Shehu as his spokesmen.

Femi Adesina will serve as Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) while Garba Shehu will be the new Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity).

The President has also approved the appointment of Mal. Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure as the State Chief of Protocol (SCOP).

Mr Adesina is the current President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and serves as the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun newspapers.

Garba Shehu served as the Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council. He was the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors sixteen years ago.

Abdullahi Kazaure is a career Foreign Service official and currently serves in Aso Rock Villa as a Special Assistant (Presidential Matters).

The President of Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Femi Adesina attended University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), where he bagged a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

He started his journalism career in Vanguard Newspapers as features writer, from where he joined Concord Newspapers and rose to the position of Editor, National Concord.

Adesina joined The Sun, where he became the pioneer Editor of the Daily. He  rose to the following positions: Executive Director, Publications, Deputy Managing Director/Deputy Editor-in-Chief and later Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the company in December 2013.

Adesina was elected president of the NGE in 2013 and re-elected for second term last March.