News Express yesterday once more proved its mettle as an authoritative news source when President Muhammadu Buhari in the evening announced Mallam Garba Shehu as his media aide.

News Express had yesterday morning broken the story that President Buhari had quietly made the first set of appointments into his administration. The paper specifically reported Garba’s appointment.

Hours after our report, President Buhari announced Garba Shehu as his Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) and Femi Adesina, current President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), as Special Adviser (Media and Publicity).

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

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

•Photo shows Buhari