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The Federal Government has appointed Bayo Onanuga, editor-in-chief of TheNEWS, as the managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) .
Segun Adeyemi, special adviser to Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
The statement also said new chief executives have been appointed to replace those who were disengaged in some parastatals on February 15.
The new executives are: Ishaq Modibo Kawu, director-general, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mansur Liman, director-general, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Yakubu Mohammed, director-general, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).