Laolu Akande
Laolu Akande Dan jaridar Najeriya ne, edita, masani kuma malami. Shi ne mai magana da yawun Mataimakin Shugaban Najeriya a yanzu, Farfesa Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Kafin a bashi mukamin mai magana da yawun Mataimakin Shugaban kasa, Akande ya na bayar da rahoto ne ga kamfanin dillancin labarai na Empowered Newswire, wanda ke zaune a Amurka sannan kuma ya kasan ce tsohon Shugaban Ofishin Jakadancin Arewacin Amurka na The Guardian (Nijeriya) a birnin New York na Amurka.

Rayuwa 
Akande haifaffen garin Ibadan ne a jihar Oyo. Ya halarci makarantar Nursery da Primary ta Omolewa da Kwalejin Loyola, Ibadan. Ya kammala karatunsa na A-a Kwalejin Kimiyya da Kimiyya ta Jihar Oyo, Ile Ife. Ya kammala karatun digirin sa na farko a fannin tarihi a jami'ar Ibadan a shekarar 1990 sannan kuma ya yi digiri na biyu a fannin sadarwa da ilimin harshe a jami'ar a shekarar 1992.

Aiki 
Akande ya fara aikin Jarida ne tun a shekarar 1989 lokacin da ya shiga Jaridar Guardian a matsayin mai kawo rahoto, inda ya yi karatu a kan ilimi. Bayanin Akande game da yajin aikin ASUU na shekara ta 1992 ya fallasa rashin jituwa tsakanin Gwamnatin Tarayyar Najeriya karkashin jagorancin tsohon shugaban kasa, Janar Ibrahim Babangida, da kuma manyan malaman.

Akande ya kasan ce memba ne na kungiyar mujallar The News a shekara ta 1993 a matsayin Babban Marubuci, sannan kuma ya buga littafin Tempo, lokacin da gwamnatin soja ta lokacin ta hana jaridar The News saboda tsayin daka kan bin dimokiradiyya da rahoto.

Ya kasan ce tare da The News da Tempo har zuwa lokacin da ya shiga jaridar Nigerian Tribune a 1995 a matsayin Editan Ayyuka na Musamman sannan daga baya ya zama editan jaridar Tribune a ranar Asabar taken tsohuwar jarida a Najeriya, hakan ya sa ya zama editan jarida mafi karancin shekaru a lokacin. An tilasta shi hijira zuwa Amurka a cikin 1998 bayan labarin sa, "Wanene yake son Diya ya mutu?" aka buga; ba tare da sanin cewa a ranar wallafawa ba, gwamnatin Abacha za ta ayyana Oladipo Diya a matsayin wanda ya yi juyin mulki. Wannan ya kawo shi cikin adawa kai tsaye da gwamnatin soja ta marigayi Janar Sani Abacha kuma dole ne ya bar Nijeriya kimanin watanni 14 bayan haka.

Manazarta 
http://silverbirdtv.com/uncategorized/20778/buhari-names-deputy-chief-of-staff-media-aide-for-vice-president-osinbajo/ 

http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/6-things-you-should-know-about-osinbajos-spokesperson-laolu-akande/ 

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/185453-exclusive-buhari-to-appoint-u-s-based-journalist-laolu-akande-as-vp-osinbajos-spokesperson.html