Deletion of Reno Omokri

Comment: as there's no |verifiable and |reliable |independent |third party |sources with |significant coverage
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:RS||WP:IS||WP:CITE||WP:SIGCOV||WP:third party)

Comment: FYI, I don't have the time, nor the desire to debate this with you ad nauseum.  I have provided my reasons and thoughts, and my arguments for the closing admin.  To recap, the refs provided do not establish |notability by using |reliable, |verifiable, and |independent sources.  Some of the articles used as references are written by the subject of the article.  Most of the references mention the subject in passing, a trivial mention, and not the in-depth coverage required
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NN||WP:RS||WP:V||WP:IS)

Comment: the last refs added have the same problem.  Trivial mention in ThisDay - both articles, I don't understand how you can claim it "featured" Omokri when one of the articles mention him exactly one time.  ThinkAfrica is self-published and not reliable (and it doesn't matter if it is an OpEd, it is still ).  SaharaReporters is not a reliable source, publishing the work of registered users without apparent editorial oversight.  The rest of the claims are nice, but not supported by sources.  There is even the point that the company that he works for as a "VP (Africa)" doesn't even list him on their website
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:SPS)

Comment: unfortunately, all the refs added are not |reliable sources.  They are either |self-published by Omokri or social media or both.  None does anything to establish |notablity
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:SPS||WP:NN)

Comment: Again, untrue, the mentions in Thisday are not trivial (and I urge others to read it). They listed him as an expert on his subject. Also, his OpEd pieces were published on the back page of  Thisday, a privilege granted to only people of prominence including the current British PM and Nigeria's President. I referenced a news report from the Punch newspapers which shows that he speaks for the Nigerian President. His views are reported as the President's views. The report also shows that he engages in research on behalf of the Nigerian President. I dont know where you got the information that saharareporters is not credible when the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, lists Penguin Award Winner, Prof. Pius Adesanmi's articles on saharareporters on his profile. If Carleton University considers it credible why shouldn't we? And on the piece criticizing him for his name not being on Trippi's website, he provided a state of Maryland notarized document from Trippi http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/guest-articles/response-to-kennedy-emetulu.html in a piece he did as a rebuttal to the saharareporters story. But it's funny that you refuse to give saharareporters credit for reliable stories yet they are reliable enough to cite their criticism of his standing at Trippi. By the way, why do you keep saying Think Africa Press is self-published? What does that term, Self-Published, mean to you? They are not ).  They are a bona fide news media. They have an editorial board, an editor-in-chief, other writers and have interviewed prominent serving and ex-government officials all around Africa and other personalities including the http://thinkafricapress.com/article/exclusive-zambian-president-ready-eurobond-“we-hope-do-it-september” President of Zambia and pop stars. They have http://thinkafricapress.com/staff international correspondents all around Africa; Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe to mention a few. And they are domiciled in the UK, so again how do you mean self-published
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:SPS)

Comment: The subject of the article has received significant coverage in reliable sources. These sources refer to him as ''"Special Adviser to the President on New Media"''.{{cite news|url=http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/seven-days-and-seven-nights|title=Seven days and seven nights|last=Egbejule|first=Eromo|date=8 January 2012|work=Daily Times of Nigeria|Daily Times|accessdate=8 September 2012|location=Lagos, Nigeria}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=93632%3Aimage-making-between-media-advisers-and-pr-consultants-for-public-sector&Itemid=719|title=Image Making: Between Media Advisers And PR Consultants For Public Sector|last=Ntia|first=Usukuma|date=28 July 2012|work=The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian|accessdate=8 September 2012|location=Lagos, Nigeria}}{{cite news|url=http://www.compassnewspaper.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3331:between-terrorism-and-corruption-2&catid=87:opinion-a-letters|title=Between terrorism and corruption (2)|last=El-Rufai|first=Nasir Ahmad|date=15 May 2012|work=Nigerian Compass|accessdate=8 September 2012|location=Ogun State, Nigeria}}{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/05/obasanjo-vs-national-assembly-ali-baba-and-the-40-thieves/|title=Obasanjo vs National Assembly: Ali Baba and the 40 thieves|last=Kawu|first=Is'haq Modibbo|date=31 May 2012|work=Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard|accessdate=8 September 2012|location=Lagos, Nigeria}}{{cite news|url=http://sundaytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10097:few-highs-many-lows-as-gej-marks-two-years-in-office&catid=32:sunday-politics&Itemid=31|title=Few highs, many lows as GEJ marks two years in office|last=Lere|first=Ismaila|date=6 May 2012|work=Media Trust|Sunday Trust|accessdate=8 September 2012|location=Abuja, Nigeria}} In 2011, the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan set up several new assistant offices and appointed 24 new advisors, including Reno Omokri.{{cite news|url=http://www.osundefender.org/?p=25261|title=Unnecessary Appointments Made By President Goodluck Jonathan|date=17 January 2012|work=Osun Defender|accessdate=8 September 2012|location=Osun State, Nigeria}} Major List of newspapers in Nigeria|Nigerian Daily Newspapers, both in print and in their online versions, have mentioned and featured Omokri as the new special adviser to the Nigerian President. Furthermore, Omokri has received coverage in his association with http://www.trippiandassociates.com/ Trippi & Associates{{cite news|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/response-to-facebook-page-thrills-jonathan/84265|title=Response to Facebook Page Thrills Jonathan|last=Imam|first=Imam|date=3 Jul 2010|work=Thisday|This Day|accessdate=8 September 2012|location=Lagos, Nigeria}} and as the founder of the project "Build up Nigeria". Thusly, Omokri has fullfilled Point #1 of  (holding a national/statewide/provincewide office), ,  and . Even though the depth of coverage is not really substantial, yet the combination of these multiple independent sources have demonstrated notability (Point #1 of 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:GNG||WP:RS||WP:BASIC||WP:BASIC)