Toluse Olorunnipa

Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa (Toe-Loo Oh-lo-roon-NEE-pa) is a Nigerian-American journalist and political commentator.

He is the first reporter of native African and Nigerian descent to cover the White House.

[1] Of Yoruba heritage, Olorunnipa was named the White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post in July 2022.

[2] Olorunnipa earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and MSc from Stanford University.

[8] He has been featured as a panelist on Washington Week and Face the Nation, and frequently appears on CNN, MSNBC, CBS News, and C-SPAN as a political analyst.