Basit Jamiu

Education: Bachelor's degree from Nasarawa State University (2023), Google Digital Skills from Google News Initiative (2024)

Experience: Staff Writer, Ikeja Bird (2022), Associate Editor, Prime Progress (2022), Staff Writer, politics and current affairs editor, Legit.ng (present)

Awards: Humangle Most-Read Feature Writer (2022), FIJ Best Stories of the Year (2022)

Basit Jamiu is an AFP-certified journalist. He is a current affairs and politics editor at Legit.ng. He holds a bachelor's degree from Nasarawa State University (2023). Basit previously worked as a staff writer at Ikeja Bird (2022), Associate Editor at Prime Progress (2022). He is a 2025 CRA Grantee, 2024 Open Climate Fellow (West Africa), 2023 MTN Media Fellow. Email: basitjamiu1st@gmail.com and basit.jamiu@corp.legit.ng.

6178 articles published since 28 Feb 2023

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Hong Wang and Yu Deng became the first Chinese mathematicians to win the Fields Medal, honored with peers as history was made in the United States.

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US strikes hit Iran for 13th night, killing 4 and injuring 5, as Trump threatened asset seizures and oil surged past $100 amid Hormuz shipping collapse.

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Florida pastor sues OpenAI after ChatGPT medical advice led to near-fatal blood clots

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Florida pastor sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT’s misleading medical advice left him hospitalized with a near-fatal embolism and lasting consequences.

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Vance Boelter sentenced to 2 life terms for killing Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman

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A federal judge sentenced Vance Boelter to two life terms plus 40 years for the 2025 killings of Melissa and Mark Hortman and the shootings of the Hoffmans.

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FAO and WFP identified Sudan, Gaza, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali as hunger hotspots where conflict, disasters, and collapse had driven millions to famine.

President Trump says US-Saudi nuclear deal hinges on Riyadh joining Abraham Accords

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Trump said the US-Saudi civil nuclear deal would proceed only if Riyadh joined the Abraham Accords, adding a major obstacle to the agreement’s approval.

6 UN secretary-general candidates to debate in general assembly hall on July 23

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Six UN secretary-general candidates met in New York for a town hall debate, facing questions from diplomats, staff, and civil society before Security Council voting.

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