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.

5703 articles published since 28 Feb 2023

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Jehovah’s Witnesses ease blood transfusion policy, allow storage and use of own blood after 75 years

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Old photo of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as 17-year-old surfaces

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Fact check: Has president Tinubu pledged his support for any country in US-Israel joint war on Iran?

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a month ago

Iran mentions 4 things that will happen if US strikes its power plants

World

a month ago

Fact Check: Was Donald Trump’s convoy attacked by Iranian operatives, leading to deaths?

a month ago

Full List: Things to know about 6 children of Iranian leaders currently working in US universities

a month ago

Fact check: Did Israel’s parliament support Biafra and Nnamdi Kanu’s release? Details emerge

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Israel’s parliament was falsely linked to Biafra in a viral Facebook claim. No evidence showed 70 lawmakers backed Nnamdi Kanu’s release. The claim was proven false.

Israel closes schools, bans gathering after suffering heavy loss from Iran's bombardment

World

a month ago

Israel declared emergency as Iran fired missiles in retaliation for a U.S.-Israeli strike; schools shut, hospitals moved underground, airspace closed.

Did Israel appoint an interim prime minister to replace Netanyahu? Fact emerges

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a month ago

A viral post falsely claimed Donald Trump’s convoy was attacked by Iranian operatives, but fact-checks showed no evidence and images were manipulated.

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Israel running critically low on interceptors as war on Iran enters Day 16

World

a month ago

Israel faced a critical shortage of missile interceptors as the Iran war reached Day 16, while the IRGC threatened Netanyahu amid rising tensions.

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Trump finally mentions when war against Iran will end as death toll mounts, video emerges

World

a month ago

Donald Trump said the Iran war ended when he felt it was right, declaring victory after U.S. and Israeli strikes and insisting the conflict was over.

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Protest erupts in Israel as war in Middle East disrupts lives, video emerges

World

a month ago

Protest has begun in Tel Aviv as Israel–Iran war entered its third week while missiles, oil hub strikes and protests in Middle East have been disrupted.

Families of US military men killed in Iran war break silence after Names, photos were released

World

a month ago

Families of six US Air Force airmen killed in a KC‑135 crash in Iraq shared tributes after the Pentagon released their names and photos, honouring their sacrifice.

Canada lists 10 everyday items that can be confiscated at the border

World

a month ago

Canada listed 10 everyday items that were confiscated at the border to protect ecosystems, urging travellers to declare food, plants and animals.

Chinese seer predicts how US-Iran war will end after two of his prediction came true

World

a month ago

Professor Xueqin Jiang, dubbed China’s Nostradamus, had predicted Trump’s 2024 win, a US-Iran war, and warned America would face defeat in the conflict.

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