Basit Jamiu

Education: Bachelor's degree from Ekiti State University (2018), Google Digital Skills from Google News Initiative (2024)

Experience: Staff Writer, Ikeja Bird (2022), Associate Editor, Prime Progress (2022), Staff Writer, The Movee (2018), politics and current affairs editor, Legit.ng (present)

Awards: Ynaija New Recipient Award (2018), Top Editors from Africa, The Witsprouts (2020), Humangle Best Feature Writer (2022), FIJ Best Writer of the Year (2022)

Basit Jamiu is a journalist with more than five years of experience. He is a current affairs and politics editor at Legit.ng. He holds a bachelor's degree from Ekiti State University (2018). Basit previously worked as a staff writer at Ikeja Bird (2022), Associate Editor at Prime Progress (2022), and Staff Writer at The Movee (2018). He is a 2024 Open Climate Fellow (West Africa), 2023 MTN Media Fellow, OCRP Fellow at ICIR, and Accountability Fellow at CJID. Email: basit.jamiu@corp.legit.ng.

4067 articles published since 28 Feb 2023

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Nigerian caught with $578,000 at airport gets 6 months Imprisonment

Nigerian caught with $578,000 at airport gets 6 months Imprisonment

Nigeria

2 months ago

Nursing graduate shares struggle with admission as she bags first class

Nursing graduate shares struggle with admission as she bags first class

Education

2 months ago

Nigerian provides detailed guidance on crescent sighting for 2025 with coloured maps

Nigerian provides detailed guidance on crescent sighting for 2025 with...

Nigeria

2 months ago

Pope Francis between life and death during his 38-day hospitalisation, doctor speaks: "Almost gave up"

Pope Francis between life and death during his 38-day hospitalisation, doctor...

Europe

2 months ago

Senator Natasha, Ningi, Ali Ndume: 4 major dramas under Godswill Akpabio’s 10th Senate

Senator Natasha, Ningi, Ali Ndume: 4 major dramas under Godswill Akpabio’s...

Politics

2 months ago

Video trends as Delta nursing students allegedly reject first lady Oluremi Tinubu as 'our mother'

Video trends as Delta nursing students allegedly reject first lady Oluremi...

Nigeria

2 months ago

Eid 2025: Is Eid-ul-Fitr March 30 or March 31? Muslims await verdict from experts

Eid 2025: Is Eid-ul-Fitr March 30 or March 31? Muslims await verdict from experts

World

2 months ago

Discover the significance of Eid-ul-Fitr 2025, a festival of unity and gratitude, with its date hinging on the sighting of crescent moon upon which Muslims await.

After plane crash killed 12, survivor shares seat that saved her life

After plane crash killed 12, survivor shares seat that saved her life

Europe

2 months ago

Survivor Liliana Estrada recounts her incredible escape from the Lahnsa Airlines plane crash in Honduras that claimed 12, shedding light on aviation safety concerns.

Nigerian man in Canada faces life sentence for unprovoked killing of homeless man

Nigerian man in Canada faces life sentence for unprovoked killing of homeless man

Europe

2 months ago

A Nigerian man, Adimabua Chukwuka, was charged with first-degree murder for the unprovoked killing of 60-year-old Mario Ferreira in Toronto, Canada.

19 dead and ancient Buddhist temple destroyed in South Korea’s worst wildfires in recent years

19 dead and ancient Buddhist temple destroyed in South Korea’s worst wildfires in recent years

Asia

2 months ago

South Korea battles wildfires that have claimed 19 lives, injured many, and razed the centuries-old Gounsa temple. Efforts to contain the fires are ongoing.

Ramadan 2025: 7 sunnah practices to observe on Eid-el-Fitr day

Ramadan 2025: 7 sunnah practices to observe on Eid-el-Fitr day

Nigeria

2 months ago

Discover 7 Sunnah practices to observe on Eid-el-Fitr, including reciting Takbir, attending prayer in congregation, and exchanging greetings among Muslims.

Thunderstorm ignited fire, razing primary school and destroying five classroom blocks

Thunderstorm ignited fire, razing primary school and destroying five classroom blocks

Nigeria

2 months ago

Thunderstorm ignited fire that destroyed five classroom blocks at Saint Peter’s Primary School in Ekiti State, leaving pupils displaced. Governor pledged to rebuild.

5 Osun state university students die in road accident

5 Osun state university students die in road accident

Nigeria

2 months ago

Five Osun State University students lost their lives in a tragic head-on collision on the Ikire-Ibadan express road. The university confirmed the fatalities.

Trump administration accidentally adds journalist to secret group chat for war plans

Trump administration accidentally adds journalist to secret group chat for war plans

US

2 months ago

Trump administration accidentally added journalist to a secret Signal group chat discussing Yemen military operations. This breach has raised concerns.

Rwanda planning to attack Burundi, President breaks silence

Rwanda planning to attack Burundi, President breaks silence

Africa

2 months ago

Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye accused Rwanda of planning an attack and supporting rebel groups to destabilise his country, he called for peace.

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