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.

5938 articles published since 28 Feb 2023

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Full list: Five predictions on how the US and Israel’s war with Iran could end

World

3 months ago

Israel accidentally kills Israeli civilian after firing shells at wrong location

World

3 months ago

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

World

3 months ago

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

World

3 months ago

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

Politics

3 months ago

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

World

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

A viral Facebook post falsely claims Donald Trump’s convoy was attacked by Iranian operatives, causing a deadly crash. Verification shows no credible evidence.

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

3 months ago

Children of Iranian regime leaders were reported to have studied and worked at top United States universities, sparking criticism from dissidents.

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

Nigeria

3 months ago

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

3 months 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

World

3 months 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.

Exclusive

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

World

3 months ago

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

Exclusive

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

World

3 months 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

3 months 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

3 months 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.

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