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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Top Nigerian senator dies in India at 52, key details emerge

Politics

4 months ago

Prophet Roja drops death prophecy ahead of 2026, describes how it will happen

Nigeria

4 months ago

Analysis: Road accident across Nigeria in 2025, major cause of many crashes uncovered

Nigeria

4 months ago

Anthony Joshua’s seat in car released after surviving fatal collision that killed two

Nigeria

4 months ago

Is Anthony Joshua a Muslim? Facts emerge as photo of popular boxer praying in mosque resurfaces

Nigeria

4 months ago

INEC announces new job vacancies for upcoming election, mentions how to apply

Politics

4 months ago

Tears as motor accident claims lives of 18 people ahead of new year

Nigeria

4 months ago

Eighteen people died and two were critically injured in a multiple-vehicle crash on Dutse–Kiyawa Road, Jigawa State, as police confirmed investigation.

SGF Akume’s first wife breaks silence after husband’s marriage to Queen Zaynab

Nigeria

4 months ago

Mrs Regina Akume urged her husband, SGF George Akume, to return to Christianity after his wedding to Queen Zaynab sparked mixed reactions online.

Things to know about first wife Regina Akume following SGF’s marriage to Queen Zaynab

Nigeria

4 months ago

Regina Akume, born May 15, 1955, rose from Benue’s First Lady to a lawmaker in 2023, leading committees while shaping women and youth empowerment.

US airstrike: Amotekun arrests 39 suspects from Sokoto hiding in South-West forest

Nigeria

4 months ago

Amotekun Corps arrested 39 suspects who fled Sokoto after a US-backed strike, hiding in Ondo forests, as part of ember-month security operations.

Iran officially designates Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist organisation

World

4 months ago

Iran’s foreign ministry designated the Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist organisation in retaliation for Canada’s 2024 blacklisting of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

Life in IDP camps: Displaced women in Nigeria suffer extreme heat that “feels like dying”

Nigeria

4 months ago

In Nigeria’s Sabon Birni, record heat targets displaced women. In overcrowded camps, expectant mothers face a "thermal trap" that threatens maternal & infant health.

Yobe local government chairman dies in Egypt, key details emerge

Nigeria

4 months ago

Alhaji Baba Abba Aji, Chairman of Yusufari local government in Yobe State, died in Cairo after a prolonged illness and was buried according to Islamic rites.

US air strike in Nigeria explained: Terrorists targeted, impact and what comes next

Nigeria

4 months ago

United States forces struck Islamic State camps in Nigeria on December 25, 2025, targeting militants in Sokoto as violence spread across the Sahel region.

Anthony Joshua hospitalised after road crash, police give update

Nigeria

4 months ago

Global boxer Anthony Joshua was hospitalised after a road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State, confirmed by police on Monday near Makun.

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