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.

5335 articles published since 28 Feb 2023

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Retired Nigerian Air Vice Marshall confirmed dead on British Airways plane

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Full list: Salaries of Nigerian president, vice president, senator and speaker in 1979 resurface

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Nnaji, Adeosun, 4 other ministers who faced scrutiny over university degrees and NYSC credentials

Nigeria

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2025: Full list of strongest passports by visa-free access in Africa

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Trump administration offers $2,500 to migrant children for voluntary deportation

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Five things to know about Air Vice Marshal Obierika who died in British Airways flight

Nigeria

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World Teachers’ Day: List of governors who declared holiday in their states in 2025

Nigeria

4 months ago

Nigerian governors declared public holidays for World Teachers’ Day in 2024 and 2025, honouring educators across Kwara, Anambra, Osun, and Ogun state.

Teacher’s day: Governor Soludo declares school-free day in Anambra

Nigeria

4 months ago

Governor Chukwuma Soludo declares October 7 a school-free day in Anambra to honour teachers, to be marked by a mega march celebrating his education sector reforms.

Recruitment: How to check customs service shortlist 2025, clear guidelines emerge

Nigeria

4 months ago

Learn how to check the Nigeria Customs Service shortlist for 2025 via email or updates.customs.gov.ng. Stay informed and prepared for the recruitment process.

Certificate forgery: Court rejects minister’s bid to block UNN from releasing his academic records

Education

4 months ago

A Federal High Court in Abuja rejects Minister Uche Nnaji’s bid to stop UNN from releasing academic records amid certificate controversy and legal dispute.

FULL LIST: US H-1B visa approvals for Nigerians since 2018 emerge

Nigeria

4 months ago

Explore the full list of U.S. H-1B visa approvals for Nigerians from 2018 to 2024 amid new $100,000 employer fee announced by President Donald Trump.

Lift in residential building crashes from seven storeys, kills one woman

World

4 months ago

A woman died after a lift plunged seven storeys in Tarsus, Turkey, despite her husband's desperate rescue attempt. Faulty elevator had been reported earlier.

150,000 migrants to be deported annually from UK under Kemi Badenoch’s border plan

World

4 months ago

Kemi Badenoch unveils UK’s Radical Borders Plan to deport 150,000 illegal migrants yearly, overhaul asylum laws, and launch a new US-style Removals Force.

Somtochukwu: Final crying words of Arise TV journalist who died in Abuja as heard by neighbours break hearts

Nigeria

4 months ago

Somtochukwu Maduagwu, 29, died after leaping from her Abuja apartment during a robbery. Her tragic fall highlights the fear women face in moments of danger.

List of top politicians told not to run for 2027 presidential election

Politics

4 months ago

Pressure groups urge Atiku, Tinubu, Jonathan, and Bala Mohammed not to contest Nigeria’s 2027 presidency, citing zoning, strategy, and legacy concerns.

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