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

Nigeria

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

Nigeria

7 months ago

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

Education

7 months ago

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

Nigeria

7 months ago

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

World

7 months ago

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

World

7 months ago

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

Nigeria

7 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

7 months ago

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

Abuja doctor killed by gunmen who reportedly took away his three children

Nigeria

7 months ago

Ifeanyi Ogbu, Abuja vet doctor, was killed by suspected kidnappers who abducted his three children. His body was found roadside; children still missing.

NAFDAC seals two Chinese-owned supermarkets in Abuja, gives reason

Nigeria

7 months ago

NAFDAC seals Chinese supermarkets and cosmetics shops in Abuja for selling unregistered products with non-English labels, violating safety regulations.

Health workers in Gombe to receive federal-level salaries from October 2025

Nigeria

7 months ago

Gombe State approves CONMESS and CONHESS salary structures for health workers, boosting welfare and aligning pay with federal standards from October 2025.

Nigerians better off today than in 1960, says Tinubu’s adviser amid national art competition launch

Politics

7 months ago

Tinubu’s adviser says Nigerians are better off than in 1960 as Nigerian Breweries launches 9th National Art Competition themed “Shifting Boundaries.”

NNPC, FIRS, CBN: List of 75 federal government ministries and agencies that failed transparency test

Nigeria

7 months ago

511 Nigerian MDAs failed the 2025 Transparency Index, exposing deep governance flaws across finance, defence, health, and infrastructure sectors.

List of states in Nigeria where 188 schools have been shutDdown due to insecurity

Education

7 months ago

Nigerian states where 188 public schools have been shut due to insecurity, affecting thousands of children and deepening the education crisis have been mentioned.

Pastor Adeboye, Bishop Oyedepo: List of 5 popular pastors with doctorate degrees

Education

7 months ago

A list of 5 popular pastors who hold doctorate degrees, blending academic excellence with spiritual leadership in Nigeria’s vibrant Christian ministry.

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