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.

4801 articles published since 28 Feb 2023

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

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

Nigeria

23 days ago

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

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

World

23 days ago

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

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

World

23 days ago

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

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

Nigeria

23 days ago

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

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

Politics

23 days ago

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

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

Nigeria

23 days ago

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

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

Nigeria

25 days 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

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

Nigeria

25 days 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

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

Politics

25 days 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

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

Nigeria

25 days 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

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

Education

25 days 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

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

Education

25 days ago

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

FG mentions all fake UK and US-affiliated universities operating illegally in Nigeria

FG mentions all fake UK and US-affiliated universities operating illegally in Nigeria

Education

26 days ago

FG shuts down fake UK and US-affiliated universities in Nigeria. NUC warns public against illegal degree mills offering unrecognised academic programmes.

Worshippers killed at synagogue, several others seriously injured

Worshippers killed at synagogue, several others seriously injured

World

26 days ago

Two killed and three seriously injured in a Yom Kippur synagogue attack in Manchester; suspect shot by police amid bomb scare and national shock.

Nigeria has second-highest number of poor people in the world, ex-NBS chief speaks, shares concern

Nigeria has second-highest number of poor people in the world, ex-NBS chief speaks, shares concern

Nigeria

26 days ago

Nigeria has 89 million people living in poverty, second only to India. Economist Yemi Kale blames delayed reforms and poor policies for the crisis.

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