Esther Odili

Education: HND Mass Communication from Nigerian Institute of Journalism (2017), Google News Initiative (GNI) News Lab: Google Digital Skills from Google News Initiative (2024)

Experience: The New Telegraph (2014), Galaxy Television (2016-2017), Politics editor (Legit.ng, 2021 till date)

Awards: Best student in print journalism (2018)

Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.

8258 articles published since 11 Apr 2016

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Did labour accept N40,000 as new minimum wage? TUC reacts

Nigeria

10 months ago

Hardship: “There’s hunger in the land,” Governors admit, discloses crucial plan

Politics

10 months ago

EFCC source speaks on Bobrisky's alleged arrest, his current location

Nigeria

10 months ago

EndBadGovernance: Shehu Sani tells Tinubu's govt to immediately withdraw charges against detained minors

Nigeria

10 months ago

Public alert: NAFDAC sends urgent message to Nigerians as fake condoms flood markets

Nigeria

10 months ago

36 states reject Tinubu’s tax reform bill, details emerge

Nigeria

10 months ago

N248bn fraud: EFCC drags 4 ex-governors, 2 ex-ministers to court, details emerge

Politics

10 months ago

The EFCC, under Ola Olukoyede, has prosecuted four former governors and two ministers. The anti-graft agency also recovered N248 billion and foreign assets.

Tinubu’s govt gives N25,000 to 25 million Nigerians

Nigeria

10 months ago

Finance Minister Wale Edun said the federal government has given 25 million Nigerians N25,000 as part of its relief efforts amid harsh economic reforms.

Minimum wage: Nigerian governor explains why workers are yet to receive N73,000 salary

Politics

10 months ago

Ondo state government led by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Thursday, disclosed that the delay in the implementation wage was due to "consequential adjustments."

NAFDAC alerts Nigerians, bans popular deodorant variant, over “harmful chemical content”

Nigeria

10 months ago

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has recalled Nivea BLACK & WHITE invisible roll-on deodorant due to harmful chemical content.

“What Tinubu did for Buhari to become president,” Sunday Dare speaks, video trends

Politics

10 months ago

Sunday Akin Dare, presidential aide, has claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's endorsement was instrumental in former President Buhari's rise to power in 2015.

Japa: Wike taunts Nigerian youths, “Those who reject taxi driving embrace it abroad”

Nigeria

10 months ago

FCT minister Nyesom Wike has insisted that taxi driving should be regarded as a noble profession in Nigeria. He criticised youths who embraced it in foreign land.

Sunday Dare to Nigerians: “Tinubu sleeps by 5:am, deserves credit for subsidy removal”

Politics

10 months ago

The Special Adviser to the President on Public Communications, Sunday Dare, on Thursday, urged Nigerians to be patient with President Tinubu’s reforms.

Police arrest 16-year-old girl accused of poisoning ex-boyfriend, 4 others in Edo, release their names

Nigeria

10 months ago

On Thursday, Edo state police confirmed the arrest of a 16-year-old girl, Aisha Suleiman, in connection to the death of five people found dead in Afasho community.

Tinubu appoints new acting Chief of Army Staff, details emerge

Nigeria

10 months ago

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the new Chief of Army Staff. Presidency confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.

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