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James Ojo

Education: BA Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN, 2013-2017); Fellow, Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC 2025); Fellow, African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC 2025); Code for Africa Fact-Checking Masterclass (2022)

Experience: Correspondent, Caracal Reports (US); Contributor, International Policy Digest (US); Reporter, The Sun Newspaper; The Nation Newspaper; Editor, CrispNG; Deputy Editor, Nigerian Village Square; Investigative journalist, TheCable Newspaper.

Awards: 2024 African Prize for Investigative Journalism (PAJI); Legit.ng Copyediting Excellence Award (2023, 2024 & 2025); Host Writer Prize for Investigative Journalism (2022); The Cable Journalist of the Year (2022); PwC Media Excellence Awards (2022)

James Ojo is an award-winning journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng. With a decade of experience in the journalism landscape, he has done several impactful reports and won top awards, including the 2024 African Prize for Investigative Journalism (PAJI). He is also a published researcher. His latest research, titled "Comparative Analysis of Online Advocacy for Good Governance and Actual Political Involvement among Nigerian Youths", was published by the International Journal of Sub-Saharan African Research (IJSSAR). He can be reached via: James.ojo@corp.legit.ng.

4911 articles published since 10 Aug 2023

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Tinubu's cabinet member Uche Nnaji resigns as science minister amid certificate forgery saga

Tinubu's cabinet member Uche Nnaji resigns as science minister amid certificate forgery saga

Politics

7 months ago

Tinubu speaks on Yakubu's performance as INEC chairman

Tinubu speaks on Yakubu's performance as INEC chairman

Nigeria

7 months ago

Breaking: Tinubu reacts as Yakubu bows out as INEC chair, makes fresh announcement

Breaking: Tinubu reacts as Yakubu bows out as INEC chair, makes fresh announcement

Nigeria

7 months ago

Fubara reacts as fire guts Rivers secretariat complex

Fubara reacts as fire guts Rivers secretariat complex

Nigeria

7 months ago

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

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

Politics

7 months ago

Man who bought 1kg of cooking gas for N1,200 days ago mentions new price he was told recently

Man who bought 1kg of cooking gas for N1,200 days ago mentions new price he was told recently

People

7 months ago

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

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

Nigeria

7 months ago

Six Nigerian ministers, including Uche Nnaji and Kemi Adeosun, faced scrutiny over university degrees and NYSC credentials, sparking national controversy.

Man shares video showing late father’s final moment, breaks hearts: “He died instantly”

Man shares video showing late father’s final moment, breaks hearts: “He died instantly”

People

7 months ago

A heartbroken man shared the last video of his father, showing how he died while working. The video showed the man’s father’s final moments and how he died.

Between rhetoric and reality: Tinubu’s economy boasts ring hollow amidst bloodshed

Between rhetoric and reality: Tinubu’s economy boasts ring hollow amidst bloodshed

Opinion

7 months ago

As Nigeria turns 65, Kalu Okoronkwo writes that Tinubu’s talk of reforms and recovery ignores bloodshed on Nigeria’s highways and the country’s growing insecurity.

Good news: Dangote crashes cooking gas price, dealers to make adjustments

Good news: Dangote crashes cooking gas price, dealers to make adjustments

Energy

7 months ago

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced new price for cooking gas and there is expectations from NNPC it will stabilise the domestic gas market nationwide.

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

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

US

7 months ago

The Trump administration offers $2,500 to migrant children for voluntary deportation, sparking legal concerns over fairness and informed decision-making.

The Dangote effect: Petrol imports drop to lowest in eight years

The Dangote effect: Petrol imports drop to lowest in eight years

Energy

7 months ago

Nigeria's petrol imports have collapsed, hitting an eight-year low amid improved production by Dangote and other local refineries across Nigeria.

Pastor Tobi Adegboyega ignites heated debate, says "If you are saved but poor, you will sin"

Pastor Tobi Adegboyega ignites heated debate, says "If you are saved but poor, you will sin"

Celebrities

7 months ago

Pastor Tobi Adegboyega has stated that he grew up in a setting where pastors will build wealth and leave his church members poor, while speaking with Shanks Comic.

"Soludo is in APC": Former APGA lawmaker speaks about Anambra governor

"Soludo is in APC": Former APGA lawmaker speaks about Anambra governor

Nigeria

7 months ago

Anambra lawmaker Onyekachukwu Ike denies taking N50m to join APC, says his defection is based on principle as he pledges full support for Ukachukwu.

Just In: Nigerian governor applies for Tinubu's wife to become his mother

Just In: Nigerian governor applies for Tinubu's wife to become his mother

Nigeria

7 months ago

Governor Caleb Mutfwang praised Oluremi Tinubu’s support for Plateau, saying he had “applied” to have her as his mother before APC Chair Nentawe Yilwatda did.

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