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Muslim Muhammad Yusuf

Education: Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication, Kaduna Polytechnic

Experience: Reporter, Vision FM Sokoto (2018); Controller News - Programs Manager, Vision FM Kaduna (2020-2023); Multimedia Journalist at Daily Trust, Trust TV and Trust Radio as Digital Team Lead (2023-2025); Politics and Current Affairs Editor at Legit.Ng

Awards: Winner, 2025 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR); 1st Runner-up, CJID's Best in Community Reporting Award (2025); Legit.ng Rookie of the Year (2025); Thompson Reuters Foundation Fellow (2025); CJID's AI&Tech Reporting Fellow (2025)

Muslim Muhammad Yusuf is the 2025 winner for the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR); 1st Runner-up, CJID's Best in Community Reporting Award (2025). He is an Investigative Journalist and Fact-Checker with over 8 years of experience. He is the Politics and Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. Muslim investigated stories around human rights, accountability and social issues. He has years of broadcasting skills and Fellow at Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRF), CJID, HumAngle and Daily Trust Foundation. Email: muslim.yusuf@corp.legit.ng

427 articles published since 31 Oct 2025

Author's articles

Kwankwaso explains how he got money to sponsor over 300 PhD holders through Kwankwasiyya scholarship

Kwankwaso explains how he got money to sponsor over 300 PhD holders through Kwankwasiyya scholarship

Education

7 months ago

Fresh details emerge as Sokoto residents speak on moments US strikes hit communities

Fresh details emerge as Sokoto residents speak on moments US strikes hit communities

Nigeria

7 months ago

Breaking: Lakurawa terrorists reportedly flee Tangaza after US airstrike in Sokoto

Breaking: Lakurawa terrorists reportedly flee Tangaza after US airstrike in Sokoto

Nigeria

7 months ago

US airstrikes in Sokoto target bandits, not ISIS, security analyst Bulama Bukarti observes

US airstrikes in Sokoto target bandits, not ISIS, security analyst Bulama Bukarti observes

Nigeria

7 months ago

Shehu Sani, Sowore react to US air strike in Sokoto

Shehu Sani, Sowore react to US air strike in Sokoto

Nigeria

7 months ago

Trump's airstrike in Nigeria: Tinubu's minister gives more updates, "I spoke with US for 19 minutes"

Trump's airstrike in Nigeria: Tinubu's minister gives more updates, "I spoke with US for 19 minutes"

Nigeria

7 months ago

Video released by US war department shows moment terrorists were bombed in Sokoto

Video released by US war department shows moment terrorists were bombed in Sokoto

Nigeria

7 months ago

The US Department of War has released a video showing airstrikes on terrorist targets in Sokoto State, confirming a major counterterrorism operation.

Happy moment as Muslims join Christians at Christmas service in popular northern state

Happy moment as Muslims join Christians at Christmas service in popular northern state

Nigeria

7 months ago

Hundreds of Muslims joined Christians at a Christmas service, as religious leaders promoted peace, unity and interfaith harmony in Northern Nigeria.

Breaking: Sokoto residents in panic as fresh explosives detonate after US strike on ISIS

Breaking: Sokoto residents in panic as fresh explosives detonate after US strike on ISIS

Nigeria

7 months ago

Fear gripped a Sokoto community after a fresh explosive device burst into flames at night, over a possible link to a US-announced terror operation.

Christmas: Rare moments as Kenyan church celebrates birth of ‘Black Messiah’

Christmas: Rare moments as Kenyan church celebrates birth of ‘Black Messiah’

Africa

7 months ago

A Christmas celebrations took an unusual turn in Kenya as members of the Legion Maria church marked the birth of what they call a “Black Messiah.”

Why do people wear red hats during Christmas celebration?

Why do people wear red hats during Christmas celebration?

Nigeria

7 months ago

Many people wear red Santa hats during Christmas, but few know their origin. Here is why the tradition began and how Santa Claus became a symbol of the season.

FG responds to Borno mosque attack, takes strong action

FG responds to Borno mosque attack, takes strong action

Nigeria

7 months ago

Vice President Kashim Shettima has condemned the deadly mosque bombing in Maiduguri, Borno State, as the federal government orders intensified security operations

Details emerge as FG, ASUU reach resolution on 2009 agreement dispute

Details emerge as FG, ASUU reach resolution on 2009 agreement dispute

Education

7 months ago

The Federal Government and ASUU have concluded negotiations on the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, with a new deal set to take effect from January 1, 2026.

Christmas: What Tinubu, governors told Nigerians as Christians mark celebration

Christmas: What Tinubu, governors told Nigerians as Christians mark celebration

Nigeria

7 months ago

President Tinubu and Nigerian governors have issued Christmas messages urging peace, unity, and religious tolerance as Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ

Is it true that Muslims are exempt from tax payment as claimed by Ezekiel Dachomo? Fact emerges

Is it true that Muslims are exempt from tax payment as claimed by Ezekiel Dachomo? Fact emerges

Nigeria

7 months ago

Claims that Muslims are exempted from paying tax under Nigeria’s newly gazetted tax reform laws have been fact-checked by the independent sources.

Muslim Muhammad Yusuf