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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

Ribadu meets CAN leaders, gives fresh updates on Niger school abduction

Ribadu meets CAN leaders, gives fresh updates on Niger school abduction

Nigeria

8 months ago

ACF pays tribute to renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi

ACF pays tribute to renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi

Nigeria

8 months ago

FG asks Nigerians to report any VIP seen with police escorts

FG asks Nigerians to report any VIP seen with police escorts

Nigeria

8 months ago

PDP crisis: IBB breaks silence, tells Turaki how to rebuild opposition party

PDP crisis: IBB breaks silence, tells Turaki how to rebuild opposition party

Politics

8 months ago

FG mentions when it will expose names of terrorism financiers

FG mentions when it will expose names of terrorism financiers

Nigeria

8 months ago

Tinubu should not seek re-election in 2027, Baba-Ahmed says, gives reason

Tinubu should not seek re-election in 2027, Baba-Ahmed says, gives reason

Politics

8 months ago

Bello El-Rufai: It's wrong Nnamdi Kanu got life sentence while terrorists got 20 years for same crime

Bello El-Rufai: It's wrong Nnamdi Kanu got life sentence while terrorists got 20 years for same crime

Nigeria

8 months ago

Hon. Bello El-Rufai criticises Nigeria’s judicial system over a life sentence for Nnamdi Kanu versus 20 years for other terrorists, for the same crime.

Bandits launch new attack in Kebbi, abduct many 24 hours after schoolgirls’ rescue

Bandits launch new attack in Kebbi, abduct many 24 hours after schoolgirls’ rescue

Nigeria

8 months ago

Fresh abductions have hit Kurmaci in Kebbi State just 24 hours after the rescue of 24 schoolgirls who were kidnapped from Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area.

Kogi: Tears as top Nigerian monarch Etsu Bassa-Nge dies after health complications, APC gov reacts

Kogi: Tears as top Nigerian monarch Etsu Bassa-Nge dies after health complications, APC gov reacts

Nigeria

8 months ago

Etsu Bassa-Nge, Brig. Gen. Abu Ali (Rtd.), former Military Administrator of Bauchi state, is dead. Gov. Ododo and top leaders mourn the Kogi monarch.

Rivers: Police speak on viral video alleging herdsmen attack amid tension

Rivers: Police speak on viral video alleging herdsmen attack amid tension

Nigeria

8 months ago

The Rivers State Police Command has debunked a viral video circulating, alleging that Fulani herdsmen attacked a community in the state, calling it fake

Kano: Ganduje creates new security outfit, to recruit 12,000 sacked Hisbah personnel

Kano: Ganduje creates new security outfit, to recruit 12,000 sacked Hisbah personnel

Nigeria

8 months ago

Former Kano governor Abdullahi Ganduje has unveiled plans to recruit 12,000 dismissed Hisbah personnel into a new independent voluntary security outfit in the state.

Nasarawa: Chaos at Mararaba as armed men attack crusade, one injured

Nasarawa: Chaos at Mararaba as armed men attack crusade, one injured

Nigeria

8 months ago

Unidentified armed men disrupted a church crusade in Agboda, Mararaba Udege, Nasarawa State, injuring one participant and stealing his motorcycle.

Oshiomhole helped destroy democracy in Nigeria, Atiku's camp fires back

Oshiomhole helped destroy democracy in Nigeria, Atiku's camp fires back

Politics

8 months ago

Atiku Abubakar’s aide, Phrank Shaibu, criticised Senator Adams Oshiomhole for claiming the former Vice President lacks the capacity to govern Nigeria.

'Why security can't attack bandits,' presidency gives reasons

'Why security can't attack bandits,' presidency gives reasons

Nigeria

8 months ago

The Presidency said Nigerian security forces know the bandits operating across the North but cannot strike directly due to the risk of killing civilians.

Trouble for landlords in Ogun as Gov. Abiodun gets tough over rising insecurity

Trouble for landlords in Ogun as Gov. Abiodun gets tough over rising insecurity

Nigeria

8 months ago

Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has directed all foreign nationals to register with the Nigeria Immigration Service amid rising security concerns.

Muslim Muhammad Yusuf