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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

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Full list of abducted Niger Catholic school students, teachers released, new figures emerge

Full list of abducted Niger Catholic school students, teachers released, new figures emerge

Nigeria

8 months ago

Shehu Sani predicts what would happen after Tinubu orders withdrawal of police from VIPs

Shehu Sani predicts what would happen after Tinubu orders withdrawal of police from VIPs

Nigeria

8 months ago

New dawn for ADC as Atiku makes bold move today, details emerge

New dawn for ADC as Atiku makes bold move today, details emerge

Politics

8 months ago

Breaking: Tinubu reacts to rescue of Kwara abducted worshippers, 51 escaped Niger students

Breaking: Tinubu reacts to rescue of Kwara abducted worshippers, 51 escaped Niger students

Nigeria

8 months ago

"I’m not denying insecurity in Benue", Gov. Alia clarifies ‘no genocide’ comment

"I’m not denying insecurity in Benue", Gov. Alia clarifies ‘no genocide’ comment

Nigeria

8 months ago

CAN reacts to abduction of students in Niger catholic school

CAN reacts to abduction of students in Niger catholic school

Nigeria

8 months ago

Did bandits launch attack in Osun state? Police react

Did bandits launch attack in Osun state? Police react

Nigeria

8 months ago

Osun state police dismissed viral reports of a bandit attack on the Osogbo–Iwo road, saying the claims were false and caused unnecessary panic...

Nnamdi Kanu’s life sentence shows justice not for southeast, says Senator Abaribe

Nnamdi Kanu’s life sentence shows justice not for southeast, says Senator Abaribe

Nigeria

8 months ago

Former Senate Minority Leader Enyinnaya Abaribe reacts to the life sentence of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, saying the verdict reflects unequal justice for Igbo people.

Tragedy as Mentally Unstable Teenager Stabs Civil Defence Officer to Death

Tragedy as Mentally Unstable Teenager Stabs Civil Defence Officer to Death

Nigeria

8 months ago

A mentally unstable 19-year-old boy stabbed a civil defence officer invited to restrain him in Ondo State. Authorities confirm an ongoing investigation.

Police react as ISWAP attacks station in northern state, one officer killed

Police react as ISWAP attacks station in northern state, one officer killed

Nigeria

8 months ago

ISWAP insurgents attack a police station in Yobe State, killing one officer, burning patrol vans and freeing detainees after a 45-minute operation.

Breaking: Court convicts Nnamdi Kanu on 7 terrorism charges

Breaking: Court convicts Nnamdi Kanu on 7 terrorism charges

Nigeria

8 months ago

The Federal High Court in Abuja finds Nnamdi Kanu guilty on all seven terrorism counts, including broadcasting, sit-at-home orders, and leading IPOB.

Breaking: Bandits strike another Kwara community, abduct people

Breaking: Bandits strike another Kwara community, abduct people

Nigeria

8 months ago

Barely 24 hours after a deadly attack on a church in Eruku, Ekiti LGA, bandits abduct four rice farmers in Bokungi village, Kwara State, during peak harvest.

El-Rufai reveals 40-year secret behind his weekly visits to Jos

El-Rufai reveals 40-year secret behind his weekly visits to Jos

Nigeria

8 months ago

Former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai revealed that he visited Jos every week 40 years ago because his fiancée was serving there with the NYSC.

Benue governor Alia denies Christian genocide claims, explains security situation

Benue governor Alia denies Christian genocide claims, explains security situation

Nigeria

8 months ago

Benue state governor Hyacinth Alia responded to US on Christian genocide claims in Nigeria, saying there is no religious genocide in the state...

Christian genocide claim: FG explains how US statements are emboldening criminal groups

Christian genocide claim: FG explains how US statements are emboldening criminal groups

Nigeria

8 months ago

Nigerian government has warned that US comments on alleged Christian genocide are emboldening extremists, insisting the crisis is economic, not religious.

Muslim Muhammad Yusuf