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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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Wike vs Naval officer Yerima: Arise News anchor Oseni Rufai reacts

Wike vs Naval officer Yerima: Arise News anchor Oseni Rufai reacts

Nigeria

8 months ago

China orders gay dating apps pulled from mobile stores, Apple reacts

China orders gay dating apps pulled from mobile stores, Apple reacts

Asia

8 months ago

Anambra 2025: Soludo’s re-election and what it signals for party politics in Nigeria

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Anambra 2025: Soludo’s re-election and what it signals for party politics in Nigeria

Politics

8 months ago

Trump's threat: OPC advises President Tinubu on what to do

Trump's threat: OPC advises President Tinubu on what to do

Nigeria

8 months ago

NAFDAC announces date to start enforcing ban on alcohol in sachets, small bottles

NAFDAC announces date to start enforcing ban on alcohol in sachets, small bottles

Nigeria

8 months ago

Angry youths burn down immigration office in Lagos after stray bullet hit woman, video emerges

Angry youths burn down immigration office in Lagos after stray bullet hit woman, video emerges

Nigeria

8 months ago

US threat: Nigeria’s First Lady Remi Tinubu responds to Trump, sends message to Christian youths

US threat: Nigeria’s First Lady Remi Tinubu responds to Trump, sends message to Christian youths

Nigeria

8 months ago

Nigeria's first lady Oluremi Tinubu has rejected the U.S. claim that Christians are unsafe in Nigeria, urging Christian youths believers to embrace truth.

Trump: Shehu Sani tells Nigerians with revoked US visas what to do to avoid arrest

Trump: Shehu Sani tells Nigerians with revoked US visas what to do to avoid arrest

Nigeria

8 months ago

Senator Shehu Sani has advised Nigerians and thousands of other Africans whose US visas were recently revoked under the Trump administration on what to do.

Calls to sack INEC chairman Amupitan grow over ‘Christian genocide’ legal brief

Calls to sack INEC chairman Amupitan grow over ‘Christian genocide’ legal brief

Nigeria

8 months ago

INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan faces backlash over a 2020 legal brief alleging Christian genocide in Nigeria as calls for his removal intensify.

Northerners to pay N7.5m, Southerners N7.9m as NAHCON Reduces 2026 Hajj Fare

Northerners to pay N7.5m, Southerners N7.9m as NAHCON Reduces 2026 Hajj Fare

Nigeria

8 months ago

NAHCON has reduced the 2026 Hajj fare for intending pilgrims, Northerners will now pay N7.5m, while Southerners pay N7.9m after VP Shettima’s intervention.

Again, bandits strike in Kano, abduct 5 women, including nursing mothers

Again, bandits strike in Kano, abduct 5 women, including nursing mothers

Nigeria

8 months ago

Bandits attacked Yan Kwada village in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State on Sunday evening, abducting five women, including nursing mothers.

Nigerians react as Fayose visits Obasanjo: “They finally buried the beef”

Nigerians react as Fayose visits Obasanjo: “They finally buried the beef”

Politics

8 months ago

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, visited former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, after years of political backlash

Victory for Nigerian Army as soldiers rescue 86 kidnap victims, arrest 29 in Borno

Victory for Nigerian Army as soldiers rescue 86 kidnap victims, arrest 29 in Borno

Nigeria

8 months ago

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have rescued 86 kidnapped victims, foiled a terrorists’ ambush, and arrested 29 logistics suppliers in Borno State.

Trump's threat: Olubadan reacts, sends message to Tinubu

Trump's threat: Olubadan reacts, sends message to Tinubu

Nigeria

8 months ago

Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, reacts to Trump’s threat to Nigeria, urging President Tinubu to work with Christian leaders to end terrorism.

FG explains why 3 new federal universities were established in Lagos, 2 other states despite 7-year ban

FG explains why 3 new federal universities were established in Lagos, 2 other states despite 7-year ban

Education

8 months ago

The Federal Government has clarified that the newly approved Federal University in Lagos State, was not a violation of the ongoing seven-year ban.

Muslim Muhammad Yusuf