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Nurudeen Lawal

Education: Bachelor of Arts Literature-in-English, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife (2012). Google News Initiative (GNI) News Lab: Advanced digital reporting, Experimenting with New Formats, Fighting Misinformation (2024)

Experience: Saraba Magazine (Social Media Intern, 2015), Content Editor/Strategist, Lantern Books (2015-2017), Dubawa fact-checking fellow (2020), Solutions Journalism fellow (2022), Oxford Climate Journalism Network (2025)

Awards: Best Head of Desk of the Year (Legit.ng 2024), Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023), Top Politics and Current Affairs editor (Legit.ng)

Nurudeen Lawal is an AFP-certified journalist with a wealth of experience spanning over 8 years. He received his B/Arts degree in Literature in English from OAU. Lawal is the Head of the Politics/CA Desk at Legit.ng. He previously worked at Lantern Books and Saraba Magazine. Lawal was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). Lawal is a member of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network. He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2348054399455.

5985 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

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BREAKING: Tinubu asked to stop Wike, Umahi, other ex-governors from collecting life pensions

BREAKING: Tinubu asked to stop Wike, Umahi, other ex-governors from collecting life pensions

Politics

3 years ago

Full List: Tinubu-led FG announces new set of appointments

Full List: Tinubu-led FG announces new set of appointments

Nigeria

3 years ago

Anxiety as Tribunal reserves judgement In suit seeking Ebonyi governor's sack

Anxiety as Tribunal reserves judgement In suit seeking Ebonyi governor's sack

Politics

3 years ago

President Tinubu's likely minister of petroleum revealed

President Tinubu's likely minister of petroleum revealed

Nigeria

3 years ago

Atiku or Tinubu? PDP youth leader reveals who Tribunal should declare as winner of 2023 presidential election

Atiku or Tinubu? PDP youth leader reveals who Tribunal should declare as winner of 2023 presidential election

Politics

3 years ago

BREAKING: Mali, Burkina Faso tackle ECOWAS, deploy warplanes in Niger Republic

BREAKING: Mali, Burkina Faso tackle ECOWAS, deploy warplanes in Niger Republic

Africa

3 years ago

BREAKING: Details Emerge as Abdulsalami Delegation Fails to Meet Niger Republic Coup Leader

BREAKING: Details Emerge as Abdulsalami Delegation Fails to Meet Niger Republic Coup Leader

Africa

3 years ago

Nigeria's ex-military Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has led a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Niger.

Niger Coup: President Tinubu sends strong warning to Junta over President Bazoum’s health

Niger Coup: President Tinubu sends strong warning to Junta over President Bazoum’s health

Africa

3 years ago

President Tinubu has warned of impending “grave consequences” should the military rulers of the Niger Republic allow President Bazoum’s health to deteriorate.

N6.9bn fraud: Court gives verdict on Emefiele’s ally's suit against DSS

N6.9bn fraud: Court gives verdict on Emefiele’s ally's suit against DSS

Nigeria

3 years ago

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed a fundamental human rights suit filed by a CBN staff and ally of Emefiele, Sa’adatu Yaro, against the DSS.

Isese: Governor Sanwo-Olu declares work-free day in Lagos

Isese: Governor Sanwo-Olu declares work-free day in Lagos

Nigeria

3 years ago

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has declared Monday, August 21st, as Work Free Day for all public servants in commemoration of the 2023 Isese Day.

Full List of President Tinubu's ministers and their portfolios

Full List of President Tinubu's ministers and their portfolios

Politics

3 years ago

President Bola Tinubu has assigned portfolios to his newly appointed ministers. Ajuri Ngelale, the president's spokesman, confirmed the portfolios at Aso Rock.

25% of FCT votes: Supreme Court ruled in favour of Peter Obi? Fact emerges

25% of FCT votes: Supreme Court ruled in favour of Peter Obi? Fact emerges

Politics

3 years ago

The claim in a viral Facebook post that the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Peter Obi regarding the 25% of votes in the FCT controversy is not correct.

2023 elections: Appeal Court gives verdict on electronic transmission of results

2023 elections: Appeal Court gives verdict on electronic transmission of results

Politics

3 years ago

The Labour Party has lost at the Court of Appeal as judges set aside the ruling which ordered INEC to electronically transmit election results in Lagos state.

Wike, El-Rufai, Umahi, 25 others make Tinubu’s ministerial list, Senate's screening to follow; Live Updates

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Wike, El-Rufai, Umahi, 25 others make Tinubu’s ministerial list, Senate's screening to follow; Live Updates

Politics

3 years ago

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has arrived at the upper chamber and plenary has commenced as Nigerians await the unveiling of Tinubu's ministerial list.

Tinubu's ministerial nominees: Wike, Edun, Oyetola, El-Rufai, Adelabu, Edu, others reportedly make list

Tinubu's ministerial nominees: Wike, Edun, Oyetola, El-Rufai, Adelabu, Edu, others reportedly make list

Politics

3 years ago

The immediate past governors of Kaduna and Rivers states, Nasir El-Rufai and Nyesom Wike, have made it to the ministerial list of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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