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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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Anxiety as Tinubu set to make first appointments after inauguration

Anxiety as Tinubu set to make first appointments after inauguration

Politics

3 years ago

UPDATED: Confusion as report claims Tinubu makes first set of appointments after inauguration

UPDATED: Confusion as report claims Tinubu makes first set of appointments after inauguration

Politics

3 years ago

Bola Tinubu's inauguration: Nigeria swears in new president as Buhari hands over; Live Updates

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Bola Tinubu's inauguration: Nigeria swears in new president as Buhari hands over; Live Updates

Politics

3 years ago

May 29: Nigerian pastor who predicted Tinubu's victory reveals whether inauguration will hold

May 29: Nigerian pastor who predicted Tinubu's victory reveals whether inauguration will hold

Politics

3 years ago

“I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody”: Throwback to Buhari’s 2015 inauguration speech

“I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody”: Throwback to Buhari’s 2015 inauguration speech

Nigeria

3 years ago

Tinubu's inauguration: How and why Buhari failed to deliver inaugural speech in 2019

Tinubu's inauguration: How and why Buhari failed to deliver inaugural speech in 2019

Nigeria

3 years ago

Tinubu's inauguration: Heavy traffic as hotels, taxis make brisk businesses in Abuja

Tinubu's inauguration: Heavy traffic as hotels, taxis make brisk businesses in Abuja

Nigeria

3 years ago

Nigeria's capital, Abuja, is experiencing a significant influx of guests ahead of the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on May 29, 2023.

Buhari granted CBN Governor Emefiele study leave to "flee Nigeria before Tinubu’s inauguration"? Presidency reacts

Buhari granted CBN Governor Emefiele study leave to "flee Nigeria before Tinubu’s inauguration"? Presidency reacts

Politics

3 years ago

The Presidency has dismissed a report claiming President Buhari has granted Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) study leave.

Pastor Tunde Bakare says he will never call Tinubu "my president", gives reason

Pastor Tunde Bakare says he will never call Tinubu "my president", gives reason

Politics

3 years ago

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has said he will never call the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, his president.

Full text of Buhari’s farewell speech: President addresses Nigerians in live broadcast

Full text of Buhari’s farewell speech: President addresses Nigerians in live broadcast

Nigeria

3 years ago

President Buhari in the early hours of Sunday, May 28, made a farewell national broadcast where he addressed Nigerians about how his government performed..

May 29 handover: Peter Obi sends message to supporters ahead of Tinubu's inauguration

May 29 handover: Peter Obi sends message to supporters ahead of Tinubu's inauguration

Politics

3 years ago

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, has urged his supporters and Nigerians in general to remain calm and abide by the law.

Will Tinubu be sworn in as Nigeria's president on May 29? Prominent Nigerian Pastor releases fresh prophecy

Will Tinubu be sworn in as Nigeria's president on May 29? Prominent Nigerian Pastor releases fresh prophecy

Politics

3 years ago

Theophilus Olabayo, founder and primate of Evangelical Church of Yahweh Worldwide, predicts that Bola Tinubu will be sworn in as Nigeria's president on May 29.

Kwankwaso to defect to APC after meeting Tinubu? NNPP gives update

Kwankwaso to defect to APC after meeting Tinubu? NNPP gives update

Politics

3 years ago

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has assured its supporters that the party's Presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, is not planning to defect to the APC.

In farewell speech, President Buhari sends important message to Peter Obi, Atiku, others

In farewell speech, President Buhari sends important message to Peter Obi, Atiku, others

Politics

3 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged opposition parties and their candidates to accept the court's verdict even as the election tribunal continues hearing.

Buhari apologises for pain his policies caused Nigerians in farewell speech

Buhari apologises for pain his policies caused Nigerians in farewell speech

Nigeria

3 years ago

President Buhari in his farewell speech apologised for the impacts of his economic policies on Nigerians. He said the decisions were for the country's benefit.

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