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)

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, where he applies his expertise to provide incisive coverage of events. He was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2347057737768.

6282 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Just in: PDP governor dissolves 17 LGA chairmen, deputies, councillors, gives reason

Just in: PDP governor dissolves 17 LGA chairmen, deputies, councillors, gives re...

Politics

2 years ago

Oyetola vs Adeleke: Forensic expert testifies over BVAS machines, lawyer questions Osun gov's certificates

Oyetola vs Adeleke: Forensic expert testifies over BVAS machines, lawyer questio...

Politics

2 years ago

Peter Obi reacts as P-Square lands in Port Harcourt for Labour Party's presidential campaign, shares photos

Peter Obi reacts as P-Square lands in Port Harcourt for Labour Party's president...

Politics

2 years ago

Trouble for Atiku as Governor Ortom reveals how Benue people should vote in 2023

Trouble for Atiku as Governor Ortom reveals how Benue people should vote in 2023

Politics

2 years ago

EFCC wins big as court orders forfeiture of former accountant-general Ahmed Idris’ $900k, N304m, 15 Houses

EFCC wins big as court orders forfeiture of former accountant-general Ahmed Idri...

Nigeria

2 years ago

Buhari meets Tinubu, reveals why he has not been on APC presidential candidate's campaign trail

Buhari meets Tinubu, reveals why he has not been on APC presidential candidate's...

Politics

2 years ago

Huge setback for Tinubu as over 90,000 APC members, others, defect to PDP in Buhari's home state

Huge setback for Tinubu as over 90,000 APC members, others, defect to PDP in Buhari's home state

Politics

2 years ago

Over 90,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina state ahead of the 2023 general election.

Atiku reveals huge promise President Buhari personally made to him about 2023 elections

Atiku reveals huge promise President Buhari personally made to him about 2023 elections

Politics

2 years ago

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the opposition PDP, said President Muhammadu Buhari has personally assured him of a free and fair election in 2023

Miraculous escape as 2-year-old boy survives after being swallowed by hippopotamus

Miraculous escape as 2-year-old boy survives after being swallowed by hippopotamus

People

2 years ago

A two-year-old boy identified as Iga Paul has been successfully rescued from the jaws of death after being spit out by a hippopotamus in Uganda, the police.

Just in: Tears as AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina's mother dies

Just in: Tears as AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina's mother dies

Nigeria

2 years ago

The president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi A. Adesina, has announced the death of his mother, Eunice O. Adesina, at the age of 92.

Peter Obi’s strong supporter in key northern state reveals his position on Doyin Okupe’s conviction

Peter Obi’s strong supporter in key northern state reveals his position on Doyin Okupe’s conviction

Politics

2 years ago

Bashir Shola, aka Sola Kafinta, a comedian, claimed the opposition went for Doyin Okupe after failing to find any dirt on Labour Party flagbearer Peter Obi.

2 APC members dead, 3 missing as boat conveying deputy Senate president’s supporters capsizes in Delta

2 APC members dead, 3 missing as boat conveying deputy Senate president’s supporters capsizes in Delta

Politics

2 years ago

A campaign boat conveying supporters of the deputy Senate president, Ovie Omo-Agege, capsized in Delta, leaving two people dead, three missing and seven injured

2023 elections: Details emerge as VP Osinbajo visits Tinubu, Shettima in Abuja

2023 elections: Details emerge as VP Osinbajo visits Tinubu, Shettima in Abuja

Politics

2 years ago

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, December 21, paid a visit to the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at his residence in Abuja.

Doyin Okupe sends letter to Peter Obi, tells Labour Party presidential candidate what to do after resigning, Nigerians react

Doyin Okupe sends letter to Peter Obi, tells Labour Party presidential candidate what to do after resigning, Nigerians react

Politics

2 years ago

Doyin Okupe's resignation as the director-general of Peter Obi's presidential campaign for the 2023 general election is generating mixed reactions on Twitter.

Alleged terrorism: Tension as APC chieftain tackles Emefiele, accuses CBN governor of refusing to report to DSS

Alleged terrorism: Tension as APC chieftain tackles Emefiele, accuses CBN governor of refusing to report to DSS

Nigeria

2 years ago

Femi Fani-Kayode, an APC chieftain, has accused the governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, of refusing to report to the DSS to answer questions on terrorism.

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