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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.

5987 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Boko Haram: What is happening in Gwoza, Mandara oountains, Sambisa forest, Nigerian pastor raises alarm

Boko Haram: What is happening in Gwoza, Mandara oountains, Sambisa forest, Nigerian pastor raises alarm

Nigeria

3 years ago

BREAKING: INEC finally declares winner of Kebbi governorship election

BREAKING: INEC finally declares winner of Kebbi governorship election

Politics

3 years ago

Atiku reacts to controversial declaration of Aisha Binani as Adamawa governor-elect

Atiku reacts to controversial declaration of Aisha Binani as Adamawa governor-elect

Politics

3 years ago

BREAKING: INEC national commissioner stripped in Adamawa as supplementary governorship election turns violent

BREAKING: INEC national commissioner stripped in Adamawa as supplementary governorship election turns violent

Politics

3 years ago

UPDATED: Confusion as INEC's REC declares Aisha Dahiru Binani winner of Adamawa governorship election

UPDATED: Confusion as INEC's REC declares Aisha Dahiru Binani winner of Adamawa governorship election

Politics

3 years ago

Kebbi state supplementary governorship election result from INEC's collation centre: Live Updates

Live

Kebbi state supplementary governorship election result from INEC's collation centre: Live Updates

Politics

3 years ago

BREAKING: INEC nullifies declaration of Aisha Binani as winner of Adamawa governorship election, gives reason

BREAKING: INEC nullifies declaration of Aisha Binani as winner of Adamawa governorship election, gives reason

Politics

3 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nullified the declaration of Aisha Dahiru Binani as the winner of the Adamawa state governorship election.

Adamawa state governorship election result: Fintiri leads in 7 of 10 LGAs

Adamawa state governorship election result: Fintiri leads in 7 of 10 LGAs

Politics

3 years ago

In Adamawa State's supplementary governorship election, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP has taken an early lead with results declared in 10 out of 20 LGAs.

BREAKING: Huge loss for APC as NNPP unseats prominent Rep member in Kano, full results emerge

BREAKING: Huge loss for APC as NNPP unseats prominent Rep member in Kano, full results emerge

Politics

3 years ago

The candidate of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Barrister MB. Shehu, has been declared winner of the Fagge Federal House of Representatives of Kano state.

Supplementary governorship elections in Adamawa, Kebbi states: Live Updates

Live

Supplementary governorship elections in Adamawa, Kebbi states: Live Updates

Politics

3 years ago

Follow Legit.ng's live updates as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducts supplementary governorship elections in Adamawa and Kebbi states

UPDATED: State-by-state breakdown of 2023 governorship elections results

UPDATED: State-by-state breakdown of 2023 governorship elections results

Politics

3 years ago

Check the state-by-state breakdown as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declares winners of the March 2023 governorship elections in Nigeria.

Supplementary elections results for Senate, House of Reps, Houses of Assembly: Live Updates

Live

Supplementary elections results for Senate, House of Reps, Houses of Assembly: Live Updates

Politics

3 years ago

Stay tuned for Legit.ng's live updates of the results of the supplementary polls for 94 legislative seats in federal and state parliaments on Saturday, April 15

Why was Peter Obi detained in London? UK govt replies Nigerian newspaper’s enquiry on LP candidate's arrest

Why was Peter Obi detained in London? UK govt replies Nigerian newspaper’s enquiry on LP candidate's arrest

Politics

3 years ago

The UK government declined to provide sufficient details about Peter Obi's ordeal as requested by a Nigerian newspaper in their reply through the Home Office.

Supplementary elections: Results of APC and PDP before INEC declared polls inconclusive in Adamawa, Kebbi

Supplementary elections: Results of APC and PDP before INEC declared polls inconclusive in Adamawa, Kebbi

Politics

3 years ago

Ahead of the about-to-begin supplementary elections, here are the current results of the APC and the PDP governorship candidates in Adamawa and Kebbi states.

BREAKING: Winner finally emerges in APC governorship primary in Kogi state

BREAKING: Winner finally emerges in APC governorship primary in Kogi state

Politics

3 years ago

Ahmed Usman Ododo, former Local Government Auditor-General in Kogi State, has emerged as the APC governorship candidate in the November governorship election.

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