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 +2348054399455.

6136 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Great warrior: Photos emerge as Tinubu is turbaned ‘Dakaren’ Birnin Gwari in Kaduna state

Great warrior: Photos emerge as Tinubu is turbaned ‘Dakaren’ Birnin Gwari in...

Politics

2 years ago

Atiku, Tinubu or Peter Obi? Bishop David Oyedepo reveals who Nigeria Needs in 2023 at Shiloh 2022

Atiku, Tinubu or Peter Obi? Bishop David Oyedepo reveals who Nigeria Needs in...

Politics

2 years ago

How to stop getting unwanted text messages from MTN, GLO, Airtel, 9mobile, others according to NCC

How to stop getting unwanted text messages from MTN, GLO, Airtel, 9mobile,...

Nigeria

2 years ago

2023 presidency: Reno Omokri lists 20 states 'Atiku will win outright', reveals what will happen in 16 others

2023 presidency: Reno Omokri lists 20 states 'Atiku will win outright',...

Politics

2 years ago

Atiku reveals how he will deal with IPOB if elected as president in 2023, reveals what agitators want

Atiku reveals how he will deal with IPOB if elected as president in 2023,...

Politics

2 years ago

Drama as 27-year-old man from Delta claims Governor Sanwo-Olu is his father, reveals what mother told him

Drama as 27-year-old man from Delta claims Governor Sanwo-Olu is his father,...

Nigeria

2 years ago

Google reveals people and things Nigerians searched for the most in 2022, Peter Obi, Portable others make list

Google reveals people and things Nigerians searched for the most in 2022, Peter Obi, Portable others make list

Nigeria

2 years ago

Here is a full list of the people and things Nigerians searched for the most on Google in the outgoing year 2022. Peter Obi, Portable, ASUU strike made the list

PDP crisis: Tension as PDP vice presidential candidate Okowa avoids Governor Wike in northern state

PDP crisis: Tension as PDP vice presidential candidate Okowa avoids Governor Wike in northern state

Politics

2 years ago

The PDP crisis worsens as the party's vice presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa reportedly avoided Governor Nyesom Wike at Makurdi in Benue state.

2023 elections: Atiku's fate unknown as Wike speaks on PDP's chances in Rivers state

2023 elections: Atiku's fate unknown as Wike speaks on PDP's chances in Rivers state

Politics

2 years ago

Governor Wike has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win all elective positions in Rivers state in the 2023 general election.

Ex-Governor Dankwambo’s deputy, northern youth leader, others dump PDP, defect to APC in Gombe state

Ex-Governor Dankwambo’s deputy, northern youth leader, others dump PDP, defect to APC in Gombe state

Politics

2 years ago

Charles Iliya, the former deputy Governor of Gombe, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Iliya was deputy Governor to Ibrahim Dankwambo.

Atiku’s northeast campaigner, dumps PDP for Tinubu with thousands of supporters

Atiku’s northeast campaigner, dumps PDP for Tinubu with thousands of supporters

Politics

2 years ago

A prominent PDP chieftain in Gombe state, Dr. Jamil Isyaku Gwamna, has dumped the party and defected to the ruling APC ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Peter Obi, Atiku or Tinubu? Former minister Oby Ezekwesili reveals her preferred presidential candidate

Peter Obi, Atiku or Tinubu? Former minister Oby Ezekwesili reveals her preferred presidential candidate

Politics

2 years ago

Former education minister Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili has implied the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi is her favourite among the top three contenders.

2023 presidency: Jonathan finally reveals his position on APC's Muslim-Muslim ticket

2023 presidency: Jonathan finally reveals his position on APC's Muslim-Muslim ticket

Politics

2 years ago

Former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has finally addressed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead of the 2023 elections.

WAEC results statistics: List of 10 states with least performance in 2021

WAEC results statistics: List of 10 states with least performance in 2021

Education

2 years ago

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in conjunction with WAEC, has released a report on the WASSCE from 2019 to 2021. Zamfara has the least performance in 2021.

2 prominent lawmakers dump APC, defect to NNPP in key northern state

2 prominent lawmakers dump APC, defect to NNPP in key northern state

Politics

2 years ago

Hamza Adamu and Bappah Usman Jurara, two serving members of the Gombe State House of Assembly on Saturday announced their defection from the APC to the NNPP.

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