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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.

5990 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

PDP chieftain meets Peter Obi as Atiku mulls forming alliance with Labour Party

PDP chieftain meets Peter Obi as Atiku mulls forming alliance with Labour Party

Politics

3 years ago

DSS ‘identifies’ key politicians plotting to set up interim government ahead of May 29 Handover to Tinubu

DSS ‘identifies’ key politicians plotting to set up interim government ahead of May 29 Handover to Tinubu

Politics

3 years ago

FG reportedly approves pay raise for civil servants, Ngige shares details

FG reportedly approves pay raise for civil servants, Ngige shares details

Nigeria

3 years ago

Thieves break into former First Lady Patience Jonathan's home, steal valuables worth millions of naira

Thieves break into former First Lady Patience Jonathan's home, steal valuables worth millions of naira

Nigeria

3 years ago

President Buhari makes fresh appointments ahead of May 29 handover

President Buhari makes fresh appointments ahead of May 29 handover

Nigeria

3 years ago

Kaduna Governor-elect, Uba Sani named most community-friendly Senator

Kaduna Governor-elect, Uba Sani named most community-friendly Senator

Politics

3 years ago

Senate president, Speaker should be zoned to southeast and northwest for national unity, says APC chieftain

Senate president, Speaker should be zoned to southeast and northwest for national unity, says APC chieftain

Politics

3 years ago

A chieftain of the APC, Obidike Chukwuebuka, has advised that the office of the Senate President should be zoned to the southeast while the Speaker northwest.

You’re the people’s President-elect, Obidike extols Tinubu at 71

You’re the people’s President-elect, Obidike extols Tinubu at 71

Politics

3 years ago

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Obidike Chukwuebuka, congratulated President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the occasion of his 71st birthday.

2023 governorship election: Why APC lost Kano to Kwankwaso's NNPP, former youth leader aspirant reveals

2023 governorship election: Why APC lost Kano to Kwankwaso's NNPP, former youth leader aspirant reveals

Politics

3 years ago

Ahmad Abba Dangata, a former APC youth leader aspirant, said his party lost the 2023 governorship election in Kano state to the NNPP due to an internal crisis.

BREAKING: Tinubu nominates northern governor, former Lagos commissioner into Transition Council ahead of May 29 handover

BREAKING: Tinubu nominates northern governor, former Lagos commissioner into Transition Council ahead of May 29 handover

Politics

3 years ago

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has nominated two persons into the Presidential Transition Council. This was announced on Tuesday by the SGF.

Bola Tinubu’s age: How old is Nigeria's newly elected president?

Bola Tinubu’s age: How old is Nigeria's newly elected president?

Politics

3 years ago

Bola Tinubu's age was one of the controversies that dominated his presidential campaign. However, public records show the birth date of the president-elect.

Peter Obi’s lawyer Dr Ikpeazu has never lost a case before? Fact emerges

Peter Obi’s lawyer Dr Ikpeazu has never lost a case before? Fact emerges

Politics

3 years ago

A report has stated that the claim that Onyechi Ikpeazu, one of Labour Party candidate Peter Obi's lawyers, has never lost any case is false and misleading.

Senator Orji Kalu speaks on what he will do if Tinubu asks him to drop Senate presidency bid

Senator Orji Kalu speaks on what he will do if Tinubu asks him to drop Senate presidency bid

Politics

3 years ago

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said he will drop his Senate presidency ambition if the President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu asks him to do so.

BREAKING: Emeka Ihedioha withdraws from Imo governorship race, gives reason

BREAKING: Emeka Ihedioha withdraws from Imo governorship race, gives reason

Politics

3 years ago

Emeka Ihedioha has announced his withdrawal from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship primary in Imo state, citing "personal sacrifice".

Court sacks prominent northern lawmaker for dumping APC for PDP

Court sacks prominent northern lawmaker for dumping APC for PDP

Politics

3 years ago

The Federal High Court in Yola has sacked Musa Bororo, a member of the Adamawa state House of Assembly, for defecting from the APC to the PDP in April 2022.

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