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

BREAKING: IGP Alkali Baba reacts as court sentences him to 3 months in prison, reveals next action

BREAKING: IGP Alkali Baba reacts as court sentences him to 3 months in prison,...

Nigeria

2 years ago

3 steps IGP Alkali Baba Usman may take after court sentenced him to prison

3 steps IGP Alkali Baba Usman may take after court sentenced him to prison

Nigeria

2 years ago

Police speak on arrest of student who said Aisha Buhari ‘ate poor people’s money’

Police speak on arrest of student who said Aisha Buhari ‘ate poor people’s...

Nigeria

2 years ago

APC apologised for using Donald Duke's photo in Tinubu documentary? campaign council reacts

APC apologised for using Donald Duke's photo in Tinubu documentary? campaign...

Politics

2 years ago

Breaking: Osun Assembly rejects Governor Adeleke’s crucial decision

Breaking: Osun Assembly rejects Governor Adeleke’s crucial decision

Politics

2 years ago

Northern governor’s special adviser, prominent chieftain, dump PDP, defect to APC ahead of 2023 elections

Northern governor’s special adviser, prominent chieftain, dump PDP, defect to...

Politics

2 years ago

2023 elections: Panic as prominent presidential candidate is fined

2023 elections: Panic as prominent presidential candidate is fined

Politics

2 years ago

A Federal High Court in Abuja awards a fine against Kola Abiola, the presidential candidate of the PRP, over failure to file his court documents within time.

Photo emerges as Eyo masquerade collapses in stampede at APC rally in Lagos

Photo emerges as Eyo masquerade collapses in stampede at APC rally in Lagos

Nigeria

2 years ago

An Eyo masquerade was trampled upon in a stampede at the presidential rally of the APC held on Saturday, November 26, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.

2023 elections: EFCC arrested Peter Obi’s son for fraud? Fact Emerges

2023 elections: EFCC arrested Peter Obi’s son for fraud? Fact Emerges

Politics

2 years ago

The claim that the son of Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for fraud is false.

Tinubu suffers another gaffe in Lagos, says "Go and take your APV APC and you must vote", video emerges

Tinubu suffers another gaffe in Lagos, says "Go and take your APV APC and you must vote", video emerges

Politics

2 years ago

APC presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suffered another gaffe while speaking at his presidential campaign rally in Lagos on Saturday, November 26.

Lagos APC rally: Tinubu reveals what Nigerians should do to PDP, Atiku in 2023

Lagos APC rally: Tinubu reveals what Nigerians should do to PDP, Atiku in 2023

Politics

2 years ago

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, urged Nigerians not to allow Atiku Abubakar and the PDP anywhere near the nation's commonwealth again.

Prominent party collapses structures as governorship, senatorial candidates, others join APC in northern state

Prominent party collapses structures as governorship, senatorial candidates, others join APC in northern state

Politics

2 years ago

The leadership of the PRP in Sokoto state, led by the party’s governorship candidate, Sa’idu Gumburawa, has collapsed its structure and defected to the APC.

2023 presidency: 5 strong APC states Tinubu may not win in 2023 and why

2023 presidency: 5 strong APC states Tinubu may not win in 2023 and why

Politics

2 years ago

This report examines some factors which may cause the defeat of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in some states under his party's control in 2023.

2023 presidency: Former PDP governor breaks silence as he dumps Wike's camp, declares support for Atiku

2023 presidency: Former PDP governor breaks silence as he dumps Wike's camp, declares support for Atiku

Politics

2 years ago

A former governor of Gombe state, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, has dumped Wike's camp and declared his support for the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

2023 presidency: PDP crisis worsens as G5 Governors take strong action against Atiku

2023 presidency: PDP crisis worsens as G5 Governors take strong action against Atiku

Politics

2 years ago

The G5 governors refused to campaign for PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar when they flagged off the 2023 elections campaign in Umuahia, Abia state.

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