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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.

5991 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Naira scarcity: El-Rufai reveals how 2 presidential candidates have access to 100s of millions of new notes

Naira scarcity: El-Rufai reveals how 2 presidential candidates have access to 100s of millions of new notes

Nigeria

3 years ago

LIVE UPDATES: Police take over roads as protests erupt in Lagos, spread to Ogun over Naira notes scarcity

Live

LIVE UPDATES: Police take over roads as protests erupt in Lagos, spread to Ogun over Naira notes scarcity

Nigeria

3 years ago

Naira redesign policy: How Buhari's chief economic adviser disagrees with Emefiele, El-Rufai speaks

Naira redesign policy: How Buhari's chief economic adviser disagrees with Emefiele, El-Rufai speaks

Nigeria

3 years ago

2023 elections: Governor Wike lists candidates Rivers PDP will vote

2023 elections: Governor Wike lists candidates Rivers PDP will vote

Politics

3 years ago

Naira Redesign Policy: Buhari Reveals What Nigerians Should Do to Their Old N500, N1000 Notes

Naira Redesign Policy: Buhari Reveals What Nigerians Should Do to Their Old N500, N1000 Notes

Nigeria

3 years ago

Yahaya Bello-led Kogi govt reveals 2 Buhari's powerful appointees working against Tinubu's victory

Yahaya Bello-led Kogi govt reveals 2 Buhari's powerful appointees working against Tinubu's victory

Politics

3 years ago

Buhari Finally Announces New Deadline for Validity of Old N200 Notes

Buhari Finally Announces New Deadline for Validity of Old N200 Notes

Nigeria

3 years ago

President Buhari on Thursday announced the extension of the validity of old N200 notes till April 10. The president announced this during the national broadcast

2023 elections: Implications of candidates’ suspension/expulsion by political parties by Festus Ogun

2023 elections: Implications of candidates’ suspension/expulsion by political parties by Festus Ogun

Opinion

3 years ago

Festus Ogun, a constitutional lawyer, writes on the legal implications of political parties suspending or expelling their candidates ahead of the 2023 election.

2023 presidency: Wike reveals how Tinubu rejected offer to join PDP, work against Buhari in 2019

2023 presidency: Wike reveals how Tinubu rejected offer to join PDP, work against Buhari in 2019

Politics

3 years ago

Governor Nyesom Wike recalls how Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, turned down their offers to work against President Buhari's re-election in 2019.

President Buhari addresses Nigerians as Naira scarcity worsens

President Buhari addresses Nigerians as Naira scarcity worsens

Nigeria

3 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari will make a national broadcast at 7 am on Thursday, February 16, according to a statement by one of his spokesmen, Femi Adesina.

Full text of President Buhari’s address on Naira notes scarcity: New deadline, directives for CBN, others

Full text of President Buhari’s address on Naira notes scarcity: New deadline, directives for CBN, others

Nigeria

3 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, February 16, addressed Nigerians over the Naira redesign policy. Here is the full text of the president's broadcast.

BREAKING: Governor El-Rufai Shares Details of Buhari's Alleged Plan to Extend Deadline for Old Naira Notes

BREAKING: Governor El-Rufai Shares Details of Buhari's Alleged Plan to Extend Deadline for Old Naira Notes

Nigeria

3 years ago

Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna has reacted to the alleged proposed plans by the federal government to extend the deadline for the swapping of the old Naira notes.

Tinubu or Peter Obi? ANAP's 3rd and final poll predicts winner of 2023 presidential election

Tinubu or Peter Obi? ANAP's 3rd and final poll predicts winner of 2023 presidential election

Politics

3 years ago

Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate maintains the lead in the third and final poll commissioned by Anap Foundation.

Old notes: Nigerian governor reveals what will happen if Buhari fails to review CBN's Naira redesign policy

Old notes: Nigerian governor reveals what will happen if Buhari fails to review CBN's Naira redesign policy

Nigeria

3 years ago

Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, advised President Buhari to review the Naira redesign policy that is impoverishing Nigerians before things get out of hand.

Final endorsement? Wike speaks on what Tinubu has that Nigeria needs, attacks PDP presidential candidate Atiku

Final endorsement? Wike speaks on what Tinubu has that Nigeria needs, attacks PDP presidential candidate Atiku

Politics

3 years ago

Governor Nyesom Wike has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, possesses the qualities required to govern Nigeria.

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