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, 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). 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.

6228 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Adamawa: Analyst highlights Fintiri’s achievements, leadership style amid 2027 election talks

Adamawa: Analyst highlights Fintiri’s achievements, leadership style amid 2027 election talks

Politics

9 months ago

"Magical": UI undergraduate emerges world's best veterinary student, speaks on feat

"Magical": UI undergraduate emerges world's best veterinary student, speaks on feat

Education

9 months ago

Anambra: Why I'm silent over Soludo's demolition of my head office, showroom, Innoson boss speaks

Anambra: Why I'm silent over Soludo's demolition of my head office, showroom, Innoson boss speaks

Nigeria

9 months ago

NNPCL: Mele Kyari advised on what to do amid intensified calls for his probe

NNPCL: Mele Kyari advised on what to do amid intensified calls for his probe

Nigeria

9 months ago

JAMB arrests 27 persons who impersonated candidates, delists 4 CBT centres

JAMB arrests 27 persons who impersonated candidates, delists 4 CBT centres

Education

9 months ago

Tinubu under intense pressure to sack Rivers sole administrator

Tinubu under intense pressure to sack Rivers sole administrator

Nigeria

9 months ago

Plateau, Benue killings: Defence minister asked to resign over rising insecurity

Plateau, Benue killings: Defence minister asked to resign over rising insecurity

Nigeria

9 months ago

A security expert, Opialu Fabian, has hailed President Tinubu’s record security budget but slammed defence minister Badaru’s alleged poor performance.

Oil block licensing: Anti-corruption group reacts to allegations against NUPRC boss Gbenga Komolafe

Oil block licensing: Anti-corruption group reacts to allegations against NUPRC boss Gbenga Komolafe

Nigeria

9 months ago

TNN has defended NUPRC’s Gbenga Komolafe, saying the 2024 oil block licensing round was the most transparent and tech-driven in Nigeria's history.

Man who drove on wrong lane killed father, 3 children, maid in Osun road accident

Man who drove on wrong lane killed father, 3 children, maid in Osun road accident

Nigeria

9 months ago

A fatal road accident on the Ife-Ilesa expressway in Osun state has left five people dead, including a father, his three children, and their maid.

Rivers state crisis: United Nations asked to intervene as state of emergency continues

Rivers state crisis: United Nations asked to intervene as state of emergency continues

Nigeria

9 months ago

Save Democracy Vanguard has petitioned the UN over alleged illegal suspension of democracy in Rivers state, warns of looming democratic collapse.

148 people die as boat catches fire, capsizes after woman starts cooking on board, hundreds missing

148 people die as boat catches fire, capsizes after woman starts cooking on board, hundreds missing

Africa

9 months ago

At least 148 people died and hundreds are missing after an overloaded boat caught fire and capsized on the Congo River. Search and rescue efforts continue.

Why Tinubu should not run for second term, Peter Obi's running mate Datti Baba-Ahmed explains

Why Tinubu should not run for second term, Peter Obi's running mate Datti Baba-Ahmed explains

Politics

9 months ago

Labour Party's Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed said he expected President Tinubu not to join the 2027 race, just as he predicted the defeat of the APC in the next poll.

Female teacher shot dead as community leaders ask Soludo to reform Agunechemba security outfit

Female teacher shot dead as community leaders ask Soludo to reform Agunechemba security outfit

Nigeria

9 months ago

A female teacher, Chiamaka Okeke, was shot dead by an operative of Agunechemba in Nnewi. Community leaders urge Governor Soludo to reform the security outfit.

Kano Hisbah vows to crack down on "secret" boyfriend-girlfriend meetings in cars

Kano Hisbah vows to crack down on "secret" boyfriend-girlfriend meetings in cars

Nigeria

9 months ago

The Kano Hisbah Board has intensified efforts to stop unmarried couples from meeting in vehicles, sparking mixed reactions from parents and religious leaders.

Man builds 3-bedroom house with 14,800 plastic bottles, photos emerge: "Nigerians are very creative"

Man builds 3-bedroom house with 14,800 plastic bottles, photos emerge: "Nigerians are very creative"

Nigeria

9 months ago

Nigerian engineer, Yahaya Ahmed, has built a house using 14,800 sand-filled plastic bottles as bricks. The building which has three rooms is located in Kaduna.

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