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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.

6002 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Panic as INEC fails to produce Adeleke’s certificates at tribunal, gives reason

Panic as INEC fails to produce Adeleke’s certificates at tribunal, gives reason

Politics

3 years ago

2023 presidency: NNPP to merge with Peter Obi's Labour Party? Kwankwaso reveals final decision

2023 presidency: NNPP to merge with Peter Obi's Labour Party? Kwankwaso reveals final decision

Politics

3 years ago

Wike to support Tinubu? Details emerge as Umahi reveals what APC presidential candidate needs from Rivers governor

Wike to support Tinubu? Details emerge as Umahi reveals what APC presidential candidate needs from Rivers governor

Politics

3 years ago

Nigerian governor gets emotional, weeps as he performs important state function

Nigerian governor gets emotional, weeps as he performs important state function

Politics

3 years ago

Peter Obi offered Kwankwaso N40bn to step down for Him? Labour Party presidential candidate opens up

Peter Obi offered Kwankwaso N40bn to step down for Him? Labour Party presidential candidate opens up

Politics

3 years ago

Surprise as Peter Obi reveals his position on ESN members in southeast

Surprise as Peter Obi reveals his position on ESN members in southeast

Politics

3 years ago

2023 presidency: Doyin Okupe predicts overall winner, reveals number of states Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi will win

2023 presidency: Doyin Okupe predicts overall winner, reveals number of states Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi will win

Politics

3 years ago

Doyin Okupe, director-general of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, has predicted how Peter Obi of the Labour Party will win the 2023 presidential election.

Chicago State University gives fresh update on Tinubu's academic degree after prominent Nigerian's request

Chicago State University gives fresh update on Tinubu's academic degree after prominent Nigerian's request

Politics

3 years ago

The Chicago State University once again confirmed that Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, indeed attended the university.

BREAKING: PDP has no governorship candidate in Ogun? Supreme Court gives verdict

BREAKING: PDP has no governorship candidate in Ogun? Supreme Court gives verdict

Politics

3 years ago

The crisis rocking the Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened on Monday with the Supreme Court dismissing an appeal filed before it.

Setback for Tinubu as former governor’s aide, 4,000 APC members defect to PDP in northern state

Setback for Tinubu as former governor’s aide, 4,000 APC members defect to PDP in northern state

Politics

3 years ago

Musibau Esinrogunjo, an APC chieftain and his supporters, numbering 4,000 party members, have defected to the opposition PDP ahead of the 2023 general election.

BREAKING: PDP, APC in fresh trouble as court sacks their candidates in 2 northern states

BREAKING: PDP, APC in fresh trouble as court sacks their candidates in 2 northern states

Politics

3 years ago

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Aminu Kanta as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Babura/Garki Federal Constituency of Jigawa state.

BREAKING: Tijjaniyya sect endorses Kaduna APC governorship candidate Uba Sani ahead of 2023

BREAKING: Tijjaniyya sect endorses Kaduna APC governorship candidate Uba Sani ahead of 2023

Politics

3 years ago

Senator Uba Sani, the Kaduna APC gubernatorial candidate, has been endorsed by the Tijjaniyya Grassroots Mobilization and Empowerment Initiative of Nigeria.

Aisha Buhari displays tattoo of Tinubu's cap logo on her palms, leads campaign front in viral video

Politics

3 years ago

First Lady Aisha Buhari takes the APC presidential campaign to another level as she rocks a tattoo of the cap logo of the presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.

Just in: Court sacks prominent APC candidate over alleged certificate forgery

Just in: Court sacks prominent APC candidate over alleged certificate forgery

Politics

3 years ago

The Federal High Court in Dutse has sacked the APC candidate for the Kazaure constituency in Jigawa House of Assembly, Muhammad Idris, over a forged certificate

Wike opens up on presidential candidate Rivers state will vote for, sends G5 governors' final position to PDP

Wike opens up on presidential candidate Rivers state will vote for, sends G5 governors' final position to PDP

Politics

3 years ago

Wike has listed the G5 Governors' conditions for a truce, saying party affiliation, ethnicity or religion will not determine the 2023 presidential election.

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