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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.

5802 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

How I dropped out of medical school at 500L, ended up as wheelbarrow pusher - Man narrates tragic story

How I dropped out of medical school at 500L, ended up as wheelbarrow pusher - Man narrates tragic story

Nigeria

3 years ago

Can Peter Obi Defeat Tinubu? Ex-APC Youth Leader Aspirant Predicts Winner of 2023 Presidential Election

Can Peter Obi Defeat Tinubu? Ex-APC Youth Leader Aspirant Predicts Winner of 2023 Presidential Election

Politics

3 years ago

Huge loss as popular governorship aspirant dumps PDP, picks another party's ticket

Huge loss as popular governorship aspirant dumps PDP, picks another party's ticket

Politics

3 years ago

2023: Governor Wike hints on naming preferred presidential candidate, sends message to Nigerians about PDP

2023: Governor Wike hints on naming preferred presidential candidate, sends message to Nigerians about PDP

Politics

3 years ago

List of Nigerian universities that may lose accreditation for 159 courses

List of Nigerian universities that may lose accreditation for 159 courses

Education

3 years ago

Buhari reveals his plan for 2023 elections as he meets APC governors

Buhari reveals his plan for 2023 elections as he meets APC governors

Politics

3 years ago

2023: Tinubu will defeat Atiku in the north, APC chieftain boasts

2023: Tinubu will defeat Atiku in the north, APC chieftain boasts

Politics

3 years ago

A young chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmad Abba Dangata, is confident of Bola Tinubu's victory in the 2023 presidential election.

Buba Galadima reveals what NNPP will do as Shekarau defects to PDP

Buba Galadima reveals what NNPP will do as Shekarau defects to PDP

Politics

3 years ago

Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), says Ibrahim Shekarau has missed the way by defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

2023: Tinubu breaks silence after London meeting with Wike, Other PDP governors, reveals his plan

2023: Tinubu breaks silence after London meeting with Wike, Other PDP governors, reveals his plan

Politics

3 years ago

Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, says if elected, he will not do what is comfortable but what is right for Nigerians.

2023 presidency: Why Peter Obi cannot step down for Atiku revealed

2023 presidency: Why Peter Obi cannot step down for Atiku revealed

Politics

3 years ago

Amid the rumours that Peter Obi may step down for Atiku in the 2023 presidential election, Ogoegbunam Kingdom, a youth advocate, said it is not “feasible”.

Breaking: Photo emerges as Tinubu, Shettima, APC governors meet with Jonathan in Abuja

Breaking: Photo emerges as Tinubu, Shettima, APC governors meet with Jonathan in Abuja

Politics

3 years ago

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, August 30, met with former President Goodluck Jonathan

BREAKING: Tension, many trapped as building collapses in Kano

BREAKING: Tension, many trapped as building collapses in Kano

Politics

3 years ago

A building under construction has collapsed in one of the GSM markets in Kano on Tuesday. The building is located on Beirut road, a very busy area in Kano.

Breaking: Tears as late Yinka Odumakin's father dies at 116

Breaking: Tears as late Yinka Odumakin's father dies at 116

Nigeria

3 years ago

Elder Ezekiel Abioye Odumakin, the father of late Comrade Yinka Odumakin has died at the age of 116. Odumakin died on Monday evening, August 29, around 5.30pm.

BREAKING: Appeal Court gives verdict on Oborevwori's sack as Delta PDP governorship candidate

BREAKING: Appeal Court gives verdict on Oborevwori's sack as Delta PDP governorship candidate

Politics

3 years ago

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday reversed the Federal High Court judgment sacking Sheriff Oborevwori as the Delta state's PDP governorship candidate.

Beautiful photos of 96-year-old Nigerian secondary school which has produced many professors

Beautiful photos of 96-year-old Nigerian secondary school which has produced many professors

Education

3 years ago

Dennis Memorial Grammar School (DMGS), a first-generation secondary school established in Onitsha, Anambra state, has clocked 96. Check out the school's photos.

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