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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

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Obasanjo speaks on special presidential candidate as he visits Abdulsalami, Babangida in Niger

Obasanjo speaks on special presidential candidate as he visits Abdulsalami, Babangida in Niger

Politics

3 years ago

2023 presidency: Kwankwaso speaks on stepping down for Tinubu or Atiku

2023 presidency: Kwankwaso speaks on stepping down for Tinubu or Atiku

Politics

3 years ago

Just in: High profile defection looms as Atiku, Ayu, Lamido, PDP big wigs land in Kano for official reception

Politics

3 years ago

What Nigerian students should do as ASUU strike enters 194th day

What Nigerian students should do as ASUU strike enters 194th day

Education

3 years ago

15-year-old Nigerian student wins big, defeats UK, US, Chinese pupils at global maths competition

15-year-old Nigerian student wins big, defeats UK, US, Chinese pupils at global maths competition

Nigeria

3 years ago

Photos emerge as police arrest suspected fake soldiers in Lagos, recover weapons, charms

Photos emerge as police arrest suspected fake soldiers in Lagos, recover weapons, charms

Nigeria

3 years ago

List of 15 states that fail to implement N30,000 minimum wage for teachers

List of 15 states that fail to implement N30,000 minimum wage for teachers

Education

3 years ago

Teachers in primary and secondary schools in 15 states are yet to enjoy the N30,000 wage increase, three years after Buhari signed the Minimum Wage Act into law

Atiku, Tinubu or Peter Obi? Wike advised on who to support after meeting top 3 presidential candidates

Atiku, Tinubu or Peter Obi? Wike advised on who to support after meeting top 3 presidential candidates

Politics

3 years ago

Osita Okechukwu, the DG of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), has advised Governor Nyesom Wike to support either Bola Tinubu or Peter Obi for the 2023 presidency.

Revealed: What Governor Wike told Atiku at London meeting and PDP presidential candidate's response

Revealed: What Governor Wike told Atiku at London meeting and PDP presidential candidate's response

Politics

3 years ago

Details have emerged from the London meeting between the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku, and the camp of Wike over the crisis in the opposition party.

ICYMI: Why we did not arrest Tinubu - EFCC chairman Bawa opens up

ICYMI: Why we did not arrest Tinubu - EFCC chairman Bawa opens up

Nigeria

3 years ago

The EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, says the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is still under investigation.

"All glory goes to Asiwaju": Former IGP reveals how Tinubu helped him

"All glory goes to Asiwaju": Former IGP reveals how Tinubu helped him

Politics

3 years ago

Mike Okiro, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), has revealed how Bola Ahmed Tinubu facilitated his appointment as the commissioner of police in Lagos.

Just in: Court gives verdict on suit seeking to disqualify prominent APC governor from seeking re-election

Just in: Court gives verdict on suit seeking to disqualify prominent APC governor from seeking re-election

Politics

3 years ago

The Federal High Court in Abeokuta has dismissed a suit by a former APC governorship aspirant, Biyi Otegbeye, challenging Governor Dapo Abiodun's candidacy.

2022 UTME: List of top 10 best JAMB candidates and their scores emerges

2022 UTME: List of top 10 best JAMB candidates and their scores emerges

Education

3 years ago

Ekiti state indigene Adebayo Eyimofe obtains the highest mark in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). See list of the top 10 candidates.

15 APC senators take decision on defection ahead of 2023

15 APC senators take decision on defection ahead of 2023

Politics

3 years ago

Following intervention by President Buhari and party leaders, 15 aggrieved APC senators have shelved plans to defect to the opposition PDP and other parties.

Ready to call off strike: ASUU reacts to N10,000 university support levy offered by parents

Ready to call off strike: ASUU reacts to N10,000 university support levy offered by parents

Education

3 years ago

ASUU on Thursday rejected the proposed payment of N10,000 per session offered by parents to assist the FG in making more funds available for public universities

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