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)

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). He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2347057737768.

6281 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

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PDP primaries: List of governors, deputy govs who have won Senate tickets

PDP primaries: List of governors, deputy govs who have won Senate tickets

Politics

2 years ago

APC presidential primary: Osinbajo storms Lagos, reveals how he will defeat Tinubu, others

APC presidential primary: Osinbajo storms Lagos, reveals how he will defeat Tinu...

Politics

2 years ago

Son of prominent former governor wins PDP's guber ticket in key northern state

Son of prominent former governor wins PDP's guber ticket in key northern state

Politics

2 years ago

Shehu Sani loses Kaduna PDP governorship primary, sends message to winner

Shehu Sani loses Kaduna PDP governorship primary, sends message to winner

Politics

2 years ago

Prominent PDP House of Reps aspirant collapses after losing primary

Prominent PDP House of Reps aspirant collapses after losing primary

Politics

2 years ago

List of APC presidential aspirants who bought forms, submitted and ready for screening ahead of primaries

List of APC presidential aspirants who bought forms, submitted and ready for scr...

Politics

2 years ago

2023 presidency: Political party Peter Obi may join after dumping PDP revealed

2023 presidency: Political party Peter Obi may join after dumping PDP revealed

Politics

2 years ago

Peter Obi, former presidential aspirant of the platform of the PDP is reportedly planning to join the Labour Party to pursue his 2023 presidential ambition.

President Buhari sacked Godwin Emefiele? Here is what CBN says

President Buhari sacked Godwin Emefiele? Here is what CBN says

Nigeria

2 years ago

Contrary to the viral rumour on social media, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the time of this report denied knowledge of the sack of Godwin Emefiele.

Tension as Abba Kyari reportedly escapes murder in prison

Tension as Abba Kyari reportedly escapes murder in prison

Nigeria

2 years ago

Aggrieved inmates who accused Abba Kyari of insincerity in bribe-for-release deals almost murdered the suspended deputy commissioner of police in Kuje prison.

Live Updates: Winners emerge as results troop in from PDP's governorship primaries across Nigeria

Live Updates: Winners emerge as results troop in from PDP's governorship primaries across Nigeria

Politics

2 years ago

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is holding primaries across the 36 states of the federation to elect its gove

Wike's likely successor emerges as PDP elects governorship candidate in Rivers

Wike's likely successor emerges as PDP elects governorship candidate in Rivers

Politics

2 years ago

The Rivers state's immediate past accountant general, Siminialayi Fubara, has emerged the governorship candidate of the PDP ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Full letter: Why Peter Obi dumped PDP, pulled out of party's presidential primaries

Full letter: Why Peter Obi dumped PDP, pulled out of party's presidential primaries

Politics

2 years ago

The letter conveying Peter Obi's resignation from the PDP which was submitted to the national chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has revealed why he left the party.

BREAKING: Peter Obi dumps PDP ahead of presidential primaries

BREAKING: Peter Obi dumps PDP ahead of presidential primaries

Politics

2 years ago

A frontline presidential aspirant Peter Obi has resigned from the PDP. His resignation was contained in a letter sent to the party's national chairman, Dr Ayu.

Uncertainty as winner emerges in Ogun PDP governorship primary

Uncertainty as winner emerges in Ogun PDP governorship primary

Politics

2 years ago

Segun Sowunmi, spokesman of the PDP presidential candidate in 2019, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged the governorship candidate of the opposition party in Ogun state

Names, details of woman, 4 children killed by IPOB gunmen revealed as they're buried in Anambra

Names, details of woman, 4 children killed by IPOB gunmen revealed as they're buried in Anambra

Nigeria

2 years ago

The names and other details of the woman and her four children, all of them of northern extraction, killed in Anambra state by IPOB gunmen have been released.

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