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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

Tension in northern state as gunmen attack convoy, murder 2 expatriates, 2 policemen, 2 drivers

Tension in northern state as gunmen attack convoy, murder 2 expatriates, 2 policemen, 2 drivers

Nigeria

3 years ago

Huge feat as Nigerian air task force kills "notorious Boko Haram leader", 27 other terrorists in Borno

Huge feat as Nigerian air task force kills "notorious Boko Haram leader", 27 other terrorists in Borno

Nigeria

3 years ago

Fear grips northerners as IPOB kills 8 Nigeriens in Imo, carts away head, police react

Fear grips northerners as IPOB kills 8 Nigeriens in Imo, carts away head, police react

Nigeria

3 years ago

2023: What we must do to win, APC national chairman Adamu reveals

2023: What we must do to win, APC national chairman Adamu reveals

Politics

3 years ago

What APC is doing to ensure Tinubu defeats Atiku in 2023, House of Reps deputy speaker reveals

What APC is doing to ensure Tinubu defeats Atiku in 2023, House of Reps deputy speaker reveals

Politics

3 years ago

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Buhari's ex-minister exposes Babachir Lawal, reveals how Tinubu helped him

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Buhari's ex-minister exposes Babachir Lawal, reveals how Tinubu helped him

Politics

3 years ago

Photos, video emerge as Ini Umoren’s killer attempts to escape after being sentenced to death

Photos, video emerge as Ini Umoren’s killer attempts to escape after being sentenced to death

Nigeria

3 years ago

Uduak Akpan, the convicted killer of Akwa Ibom jobseeker, Iniobong Umoren, attempted to escape after being sentenced to death at the Akwa Ibom State High Court

Reactions as video shows APC chairman Adamu shouting ‘Praise the Lord!’ in popular church

Reactions as video shows APC chairman Adamu shouting ‘Praise the Lord!’ in popular church

Politics

3 years ago

Reactions have trailed a video showing the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, in a church shouting ‘Praise the Lord!’

Just in: Ayu to Step Down as National Chairman? PDP BoT Takes Fresh Decision on Atiku-Wike Crisis

Just in: Ayu to Step Down as National Chairman? PDP BoT Takes Fresh Decision on Atiku-Wike Crisis

Politics

3 years ago

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s Board of Trustees has “set up” another committee to interface with Governor Wike and other aggrieved members of the party.

Sad day as gunmen kill abducted LAUTECH student, hotelier after collecting N5m ransom

Sad day as gunmen kill abducted LAUTECH student, hotelier after collecting N5m ransom

Nigeria

3 years ago

Gunmen on Tuesday killed Olugbenga Owolabi, a hotelier, and Rachael Opadele, a student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso.

APC makes crucial appointments ahead of 2023 presidential election

APC makes crucial appointments ahead of 2023 presidential election

Politics

3 years ago

The ruling APC has announced Festus Keyamo as the interim spokesman and Hannatu Musawa as the deputy spokesman of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign.

Why Tinubu is an example of how Nigeria should be: Full text of Oshiomhole's viral interview

Why Tinubu is an example of how Nigeria should be: Full text of Oshiomhole's viral interview

Politics

3 years ago

Adams Oshiomhole who has been tipped to play a prominent role in the Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign says religion should not have any role in politics.

Why it’s ‘technically impossible’ to impeach Buhari, Shehu Sani reveals, tells PDP lawmakers what to do

Why it’s ‘technically impossible’ to impeach Buhari, Shehu Sani reveals, tells PDP lawmakers what to do

Politics

3 years ago

A former senator, Shehu Sani, has urged opposition lawmakers to focus on the 2023 general elections instead of wasting their energy on trying to impeach Buhari.

Just in: EFCC declares popular Nigerian internet celebrity wanted, reveals his crime

Just in: EFCC declares popular Nigerian internet celebrity wanted, reveals his crime

Nigeria

3 years ago

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has on Wednesday declared the popular Nigerian internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, wanted.

2023 presidency: Ex-APC vice chairman reveals zones, areas where Peter Obi will get massive votes

2023 presidency: Ex-APC vice chairman reveals zones, areas where Peter Obi will get massive votes

Politics

3 years ago

Hillard Etta, APC chieftain, says Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, will get substantial votes from the south-south and the southeast regions.

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