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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.

6019 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Photos emerge as rainfall sinks residential building in Lagos, NEMA takes action

Photos emerge as rainfall sinks residential building in Lagos, NEMA takes action

Nigeria

4 years ago

Strong APC chieftain in Borno Sheriff Modu defects to PDP ahead of 2023

Strong APC chieftain in Borno Sheriff Modu defects to PDP ahead of 2023

Politics

4 years ago

Details Buhari, Osinbajo’s assets as declared by presidency in 2015 emerge

Details Buhari, Osinbajo’s assets as declared by presidency in 2015 emerge

Nigeria

4 years ago

Nigerian-born professor wished Queen Elizabeth II ‘excruciating’ death, Twitter takes action

Nigerian-born professor wished Queen Elizabeth II ‘excruciating’ death, Twitter takes action

Nigeria

4 years ago

Buhari’s former aide dumps APC, declares for Kano governorship in another prominent party

Buhari’s former aide dumps APC, declares for Kano governorship in another prominent party

Politics

4 years ago

2023 presidency: New twist as Wike reveals what PDP needs to defeat APC

2023 presidency: New twist as Wike reveals what PDP needs to defeat APC

Politics

4 years ago

Wike: Ayu to step down as PDP chairman or not? Atiku's position finally revealed

Wike: Ayu to step down as PDP chairman or not? Atiku's position finally revealed

Politics

4 years ago

A PDP chieftain, Katch Ononuju, says Atiku Abubakar wants the national chairman Iyorchia Ayu to resign so that the party's crisis can be resolved ahead of 2023.

Tension as popular presidential candidate is disowned ahead of 2023

Tension as popular presidential candidate is disowned ahead of 2023

Politics

4 years ago

The African Action Congress (AAC) on Wednesday, September 7, reportedly disowned Omoyele Sowore as its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.

Ayu sacked or survives? PDP speaks after national caucus meeting, announces next step

Ayu sacked or survives? PDP speaks after national caucus meeting, announces next step

Politics

4 years ago

Despite the calls for his removal, PDP national chairman Iyorchia Ayu presided over the party’s national caucus meeting on Wednesday, September 7, in Abuja.

Can INEC disqualify Peter Obi for raising funds from diaspora? Lawyers react

Can INEC disqualify Peter Obi for raising funds from diaspora? Lawyers react

Politics

4 years ago

Prominent lawyers have reacted to the allegations by some APC support groups that Peter Obi is violating the law by purportedly raising campaign funds abroad.

Salaries, allowances of Nigeria’s president, vice president, governors and deputies, RMAFC document reveals

Salaries, allowances of Nigeria’s president, vice president, governors and deputies, RMAFC document reveals

Money

4 years ago

A document by the Revenue Mobilsation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) shows salaries of the Nigerian president, vice president, governors and deputies.

Peter Obi made deal to step down for Atiku? Doyin Okupe finally opens up

Peter Obi made deal to step down for Atiku? Doyin Okupe finally opens up

Politics

4 years ago

Doyin Okupe, the director-general, Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, has debunked the reports claiming Peter Obi made a deal to step down for Atiku Abubakar.

Intrigues as Wike speaks about APC structure in Rivers, tackles PDP chieftain who followed Atiku to Kano

Intrigues as Wike speaks about APC structure in Rivers, tackles PDP chieftain who followed Atiku to Kano

Politics

4 years ago

Ahead of the 2023 elections, Governor Nyesom Wike has stated that he is busy bringing down the structures of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state

Charles III: Prince of Wales finally becomes King of England

Charles III: Prince of Wales finally becomes King of England

Europe

4 years ago

At the moment Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, the British throne passed immediately and without ceremony to the heir, Charles, the former Prince of Wales.

BREAKING: Tension as DSS arrests Tukur Mamu's father-in-law

BREAKING: Tension as DSS arrests Tukur Mamu's father-in-law

Nigeria

4 years ago

The DSS has continued a clampdown on associates of the embattled bandits’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, arresting his father-in-law, Abdullahi Mashi, Thursday night.

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