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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.

5804 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Prominent presidential candidate announces running mate ahead of 2023

Prominent presidential candidate announces running mate ahead of 2023

Politics

3 years ago

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Buhari's ex-minister exposes APC's alleged hidden agenda

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Buhari's ex-minister exposes APC's alleged hidden agenda

Politics

3 years ago

Photos emerge as El-Rufai, Matawalle, Omisore visit Tinubu in Abuja

Photos emerge as El-Rufai, Matawalle, Omisore visit Tinubu in Abuja

Politics

3 years ago

Emmanuel Anibaba: Meet the Nigerian from Kogi state playing for UK rugby team

Emmanuel Anibaba: Meet the Nigerian from Kogi state playing for UK rugby team

Sports

3 years ago

2023: Hundreds of APC, PDP members declare support for Peter Obi as they defect to Labour Party in Abuja

2023: Hundreds of APC, PDP members declare support for Peter Obi as they defect to Labour Party in Abuja

Politics

3 years ago

Just in: Terrorists attack presidential guards in Abuja after threat to abduct Buhari, El-Rufai

Just in: Terrorists attack presidential guards in Abuja after threat to abduct Buhari, El-Rufai

Nigeria

3 years ago

Much ado about APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket by Jide Ojo

Much ado about APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket by Jide Ojo

Politics

3 years ago

Jide Ojo writes about the APC's Muslim-Muslim ticket after Bola Tinubu picked a fellow Muslim, Shettima, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.

BREAKING: Terrorists release Kaduna train attack victims

BREAKING: Terrorists release Kaduna train attack victims

Nigeria

3 years ago

Terrorists on Monday released three victims out of 62 hostages of the abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers. The victims consist of two males and a female.

Days after meeting Peter Obi, Obasanjo tells Nigerian youths what to do ahead of 2023

Days after meeting Peter Obi, Obasanjo tells Nigerian youths what to do ahead of 2023

Politics

3 years ago

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday, July 23, challenged Nigerian youths to get up and take over leadership positions and stop waiting for "tomorrow"

Trouble for Atiku as 35,000 residents from northern state declare support for Peter Obi

Trouble for Atiku as 35,000 residents from northern state declare support for Peter Obi

Politics

3 years ago

As the 2023 election draws near, 35,000 residents of Nasarawa state have declared their support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

From nightmare to new hope: How corps member’s media advocacy helped construct Ayegbami community’s road taking lives

From nightmare to new hope: How corps member’s media advocacy helped construct Ayegbami community’s road taking lives

Nigeria

3 years ago

Legit.ng chronicles how a corps member, Obinna Andrew, used media advocacy to get the government's attention to fix a link road in Ayegbami community, Ilorin.

CleanUpAyegbami: How corps member’s advocacy on dumpsites clearing helped fight malaria in Kwara community

CleanUpAyegbami: How corps member’s advocacy on dumpsites clearing helped fight malaria in Kwara community

Nigeria

3 years ago

In this report, Legit.ng captures how Obinna Andrew, a corps member, used advocacy on dumpsites clearance to help fight malaria in Ayegbami, a Kwara community.

Full list, addresses of centres where Nigerians in US, UK, Canada, Germany, other countries can Enrol for NIN

Full list, addresses of centres where Nigerians in US, UK, Canada, Germany, other countries can Enrol for NIN

Nigeria

3 years ago

NIMC has released the list over 150 centres where Nigerians resident in the UK, US, Germany and others can enrol for their National Identification Number (NIN).

Full list of 15,000 centres nationwide where you can enrol for your NIN as telcos bar 72m unlinked SIMs

Full list of 15,000 centres nationwide where you can enrol for your NIN as telcos bar 72m unlinked SIMs

Nigeria

3 years ago

Following Telcos' restriction of SIMs yet to be linked with the NIN from making calls, NIMC has released the list of 15,000 enrolment centres across Nigeria.

Atiku is a pathological liar, Tinubu says, exposes what happened in 2007 over Muslim-Muslim ticket

Atiku is a pathological liar, Tinubu says, exposes what happened in 2007 over Muslim-Muslim ticket

Politics

3 years ago

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, has faulted the PDP candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's claim, over a Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2007.

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