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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.

6027 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Breaking: Tears as late Yinka Odumakin's father dies at 116

Breaking: Tears as late Yinka Odumakin's father dies at 116

Nigeria

4 years ago

BREAKING: Appeal Court gives verdict on Oborevwori's sack as Delta PDP governorship candidate

BREAKING: Appeal Court gives verdict on Oborevwori's sack as Delta PDP governorship candidate

Politics

4 years ago

Beautiful photos of 96-year-old Nigerian secondary school which has produced many professors

Beautiful photos of 96-year-old Nigerian secondary school which has produced many professors

Education

4 years ago

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

4 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

4 years ago

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

Politics

4 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

4 years ago

Ogoegbunam Kingdom, a youth and women development advocate, in a chat with Legit.ng advised Nigerian students to encourage ASUU to soft pedal in its demands.

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

4 years ago

Faith Odunsi, a 15-year-old Nigerian student has won the Global Open Mathematics Tournament, an international contest with participants from all over the world.

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

4 years ago

The police command in Lagos in a statement released on Friday announced the arrest of two suspected fake soldiers: Oluwatosin Gabriel and Nurudeen Agboola.

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

4 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

4 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

4 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

4 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

4 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

4 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.

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