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 +2348054399455.

6142 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Why Tinubu was absent at APC NEC meeting in Abuja, aide reveals

Why Tinubu was absent at APC NEC meeting in Abuja, aide reveals

Politics

3 years ago

Ramadan 2022: How and when to start looking for Lailatul Qadir, Night of Power

Ramadan 2022: How and when to start looking for Lailatul Qadir, Night of Power

Nigeria

3 years ago

Just in: Tension as thugs attack prominent PDP senator in southeast state

Just in: Tension as thugs attack prominent PDP senator in southeast state

Politics

3 years ago

Tears as prominent traditional ruler in Osun state dies after brief illness

Tears as prominent traditional ruler in Osun state dies after brief illness

Nigeria

3 years ago

2023 presidency: What Buhari told APC governors, party leaders at NEC meeting

2023 presidency: What Buhari told APC governors, party leaders at NEC meeting

Politics

3 years ago

Is the old national identity card truly an alternative to NIN? Here is what NIMC said

Is the old national identity card truly an alternative to NIN? Here is what NIMC said

Nigeria

3 years ago

Is it true that those who registered for BVN automatically have NIN? Here is what NIMC said

Is it true that those who registered for BVN automatically have NIN? Here is what NIMC said

Nigeria

3 years ago

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has debunked the viral claim that those who registered for BVN automatically have NIN allocated to them.

List: 7 important things every Nigerian must know about NIN

List: 7 important things every Nigerian must know about NIN

Nigeria

3 years ago

Ahead of the deadline for disconnecting unlinked SIM cards, the National Identity Management Commission has released seven important things to know about NIN.

Explainer: See how to easily download and fill NIN registration form before going to enrolment centre

Explainer: See how to easily download and fill NIN registration form before going to enrolment centre

Nigeria

3 years ago

To avoid spending too much time at the enrolment centre, Legit.ng explains how NIN applicants can download/fill registration forms in the comfort of their homes

De9jaSpirit Talent Hunt, Season 2: Liquorose, BBNaija 1st runner-up becomes a judge

De9jaSpirit Talent Hunt, Season 2: Liquorose, BBNaija 1st runner-up becomes a judge

TV Shows

3 years ago

A deep feeling of ec*stasy rocks the atmosphere of Nigeria as the Season 2 of De9jaspirit Talent Hunt commences with Liquorose who becomes one of the judges.

WIOCC lands Google’s Equiano cable in Nigeria

WIOCC lands Google’s Equiano cable in Nigeria

Technology

3 years ago

Google and cable landing partner WIOCC today, Thursday, April 21, announced the landing in Lagos, Nigeria, of the state-of-the-art Equiano subsea internet cable

Can FIREPIN Token’s (FRPN) 3000% presale rise help it compete with Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB)?

Can FIREPIN Token’s (FRPN) 3000% presale rise help it compete with Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB)?

Technology

3 years ago

The weekend of the 16th of April saw a period of relative stability for most of the major crypto assets. The total market cap for all cryptocurrencies continued

BREAKING: Northern business mogul signs N100m cheque for Tinubu's presidential form

BREAKING: Northern business mogul signs N100m cheque for Tinubu's presidential form

Politics

3 years ago

Aminu Suleiman, DG of the Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO), has signed a N100 million cheque to purchase the APC's presidential form for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Tears as assistant police commissioner slumps, dies in office

Tears as assistant police commissioner slumps, dies in office

Nigeria

3 years ago

An Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration in the Bayelsa State Police Command, ACP Emmanuel Idowu Asufi, slumped and died in his office.

Many feared dead as bomb explodes at restaurant in Northern state

Many feared dead as bomb explodes at restaurant in Northern state

Nigeria

3 years ago

Many people are feared to have been killed in an explosion which occurred at Iware town in Ardo Kola local government area of Taraba state on Tuesday, April 19.

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