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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.

6033 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Why I picked Shettima as my running mate, Tinubu reveals real reason after official unveiling

Why I picked Shettima as my running mate, Tinubu reveals real reason after official unveiling

Politics

4 years ago

Just in: Tinubu absent as Buhari, APC critical stakeholders meet over 2023

Just in: Tinubu absent as Buhari, APC critical stakeholders meet over 2023

Politics

4 years ago

2023: Photos emerge as influential northern PDP governor, Peter Obi meet behind closed doors

2023: Photos emerge as influential northern PDP governor, Peter Obi meet behind closed doors

Politics

4 years ago

BREAKING: Court sends suspended accountant-general Idris to prison

BREAKING: Court sends suspended accountant-general Idris to prison

Nigeria

4 years ago

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Northern governor reveals why Nigerians shouldn’t complain

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Northern governor reveals why Nigerians shouldn’t complain

Politics

4 years ago

Panic as terrorists carry out early morning attack in communities in northern state

Panic as terrorists carry out early morning attack in communities in northern state

Nigeria

4 years ago

BREAKING: Tinubu opens up on identities of "bishops" at Shettima’s unveiling

BREAKING: Tinubu opens up on identities of "bishops" at Shettima’s unveiling

Politics

4 years ago

The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has reacted to the allegation that Christian clergy at the unveiling of Shettima as Tinubu's running mate in Abuja are fake.

Buhari makes huge promise to Shettima as Tinubu's running mate visits Aso Villa after unveiling

Buhari makes huge promise to Shettima as Tinubu's running mate visits Aso Villa after unveiling

Politics

4 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has received APC presidential running mate Senator Kashim Shettima, almost immediately after he was unveiled on Wednesday, July 20.

CAN reacts as bishops attend Shettima’s unveiling as Tinubu's running mate

CAN reacts as bishops attend Shettima’s unveiling as Tinubu's running mate

Politics

4 years ago

CAN, on Wednesday, July 20, dissociated itself from Bishops who attended the unveiling of the vice presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima, in Abuja.

Influential southern senator dumps PDP, exposes party's wrongdoing in full letter

Influential southern senator dumps PDP, exposes party's wrongdoing in full letter

Politics

4 years ago

Senator Bassey Akpan representing Akwa-Ibom Northeast on Wednesday, July 20, dumped the PDP for the Young People’s Party (YPP) ahead of the 2023 elections.

Why we lost Osun governorship election, APC chairman Adamu finally opens up, predicts what will happen in 2023

Why we lost Osun governorship election, APC chairman Adamu finally opens up, predicts what will happen in 2023

Politics

4 years ago

Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman of the APC, has blamed the party's loss of the July 16 governorship election in Osun state on an internal crisis.

Updated: Pastor Adeboye endorsed Tinubu? RCCG issues statement, speaks on alleged meeting

Updated: Pastor Adeboye endorsed Tinubu? RCCG issues statement, speaks on alleged meeting

Politics

4 years ago

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, did not meet with Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), the RCCG has said.

Rising poverty, hunger, energy crisis: 3 ways Russia’s war in Ukraine is taking a toll on millions of Africans

Rising poverty, hunger, energy crisis: 3 ways Russia’s war in Ukraine is taking a toll on millions of Africans

Europe

4 years ago

As Russia continues to attack Ukraine, this report by Legit.ng explains how millions of people on the African continent are being affected by the raging war.

ASUU strike: NLC declares nationwide protest, announces dates

ASUU strike: NLC declares nationwide protest, announces dates

Education

4 years ago

The NLC on Sunday announced plans to commence a two-day nationwide protest on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in solidarity with the ongoing strike action by the ASUU.

Osun 2022: Prominent APC chieftains who lost in their local govts

Osun 2022: Prominent APC chieftains who lost in their local govts

Politics

4 years ago

In the just concluded governorship election in Osun state, two chieftains of the APC, Bisi Akande and Senator Bashir Ajibola, lost in their local governments.

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