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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.

5809 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

2023: Atiku lists 5 key things he will focus on if he becomes president

2023: Atiku lists 5 key things he will focus on if he becomes president

Politics

4 years ago

Tension as suspected terrorist, serial killer escapes from court premises

Tension as suspected terrorist, serial killer escapes from court premises

Nigeria

4 years ago

I'm not worried: Umahi speaks again, reveals 2 reasons why he can't be sacked as Ebonyi governor

I'm not worried: Umahi speaks again, reveals 2 reasons why he can't be sacked as Ebonyi governor

Politics

4 years ago

Photos emerge as Buhari meets APC chairmanship aspirants in Aso Rock

Photos emerge as Buhari meets APC chairmanship aspirants in Aso Rock

Politics

4 years ago

BREAKING: APC governors speak after meeting Buhari, open up on candidates they will support

BREAKING: APC governors speak after meeting Buhari, open up on candidates they will support

Politics

4 years ago

Russia gives condition to use nuclear weapons as troops continue to attack Ukraine

Russia gives condition to use nuclear weapons as troops continue to attack Ukraine

Europe

4 years ago

Bode George vs Tinubu: 5 times PDP chieftain has vowed to leave Nigeria if ex-Lagos governor becomes president

Bode George vs Tinubu: 5 times PDP chieftain has vowed to leave Nigeria if ex-Lagos governor becomes president

Politics

4 years ago

Chief Bode George, a chieftain of the PDP in Lagos state has repeatedly vowed to leave Nigeria if Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu becomes Nigeria's president in 2023.

He was brought back in good health: Nigerian lawmaker's son studying in Ukraine dies weeks after evacuation

He was brought back in good health: Nigerian lawmaker's son studying in Ukraine dies weeks after evacuation

Nigeria

4 years ago

Uzaifa Modach, one of the Nigerians studying in Ukraine, has died weeks after he was safely evacuated back home following Russia's invasion of the country.

Umahi's sack: List of governors, senators, Reps, state lawmakers who may lose their seats over defection

Umahi's sack: List of governors, senators, Reps, state lawmakers who may lose their seats over defection

Politics

4 years ago

Following the sack of Governor Umahi by the Federal High Court in Abuja, Legit.ng lists some politicians who may also lose their seats on account of defection.

2023: Northern governor finally reveals who PDP should give presidential ticket to defeat APC

2023: Northern governor finally reveals who PDP should give presidential ticket to defeat APC

Politics

4 years ago

In order to win the 2023 presidential election, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should make him its candidate.

Nigerian governor who learned shoemaking while in office finally displays sandals made by him, shares photos

Nigerian governor who learned shoemaking while in office finally displays sandals made by him, shares photos

Business and Economy

4 years ago

The governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu, has displayed the first pair of sandals he reportedly made as a student of a footwear making academy based in Aba.

Nigerian governor celebrates driver who gave him opportunity to be bus conductor, gifts him Hilux Van

Nigerian governor celebrates driver who gave him opportunity to be bus conductor, gifts him Hilux Van

Nigeria

4 years ago

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has celebrated his ex-boss, Mnenge Mtemave, and other contemporaries in Gboko Motor Park where he used to work as a bus conductor

Full speech: What President Buhari told Nigerians during Lagos visit

Full speech: What President Buhari told Nigerians during Lagos visit

Nigeria

4 years ago

President Buhari addressed Nigerans when he visited Lagos to commission the new terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport. Here is the full text of his speech.

Full list of 20 Cross River lawmakers sacked for defecting from PDP to APC

Full list of 20 Cross River lawmakers sacked for defecting from PDP to APC

Politics

4 years ago

Justice Taiwo Taiwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sacked 20 lawmakers of the Cross River State House of Assembly for defecting from the PDP to APC.

Court sentences popular cleric to death, discloses reason

Court sentences popular cleric to death, discloses reason

Nigeria

4 years ago

A Lagos high court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Wednesday, sentenced Fatai Afobaje, a 34-year-old cleric, to death for killing his friend, Rafiu Sulaimon

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