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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.

5817 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

How to renew drivers licence without going for physical capture (Explainer)

How to renew drivers licence without going for physical capture (Explainer)

Nigeria

4 years ago

Wike gives LGA chairmen 48-hour ultimatum to expose illegal refineries or risk losing their seats

Wike gives LGA chairmen 48-hour ultimatum to expose illegal refineries or risk losing their seats

Nigeria

4 years ago

Just in: Tears as former attorney general dies in his sleep while recovering from undisclosed ailment

Just in: Tears as former attorney general dies in his sleep while recovering from undisclosed ailment

Nigeria

4 years ago

BREAKING: Tears as popular former PDP chairman dies at 54

BREAKING: Tears as popular former PDP chairman dies at 54

Nigeria

4 years ago

2023: Details emerge as Fayemi meets Tinubu days after APC leader declares presidential ambition

2023: Details emerge as Fayemi meets Tinubu days after APC leader declares presidential ambition

Politics

4 years ago

BREAKING: Popular PDP chieftain reportedly collapses in court

BREAKING: Popular PDP chieftain reportedly collapses in court

Nigeria

4 years ago

Updated: Police speak on alleged Boko Haram's abduction of instructors at training school in Borno

Updated: Police speak on alleged Boko Haram's abduction of instructors at training school in Borno

Nigeria

4 years ago

The police have debunked the report claiming Boko Haram terrorists have invaded mobile training school in Gwoza LGA, Borno state and abducted many instructors.

No more military coup: Chief of Defence Staff Irabor says democracy has come to stay in Nigeria

No more military coup: Chief of Defence Staff Irabor says democracy has come to stay in Nigeria

Nigeria

4 years ago

Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, on Friday, January 14, pledged the loyalty of the military leadership to democratic rule in the country.

Painful exit: Police arrest 38-year-old man for stabbing lover’s husband to death in Ogun

Painful exit: Police arrest 38-year-old man for stabbing lover’s husband to death in Ogun

Family and Relationships

4 years ago

The Ogun state police command has arrested a 38-year-old Daniel Udoh for allegedly stabbing his lover’s husband to death at Onipanu area of the southwest state.

Just in: Panic as suspected bandits kidnap mother of prominent northern lawmaker

Just in: Panic as suspected bandits kidnap mother of prominent northern lawmaker

Nigeria

4 years ago

Hajia Zainab, the mother of Kano State House of Assembly minority leader, Isyaku Ali, was in the early hours of Wednesday, January 12, kidnapped by gunmen.

2023: How Buhari reacted to my presidential ambition - Governor Umahi shares details

2023: How Buhari reacted to my presidential ambition - Governor Umahi shares details

Politics

4 years ago

Dave Umahi, the governor of Ebonyi, reveals what President Muhammadu Buhari told him after informing him of his intention to contest the presidency in 2023.

2023: Prominent southwest PDP chieftain reacts as Tinubu announces presidential ambition

2023: Prominent southwest PDP chieftain reacts as Tinubu announces presidential ambition

Politics

4 years ago

Chief Bode George, a PDP chieftain, says the presidency of Nigeria is not for persons like the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Just In: FG finally lifts suspension on Twitter operations in Nigeria

Just In: FG finally lifts suspension on Twitter operations in Nigeria

Nigeria

4 years ago

The federal government on Wednesday announced that it has lifted the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria after approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Just in: Huge loss as prominent former PDP Chairman Is Dead

Just in: Huge loss as prominent former PDP Chairman Is Dead

Politics

4 years ago

Hafeez Tijani Adiaro, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state, is dead. The PDP chieftain was said to have died on Monday evening.

Oil worker going for father-in-law's burial ceremony kidnapped, killed despite N5m ransom raised by family

Oil worker going for father-in-law's burial ceremony kidnapped, killed despite N5m ransom raised by family

Nigeria

4 years ago

Ojonimi Ossai, an official of Shell Petroleum Development Company, has been killed by his abductors despite collecting a N5million ransom raised by his family.

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