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 +2347057737768.

6307 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

Budget presentation: Banks, eateries, other businesses shut down in NASS ahead of Buhari's arrival

Budget presentation: Banks, eateries, other businesses shut down in NASS ahead o...

Business and Economy

3 years ago

Just In: Northern governor finally appoints new emir after ordering fresh selection process

Just In: Northern governor finally appoints new emir after ordering fresh select...

Nigeria

3 years ago

Just in: Buhari, Jonathan hold closed-door meeting in Aso Rock amid defection rumours

Just in: Buhari, Jonathan hold closed-door meeting in Aso Rock amid defection ru...

Nigeria

3 years ago

Just in: Man sets passenger train on fire in Kwara, flees

Just in: Man sets passenger train on fire in Kwara, flees

Nigeria

3 years ago

BREAKING: Vehicles reportedly destroyed as federal secretariat in Abuja catches fire

BREAKING: Vehicles reportedly destroyed as federal secretariat in Abuja catches...

Nigeria

3 years ago

Breaking: Trouble for PDP as 2 prominent lawmakers defect to APC

Breaking: Trouble for PDP as 2 prominent lawmakers defect to APC

Politics

3 years ago

Presidency 2023: 65 traditional rulers endorse prominent APC leader

Presidency 2023: 65 traditional rulers endorse prominent APC leader

Politics

3 years ago

Oba Lasisi Gbadamosi, Onigando of Igando, said 65 traditional rulers in the Ikeja Division of Obas have endorsed Bola Tinubu to emerge as Buhari's successor.

BREAKING: Southeast governors take final decision on IPOB’s sit-at-home, ignore Nnamdi Kanu

BREAKING: Southeast governors take final decision on IPOB’s sit-at-home, ignore Nnamdi Kanu

Nigeria

3 years ago

The southeast governors at their meeting on Tuesday, October 5, condemned every Monday sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Zuckerberg loses N2.4 trillion in 1 day amid global shutdown of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram services

Zuckerberg loses N2.4 trillion in 1 day amid global shutdown of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram services

Business and Economy

3 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by more than $6 billion within a day amid the global outage of the services of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

BREAKING: Senate threatens Buhari's appointees with arrest warrant, gives reason

BREAKING: Senate threatens Buhari's appointees with arrest warrant, gives reason

Nigeria

3 years ago

The Senate has threatened to issue warrant of arrest against the Chairman/CEO of the NDLEA, Gen. Muhammad Buba Marwa (Rtd.), and the NSA, Babagana Monguno.

BREAKING: Tension as DSS operative is gunned down in Imo state

BREAKING: Tension as DSS operative is gunned down in Imo state

Nigeria

3 years ago

An emerging report indicates that an operative of the DSS, Nwachinaemere Ezemuonye Ozuzu, was on Tuesday, October 5 murdered in Owerri, the Imo state capital.

BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services shut down in major outage

BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services shut down in major outage

Nigeria

3 years ago

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have all gone down in major outage. The services of the three apps which are all owned by Facebook were down on Monday evening.

BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services back online after huge global shut down, Zuckerberg reacts

BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services back online after huge global shut down, Zuckerberg reacts

World

3 years ago

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back online. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook Inc, the owner of the three apps, has apologised for the disruption.

Self-styled Alfa Jamiu Isiaka who impersonated Buhari's aide sentenced to 28 years in prison

Self-styled Alfa Jamiu Isiaka who impersonated Buhari's aide sentenced to 28 years in prison

Nigeria

3 years ago

Justice Abdulgafar of the Kwara state high court, Ilorin, has imposed 28 years imprisonment on a self-styled Alfa, Jamiu Isiaka, over his involvement in fraud.

Okonjo-Iweala speaks on alleged plan to resign from WTO job, contest 2023 presidency

Okonjo-Iweala speaks on alleged plan to resign from WTO job, contest 2023 presidency

Nigeria

3 years ago

Dr Okonjo-Iweala, the DG of the WTO, has said she is still enjoying her job amid talks of resignation. She also dismissed interest in the Nigerian presidency.

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