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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.

5822 articles published since 05 Dec 2017

Author's articles

2023: Former governor Yari, Senator Marafa speak on dumping APC for PDP amid ruling party's crisis

2023: Former governor Yari, Senator Marafa speak on dumping APC for PDP amid ruling party's crisis

Politics

4 years ago

Just in: Protest erupts as suspected armed robbers shoot senior lecturer dead in Benue

Just in: Protest erupts as suspected armed robbers shoot senior lecturer dead in Benue

Nigeria

4 years ago

Teachers with fake certificates: Kaduna govt releases full list of 233 workers to be sacked, prosecuted for forgery

Teachers with fake certificates: Kaduna govt releases full list of 233 workers to be sacked, prosecuted for forgery

Education

4 years ago

Monumental loss: Former Senate president dies in London hospital

Monumental loss: Former Senate president dies in London hospital

Nigeria

4 years ago

Tragedy as hoodlums hack Lagos NURTW boss at home, trail him to hospital and shoot him dead

Tragedy as hoodlums hack Lagos NURTW boss at home, trail him to hospital and shoot him dead

Nigeria

4 years ago

2023: Senator Orji Kalu hosts prominent PDP presidential aspirant, reveals what they discussed

2023: Senator Orji Kalu hosts prominent PDP presidential aspirant, reveals what they discussed

Politics

4 years ago

Nnamdi Kanu: Malami speaks on pardon ahead of IPOB leader's resumed trial

Nnamdi Kanu: Malami speaks on pardon ahead of IPOB leader's resumed trial

Nigeria

4 years ago

Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), on Wednesday said that the issue of pardoning the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is premature.

Breaking: Senator Orji Kalu visits Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody, reveals what he told IPOB leader

Breaking: Senator Orji Kalu visits Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody, reveals what he told IPOB leader

Nigeria

4 years ago

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday, November 29, paid a visit to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu who is in custody of the DSS.

What will happen to Nigeria if Nnamdi Kanu is freed without prosecution - Northern coalition reveals

What will happen to Nigeria if Nnamdi Kanu is freed without prosecution - Northern coalition reveals

Nigeria

4 years ago

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has rejected Igbo leaders call on President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed IPOB.

Kano’s longest serving kingmaker Mukhtari Adnan dies at 95, he appointed 4 emirs

Kano’s longest serving kingmaker Mukhtari Adnan dies at 95, he appointed 4 emirs

Nigeria

4 years ago

The Sarkin Ban Kano and first commissioner of education in Kano, Kano state, Alhaji Mukhtar Adnan, is dead. He was the longest serving kingmaker in the state.

Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s case for 2nd time, picks new date

Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s case for 2nd time, picks new date

Nigeria

4 years ago

The Federal High Court in Abuja at the hearing on Thursday, December 2, adjourned the case of the separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, to Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

Nnamdi Kanu's visit: I am very disappointed in you - Senator Orji Kalu blasts IPOB leader's lawyer

Nnamdi Kanu's visit: I am very disappointed in you - Senator Orji Kalu blasts IPOB leader's lawyer

Nigeria

4 years ago

Senator Orji Kalu has responded to Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer's allegations that he did not follow the guidelines when he visited the IPOB leader in DSS custody.

2023: I will teach other parties bad lessons - Northern PDP governor boasts ahead of re-election

2023: I will teach other parties bad lessons - Northern PDP governor boasts ahead of re-election

Politics

4 years ago

The governor of Adamawa, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, said on Wednesday, December 1, that he will teach other political parties in the state bad lessons come 2023.

Nnamdi Kanu: New date for trial of IPOB leader revealed

Nnamdi Kanu: New date for trial of IPOB leader revealed

Nigeria

4 years ago

The trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, will resume at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday.

NCDC reveals disease that has killed more Nigerians than COVID-19 in 2021

NCDC reveals disease that has killed more Nigerians than COVID-19 in 2021

Nigeria

4 years ago

Cholera has claimed more lives in Nigeria than the dreaded coronavirus, especially in 2021, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Wednesday.

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